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Lets jump right into our list of the top 5 Scary Moments That Almost Ended The World
Starting off at our number 5 spot--Atomic Bomb- In 1945 the world was stunned by the
arrival of an atomic bomb that was so destructive that it could wiped cities off the map and
claimed lives in the hundreds of thousands.
Some deaths occurring long after the bomb had been dropped on the nation of Japan.
After a month Japan was ready to surrender.
While the Soviet Union played a big part in their decision to surrender- there was no
debating that the United States had just cemented itself in there.
Then word got around that the Soviet Union was working on developing their own bomb-
and they wernt far from matching the power of the United States.
Once it became apparent that the States wouldn’t be able to hold onto the secrets about the
bomb forever- a terrible realisation came over the world.
For the first time in history- we had the power to end all life on earth.
And the planets 2 greatest rivals both had their fingers on the trigger.
And hence the Doomsday clock was born.
This was in the hopes that the world might realize just how close we were to absolute
destruction- and it was set to a terrifying 7 minutes to midnight.
In at number 4—Laki eruption- This Icelandic volcano erupted violently from 1783-1784.
That’s right this volcano spewed lava for a full 8 months which caused catastrophic
global effects.
The poisonous clouds filled with Sulphuric acid and sulfur dioxide compounds that were
expelled into the air- it also made temperatures drop 1.3 degrees below normal for 2 to 3 years
following the eruption.
It contaminated the soil which in turn damaged crops across Europe and lead to the death
of over 50 percent of Icelands livestock population.
This also caused droughts in India.
It lead to a deep famine and the eventual death of over 6 million people.
This lava flow also destroyed 20 villages.
Coming in at number 3-- Comets- So just having one comet hit the earth is a terrifying thought-
but imagine hundreds of comets hurtling towards earth?
Yeah that’s pretty terrifying.
Oh and lets not forget the fun little fact that each of them is 1 thousand times more
powerful than an atomic bomb.
With this thought in mind you can probably somewhat imagine how terrified Mexican astronomer
Jose Bonilla was in 1883 when he was looking through his telescope and saw more than 300
dark unidentified mysterious objects passing in front of the sun.
Over the years due to curiosity this event was actually re-examined- which actually turned
out to be a really bad idea as a modern astronomer named Hector Manterola then confirmed that
this sighting was of a comet that had recently broken up and came as close as 400 miles away
from earth which in space terms really isn’t that far.
Had it hit it could’ve killed all life on our planet.
Turns out the existence of our human race came down to just a bit further of a distance
from New York to Pittsburgh.
Yeah this comment was that close to hitting our planet and destroying it.
In at number 2--The Black plague—aka Black death or the Great Plague.
This was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history.
This wiped out anywhere from 50 to 200 million people between 1347 to 1351.
This disease was ugly- it spread quickly and it was believed to be spread by the flees
on rats.
The plague arrived in Europe in October 1347 when 12 ships from the Black Sea docked at
the Sicilian port of Messina.
People gathered on the docks to greet the sailors but they were met with a horrifying
sight- most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead.
Those who were still alive were very sick and covered in black boils that oozed blood
and pus.
Sicilian authorities hastily ordered the fleet of death ships out of the harbour but it was
already too late.
Over the next 5 years the Black plague killed millions of people in Europe.
Which equalled out to almost one third of the continents population- had this disease
continued to spread it could’ve taken out everyone on the planet.
Whats crazy is that this plague is still expected to be hanging around in some corners of the
world- causing the deaths of 126 people as recently as 2013.
Coming in at number 1--Mass extinction- Did you guys know that technically the world has
already ended 3 times?
For example about 450 million years ago when earths temperature dramatically dropped which
created the ice age.
And as we know this ended up wiping out about 80 percent of all species on the planet.
Then 250 million years ago massive levels of volcanic eruption across the planet caused
a lot of damage.
Basically wiping out 97 percent of all life.
Then 66 million years ago we all know about the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs.
And as scary as all of these events were if they happened once then they most certainly
could happen again.
And on that uplifting note that’s our list of the top 5 Scary Moments That Almost Ended
The World.
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