Top 20 Events That Could Have Ended The World

These disasters almost proved fatal...for the human race! For this list, we’ll be ranking world events that, in the worst-case scenario, could’ve spelled the end - whether of modern society, the human race, or the planet as we know it. Our countdown includes H5N1 Influenza A, Nuclear War Games, The Black Death, The Bonilla Comet, and more! Did hearing about any of these close calls leave you shook? Let us know in the comments!

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[WatchMojo]

Did hearing about any of these close calls leave you shook? Let us know in the comments!

[folarinosibodu]

22:13 "Essentially, nuclear war was prevented by one man with the steely nerves of a god." Most impactful sentence in Watchmojo history.

[ArkaeaFCL]

The apocalypse isn't now. The apocalypse is always. There's always a threat to our lives on this planet. It's amazing we've made it this far and we shouldn't take each day for granted.

[ten-thousandbees]

Why did this show up after I had a realistic dream about the Moon slamming into earth? 😨

[fernrob]

It's scary how many times we have come close to nuclear war

[adamspencer]

So basically Earth is that one kid, who causes problems but somehow always gets away no accountability

[birgerjohansson]

This list ignores an additional detail of the Cuba Chrisis.
A Soviet submarine with nuclear torpedos was cut off from communications and the captain believed war had started.
As the batteries were empty it would have to return to the surface, near US warships. The two ranking officers voted to use the nuclear torpedos. A third senior officer was on board by coincidence. He voted no. As the decision had to be unanomious a nuclear war was averted- by chance. 😱

[HeavyHardDrive]

I need a t-shirt that says "I survived the 80s"

[personagrata]

One of the tragic ironies of the bubonic plague was that at the time cats were considered animals of ill luck or connected with the devil, so when the plague started picking up speed people killed a huge number of cats out of superstition or fear. Given that the main infection vector was fleas on rats and that cats are extremely efficient rat killers, people unknowingly increased the severity of the plague by killing the cats.

[kleine.]

Very helpful info thanks, hope you eventually make a part 2 cuz I'm pretty sure there are other events that happened please and thank you

[jamesparker]

20:52 Such a scary time among many... Thank you Mr. Kennedy. You are one of the reasons we're alive today.

[danielshubow]

The Tunguska event (meteor almost impacted with Siberia but exploded flattening an entire forest)

Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013 as well.

[supertuber]

18:58 "Atomic Radiation", "No Cause For Alarm". The contradiction in those 2 statements just cracks me up.

[chefbetsy]

The Cuban missle crisis has always freaked me out as I don't believe there aren't ones their still!

[annachronistic]

The Spanish flu killed my Great Grandmother and destroyed the lungs of my Great Grandfather. He died a few years later, my Grandma became an orphan.

[oddguy]

So many times we've almost got screwed

[theywouldnthavetocensormei]

#1 - the time we accidentally let my mother in law eat super spicy chili.

[MichaelPop]

So, first off I am an epidemiologist that recently left residency at the CDC in ATL. and I was pleasantly surprised that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic wasn’t listed here. There are many facts that aren’t known to the public and so even though it was a pandemic it in no way would have brought about an apocalyptic event. So as I stated, I was glad this wasn’t mentioned or made the list. Also, Chernobyl could have decimated Europe and “close by” countries/continents, but by no means could it have caused the “ending of the world.” It wouldn’t have made it stateside either way. Most of these episodes were possible, but others are simply “grasping straws.”

[jarrettowens]

#9 I just did the math with a calculator, and it was FOUR MILLION THREE-HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND of those nasty bombs! Jesus, you'd have to have supernatural luck to survive that.

[spaceinkling]

19:39 liked how call of duty black ops 1 recreated this