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Mayan calendar.

Because cultures that didn't even invent the wheel are experts at predicting the future.

 

Oh, it's better than that. See, it isn't even based on what the Mayans said, it's based on what some people think the Mayans said while completely ignoring what the Mayans actually said.

For the two or three people in the world who haven't heard, in December, 2012, the Mayan calendar completes one of its cycles, and therefore people are claiming the END OF THE WORLD! because the calendar cycle is ending. No more dates! Thus no more world that needs dates! Or something. You know, like how the world ends every December 31st, since the Gregorian calendar runs out of months and dates then, as it also ends on the last day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 29th day of Adar, and so on for whatever calendar system you use.

The reality is that one cycle of the Mayan calendar would end, and simply start a new one. Mayan writings mention predictions about the future which are given dates past December 2012, because they assumed a new cycle would simply start up.