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  2. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia

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    This physician made a prediction that the world would end this year based on a nova that occurred in 1572. [53] 1656 Christopher Columbus: In his Book of Prophecies (1501), Columbus predicted that the world would end during this year. [54] [55] 1655–1657 Fifth Monarchists

  3. Ascus - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the ascus will contain four pairs of spores. Then the ascospores are released from the ascus. In many cases the asci are formed in a regular layer, the hymenium, in a fruiting body which is visible to the naked eye, here called an ascocarp or ascoma. In other cases, such as single-celled yeasts, no such structures are found.

  4. Eschatology - Wikipedia

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    The end of the world or end times [2] is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that negative world events will reach a climax. Belief that the end of the world is imminent is known as apocalypticism , and over time has been held both by members of mainstream religions and by doomsday cults .

  5. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    In the 2017 episode "The Pyramid at the End of the World", the Monks changed every clock in the world to three minutes to midnight as a warning about what will happen if humanity does not accept their help. Representatives of the three most powerful armies on Earth agreed not to fight each other, believing a potential war is the catastrophe.

  6. Ascomycota - Wikipedia

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    There are 2000 identified genera and 30,000 species of Ascomycota. The unifying characteristic among these diverse groups is the presence of a reproductive structure known as the ascus, though in some cases it has a reduced role in the life cycle. Many ascomycetes are of commercial importance.

  7. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    The dates for each age can vary by region. On the geologic time scale, the Holocene epoch starts at the end of the last glacial period of the current ice age (c. 10,000 BC) and continues to the present. The beginning of the Mesolithic is usually considered to correspond to the beginning of the Holocene epoch

  8. Ascus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Ascus (Ancient Greek: Ἄσκος) was a giant from ancient Greek mythology, who in conjunction with Lycurgus of Thrace chained the god Dionysus and threw him into a river. The god Hermes (or, according to other tellings, Zeus ) rescued Dionysus, conquered (ἐδαμασεν) the giant, flayed him, and made a bag (ἄσκος) of his skin.

  9. Apocalypticism - Wikipedia

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    Apocalypticism is the religious belief that the end of the world is imminent, even within one's own lifetime. [1] This belief is usually accompanied by the idea that civilization will soon come to a tumultuous end due to some sort of catastrophic global event.