5 Times World Was Supposed To End ... But Didn't

Whether you're a Doors fan ("The End") or more of an R.E.M. type ("It's The End Of The World As We Know It"), there's no denying that the apocalypse is hot stuff these days. It seems like everybody and his brother has a different theory about when the world is going to end, how it's going to happen and just exactly who's going to get the golden ticket to survival.

That's not even counting my fellow zombie apocalypse believers. We all KNOW the end is coming, but we're too busy preparing to worry about when.

The fact is that predicting the end of the world has been a quick ticket to five minutes' worth of fame for millennia. Want to establish your religion? Build your cult? Convince a bunch of folks that you know when the end is coming and that the only way they can survive is to sign on with you!

Let's take a look at five of the most famous end-times predictions that (obviously) didn't come true ...

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