There are plenty of theories about how the world might end, but most have one thing in common: The ending.
Off to a kooky start! Click "Read More" to find the science behind #15 and many more twisted endings. The countdown has only just begun! | 20 Killer Couches and Chemical Co-conspirators Planetary Heartburn 19 18 Death by Magma Earth's Light Switch Flips 17 16 Colony Collapse Disorder Gigantic Mentos/Diet Coke Collision 15 |
14 Black Hole Nuclear Winter 13 12 Asteroid Impact Hyper Evolution 11 10 Supergerms Mass Insanity 9 | #15 Gigantic Mentos/Diet Coke Collision The ensuing explosion between a tanker truck carrying bottles of Diet Coke and a Mentos factory sends the Mentos factory sky-high, obliterates neighboring buildings and releases massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. |
#9 Mass InsanityIn 2011, the Centers for Disease Control revealed that half of all Americans would develop mental illness during their lifetimes. And by 2020, depression is estimated to become the second leading cause of disability. Though a poisoning of our global food supply with psychoses-inducing chemicals could send minds reeling and tear the very fabric of society apart, perhaps we're headed toward similar results all on our own. | 8 Grey Goo Gulf Stream's a Goner 7 6 Big Bang Redux The Sun Expands 5 4 Dinosaurs Dine on Humans |
Planetary Annihilation Party Goes Viral 3 2 Artificial Intelligence Outsmarts Its Creators It Was All a Dream 1 | #4 Dinosaurs Dine on HumansForget Dolly the sheep. Meet Dolly the dinosaur! "God creates Dinosaurs. God destroyed Dinosaurs. God creates Man. Man destroys God. |
#3 Planetary Annihilation Party Goes Viral
On June 3, 2011, a German teenager was surprised with a party on her birthday. Actually, the party itself wasn't meant to be a surprise. She'd sent out the Facebook invitations herself. Unfortunately, she made the invitation public and (here's where the surprise comes in) more than 15,000 people replied that they'd attend the event. When some 1,500 people arrived at the birthday party in her quiet residential neighborhood, it resulted in general alcohol- and cake-fueled mayhem (which the birthday girl herself fled from) and a few minor injuries and detainments.
What if some megalomaniacal joker tries to host a modestly sized planetary-annihilation-and-cookie-swap party and it goes viral? It could result in the meeting of millions bent on world destruction.