Early History
Maarten Keulemans launched the website in 2001 strictly for fun. In several interviews, he points out that the main reason for launching the site was that as a professional science journalist, he came across many apocalyptic scenarios, ranging from well-known disasters like black holes and supervolcanoes to less well-known events like the big crunch or mass suicide.
As time passed, Keulemans kept on collecting more and more scenarios, aided by a growing amount of devoted Exit Mundi fans. His mix of sardonic humor and scientific correctness gave the website cult status. The website got many good reviews on- and offline, in magazines as diverse as New Scientist, Playboy and several Dutch leading newspapers.
Meanwhile, Keulemans, who always insisted on keeping the website low profile and not for profit, ended up in many radio shows, written interviews and on TV. 'I sort of became Mister Apocalypse', he muses in the introduction to Exit Mundi the book.
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