The golden ratio fascinates me. That’s why I’m delivering some well cooked copypasta from PonderAbout.com for your edutainment.
1.618 has been called nature’s number, the golden number and the golden ratio.
Pythagoras wrote that this mysterious number, “manifests in the whole of creation”
It can be seen in art, music, architecture, and in the structure of a [...]

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Born in 1867 and disappeared in 1925 while searching for what he called “The Lost  City of Z” with his son, Jack, Col. Percy Fawcett is the inspiration for the character Indiana Jones.
True to form, just like the character he inspired, Fawcett had an equal disdain for snakes.  According to The Museum of Unnatural Mystery
“Though [...]

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You know, plumbing the depths of Wikipedia (besides being utterly nerdy) can be very fascinating and rewarding.
Long story short, this sword was found in 1965 in a casket that was submersed under water alongside a human skeleton.  The laquered scabbard provided an airtight fit around the sword, and kept in in nearly perfect condition despite [...]

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