Billboards Warn Judgment Day Is Right Around the Corner

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An evangelical broadcasting group has reportedly bought thousands of billboards around the world to announce that the apocalypse will happen 10 days from now, on May 21, 2011 (not on Dec. 21, 2012, so suck it, Nostradamus). On the day of reckoning, salvation awaits true believers, according to Family Radio, while the rest of humankind will endure massive earthquakes and five months of hell on earth. Strange, the Farmer's Almanac predicted a mild summer. To avoid the worst, Family Radio advises that you "cry mighty unto God for His message."

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