Big Almosts

History’s Closest Calls

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74,000 BC.

A supermassive volcano erupted at Toba, injecting enough ash into the atmosphere to cover Earth, drop temperatures and decimate life.

Genetic evidence suggest all humans stem from ~5,000 surviving pairs from then, narrowly ensuring humanity’s existence…

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1969.

Dr. J. Allen Hynek was hired as a scientific consultant on Project Blue Book for the US Air Force.

After nearly two decades of convincing both the public, and himself, that nothing was unusual, Hynek reverses course and becomes a leading voice in UFO research…

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1433.

Zheng He returns from his final voyage with a massive treasure fleet of wealth and new trade routes. The Ming court then banned further voyages, dismantled ships, and destroyed records. The Chinese built the world’s most powerful navy and then destroyed it…

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732 AD.

Muslim forces push deep into France after conquering Spain. Charles Martel’s Frankish forces hold a line outside the city of Tours.

The Umayyad commander dies in combat and the invaders retreat, effectively reversing an Islamic future for Europeans…

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April 13, 1970.

An oxygen tank explodes 200,000 miles from Earth, crippling Apollo 13. The crew survives using the Lunar Module as a lifeboat and building a duct-tape CO₂ filter. Water ran out 5 hours before re-entry. One of the narrowest escapes in space history…

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