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1671:Zoroastrian
1527:Seven seals
1522:Seven bowls
1448:Historicism
1344:Solar flare
1220:Overfishing
1195:Defaunation
982:coral reefs
744:AI takeover
663:Nanoweapons
651:Cybergeddon
636:Cyberattack
290:Fail-deadly
247:AI takeover
180:fail-deadly
174:during the
134:Herman Kahn
132:strategist
122:Leo Szilard
82:cobalt bomb
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1944:Depression
1934:Ransomware
1749:Messianism
1719:Armageddon
1704:Apocalypse
1492:Antichrist
1480:Man of sin
1377:Three Ages
1240:Big Crunch
1102:Extinction
1094:Biological
856:Ecological
728:Strangelet
461:1003840589
452:1617843636
331:"doomsday"
316:References
222:Death Star
218:Enterprise
186:In fiction
161:th country
97:technology
1829:Fictional
1676:Saoshyant
1561:New Earth
1532:The Beast
1465:Preterism
1438:Christian
1394:Kali Yuga
1339:Micronova
1334:Hypernova
1200:Dysgenics
1041:Verneshot
947:Hypercane
690:Dead Hand
530:Slate.com
505:cite book
497:973481576
423:Wired.com
168:Dead Hand
126:Cobalt-60
1969:Pandemic
1954:Epidemic
1949:Droughts
1803:Prewrath
1734:End time
1600:Al-Qa'im
1485:Katechon
1470:2 Esdras
1460:Idealism
1443:Futurism
1372:Maitreya
1367:Buddhist
1210:Pandemic
658:Gray goo
545:episode
269:See also
265:(1984).
252:WarGames
176:Cold War
138:computer
66:doomsday
2029:Hazards
1927:General
1798:Rapture
1647:Messiah
1635:Sufyani
1625:Israfil
1595:Islamic
1433:Messiah
1411:1 Enoch
1245:Big Rip
957:Ecocide
952:Ice age
405:NPR.org
111:History
93:science
1959:Famine
1885:Zombie
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1642:Jewish
1620:Dajjal
1502:Events
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1317:winter
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1630:Mahdi
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1384:Hindu
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238:Virus
202:1950s
198:1940s
62:Earth
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