[rnk]

There are so many fascinating stories about real things that happened. So much that was lost. It's always stunning to read these stories, or things like Marco Polo's travels - people really could travel thousands of miles and see things and survive? There was all these intermixing of cultures that it's hard to account for in the modern world.

[tsol]

It's really something to think. There was real mystery in the world of natural science. For all you knew, those stories of dragons and giant monsters were true. Anything could be out there. I suppose there's still some mystery in the ocean and at a microscopic level. But we certainly won't be finding any giant monsters