28 Events That Could Have Ended the World
From natural disasters to human error, our planet has faced numerous extinction-level threats throughout history. Join us as we explore the most terrifying moments when humanity and Earth itself stood on the brink of annihilation, featuring close calls with cosmic objects, nuclear accidents, and devastating natural phenomena. Our countdown includes the Cuban Missile Crisis, Chernobyl disaster, ancient supervolcano eruptions, near-miss asteroids, and potentially world-ending technological malfunctions. Which close call do you think was the most frightening? Let us know in the comments below!
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@WatchMojo
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Which close call do you think was the most frightening? Let us know in the comments below!
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@jodiecarlson6955
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Way too many of these are involving nuclear power and bombs. What have we created?
@michaelscott1658
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
The amount of incidents that nearly occurred due to false alarms is quite unsettling… absolute miracle that one of those did not result in a retaliatory strike
Anonymous
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
and in 2025 they are still at war …nothing has changed
@DailyDiscovertheGlobeTop10
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
06:38 The lava flow was really scary. 😯😯
@sandmanvvs4121
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Oh wow, an incident in December of 2019? You mean like a lab leak? That infected the whole world? The fuck are you guys playing, plague inc?
@Jimmietwotimes
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
#21 was true? I saw that movie. I thought it was bullsh*t.
@lizpeate9228
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
12:39 "However and "incident" in Dec 2019 raised renewed concerns avout safety"
@randypullman1155
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Nobody believes a meteor ended the dinos.
@J37TL
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
stfu ur like 40 and no one wantd to watch 28 events that could've ended the world unless the over the age of 30
@exaltedrealm3131
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Pandemic from 1918-1920. Pandemic from 2020-2023. I wonder what the Tyranny of Science has planned for around 2100.
@citystategov
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
The irony that mankind won't survive the next one, A I.
@melissamiller4740
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Really you don’t include Covid pandemic seriously?!
@melissamiller4740
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
The two times I literally thought the world ended were 2012 because of the whole Mayan calander thing and of course the Covid 19 pandemic (even though the pandemic is over, life I don’t think will ever be the same just saying)
@CStayNZ
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
You know what’s crazy… any slight change in history and none of us are watching this video.
@YasirAhmad-g6b
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Kashmir information was provided incorrectly. Kashmir has Muslim majority who wanted to be part of Pakistan but at the time of separation between Indian and Pakistan, India using it's military took control of the area. The UN has mandated a referendum decades ago that India has halted it and will never allow as it fears the obvious, the Kashmiri people joining Pakistan. This is the base reality and this is the root cause of the tension between Pakistan and India. This fact was not disclosed by the narrator.
@Jubbable
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Too many commercials.
@YourCeeCeeDuelist
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
…the 2020 event could of ended the world too, ya know?
in fact, it almost killed half the earths population.
And yet it's not even an honorable mention??
@philipmitchelmore3974
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
There are many Canadian heroes, maybe do a reaction to Terry Fox next.
@AKCobra1120
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Interesting list, but some of these are nonsense. None of these nuclear power plant incidents were potentially world ending. Tragic, yes, but world ending, no. Clearly, while the fear was real, there was never any chance of an atom bomb igniting the atmosphere, therefore there was never any threat.
@JohnAndrejZPicut
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
crazy how the Chernobyl had the sarcophagus now till a random russian drone basically bombed it and had a hole now who knows what will happen
@austins.2495
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Do you realize how much better off the Earth and literally every life form on it would be without humans? We are cancer… 🤦♂️
@Request_2_PANic
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Seeing this tells me that we should discontinue nuclear power generation, take pandemics seriously from the beginning and, if necessary, have multiple independent and redundant stations to check for any attacks from other countries.
@kiminowak8295
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Attempted Soviet Coup, 1991!? Holy shit!! I was born in 1992! So, if the Soviet Coup was successful, my older sister would've died at just 2 years of age, and I never would've even been born😨That's fucking scary……
@LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Oh boy…the whole thing with India and Pakistan right now really makes you think if this will be the conflict that ignites nuclear war 🤔probably not…but with any war or conflict, the threat of nuclear attacks is always hanging over our heads
@DeannaGilbert616
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
4:32 You don’t say…
@sheng21
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
wars are dumb the nature is more scary
@tats_sacs
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Nuclear weapons are bombs with switches while super volcanoes are time bombs that’s already been activated. Tick tock tick tock.
@makkkgezz9744
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
2029 its over
@ITSflaPJak
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
I swear if the black plague isn't on here
@gtx-808
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Imagine if instead of jfk they had trump back then this why we need smart people in the white house 😂
@wcjosee3653
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Dkal we beat it no perks before u got this
@Jadeweast
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Not to brag but my dad (God) did that❤
@niharikabhatnagar3930
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Minoan’s are here. The Mahabharata needs to be here too. There’s even been evidence found now
@JaBballing
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Them manoans had some baddies I didn’t even know cha Chas existed back then😭
@Diomides-Europe
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
The e-book SIBERIA A.D. 2038 deals with a similar scenario.
@Dancing_Kingg
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Of course, Corona Virus 2020
@colintimp1372
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Spanish flu is now though to have originated in a military barracks in Kansas. It was only ever known as Spanish Flu because the Spanish newspapers were the first (and only) to report on the sickness. The rest of the world wanted to keep it secret because of WW1.
@colintimp1372
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
The mount Tambora eruption led to Mary Shelley travelling with a friend, her husband-to-be and Lord Byron to escape the terrible weather in England. Turns out it wasn't much better at Byron's estate in Italy. It was cold and rained every day. They were stuck inside for a month. This led them to play a game to create a story. The lightning one night from the storm, and an earlier conversation with the group, inspired Mary to write 'The Human Prometheus.' Better known as 'Frankenstein.'
@MeowAdi1008
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
There is one still in existence, which is ending the world slowly – ISLAM.
@jayedawg
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Um….not that I’m wishing for it, but none of these would end humanity, let alone all life, so…
@daniellemccormick9981
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
The fact that half of these were almost caused due to technology malfunction…I’m telling ya’ll the AI out to get us LMAO 😭
@SarahLindsey-x1u
August 2, 2025 at 4:13 pm
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