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Serendipity?Serendipity is happy happenstance. It is to stumble upon something fortunate when you were looking for something entirely different. Serendipity is a happy or amusing accidental discovery. Our intention is to lighten your day, bring a smile to your face, cause a chuckle, and generally raise your spirits. We hope you enjoy it.What's the point of it ?The point of the Serendipity Search Engine is to facilitate in "making desirable discoveries by accident". Search engines like Google do too much of a good job. We've taken the Google engine and adapted it for our own needs. We hope you enjoy what you find !Please helpPlease help us to bring a smile, some happiness, surprise, joy and enlightenment into people's lives by spreading the word about Serendipity. Please tell your friends, acquaintances and colleagues about us. If you have a website or blog please put a link to us on it. If you are a member of any forums please post messages about us. We thank you in advance for your help.What does the dictionary say:SERENDIPITYDictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) ser·en·dip·i·ty [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. SERENDIPITY Online Etymology Dictionary 1754 (but rare before 20c.), coined by Horace Walpole (1717-92) in a letter to Mann (dated Jan. 28); he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale "The Three Princes of Serendip," whose heroes "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of." The name is from Serendip, an old name for Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), from Arabic Sarandib, from Skt. Simhaladvipa "Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island." Serendipitous formed c.1950. Random picture |