As Reddit user daneah explains, this is because the golden ratio (~1.618) is very close to the conversion of miles to kilometers (~1.609). Of course, that tiny difference will break down eventually, but for everyday mental conversions, it’s handy.
Source: Use the Fibonacci Sequence to Quickly Convert Between Miles and Kilometers
If the rain doesn’t fall, that’s Global Warming. If it does fall, that too is Global Warming. The moonbeam left has traded in God for Global Warming as its universal answer to everything.
The country’s future, he said, depends upon welcoming Islam and the transgendered, among other favored groups, and eschewing “discrimination,” his catch-all term for any lingering conservatism in the country.
Source: The Conquering Loser
I never wanted this to happen but I want to go home at night, too.
I love a happy ending!
As US President Barack Obama prepares to leave the White House, he can rest assured that his name will live on in a new genus of parasitic flatworm, which infects turtles in Malaysia. The proposed name: Baracktrema obamai.
Parasitic flatworm: Describes the entire Democrat Party and its supporters.
The lesson I drew from that is that, as we’ve seen with Obama and the Middle East is that weak presidents are dangerous to peace.
Source: A few thoughts about the Vietnam war – Bookworm Room
I remember when Presidents earned their medals on the battlefield before they were President.
Source: Blog: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
“…a lesson all of us can learn from…”
Source: Rich Man Takes Son On Trip To See How ‘Poor People’ Live, Stunned By Response
