We watched an educational TV show last night on "Decoding the Mayan Glyphs."
The show mentioned Constantine Rafinesque, a famous weird guy and naturalist from the early 1800's-who the Big Ear Rafinesque bat was named for. Recently at Mammoth Cave we helped Roy Powers and Jerry Fant construct a couch size steel gate over a small cave in the park to protect the Rafinesque Bats. I found out watching the show that Mr. Rafinesque was the first one to figure out the Mayan numbering system! You know the dots and bar system that even I can use to count to 10. Also, on the show was Barbara McCloud who wrote the best caving songs.
John Prine may have said to throw away your TV, but some TV is very worth watching.
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