5. In REM's song, "It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine"), Michael Stipe cited composer Leonard Bernstein, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, comedian Lenny Bruce and rock critic Lester Bangs in their salute to the end of it all. But it was actually to do with the initials L.B.
This was based on a dream he had where he was the only guest at a party who did not have those initials.
EXTRA CREDIT: The song was once played 24-hours straight by the Cleveland radio station WENZ when it changed format to alt-rock and called itself "107.9 The End." Well, that IS the end of the FM numbers.
6. Back in 1499, German astrologer JOHANNES STOEFFLER predicted the world would end on Feb. 20, 1524 in a great flood. Many people believed him. One was a German count who built a three-story ark. On that day, crowds gathered at the river bank to mock the good count.
Then, it started to rain and people panicked and stormed the ark. When the count protested, he was stoned to death. Afterward, Stoeffler said he had miscalculated and the actual date was the next year. But, it was too late for the count.
"Noah!!" "Who Said That?" --DaCoot
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