If only that were true though... alas, like comets, because the press don't accurately report these things and don't often bother with following anything up with less-than exciting stories, the belief that an asteroid will hit the Earth in X years time then continues to fester in the minds of certain individuals who then claim the government is censoring stories on the matter. Hence the lack of stories about said asteroid in the press.

As for me, I won't be cashing in my life insurance this time...

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