"The Maya Long Count calendar completes a 5,126-year cycle on December 21, 2012. With the winter solstice and a rare alignment of the Sun with the center of the Milky Way galaxy also on the docket, this has become the doomsday du jour. Most media outlets have snubbed scholars who insist the end of the cycle only means an extra awesome New Year's Eve (if you're an ancient Mayan like the ones who lived at the pictured Tikal, Guatemala, ruins) and that the date may have been miscalculated and passed already. Go ahead and stockpile, spend quality time with your family and cower if you must, but definitely don't quit your day job."
For 20 other doomsday prophecies that fizzled, check this out. *If you have the time.
