A Web site called Vulcan, Comets and the Impending Catastrophe expects a comet will hit the Earth in February 2007.

A British study found that the intelligence of British 11-year-olds has actually declined in the last 20 years.

The beautiful piano piece at the end of “Layla” was composed and played by the band’s drummer, Jim Gordon, who years later killed his mother with a hammer. He was committed to a psychiatric hospital in 1984, where he remains to this day.

Many parents worry about their kids getting hurt playing football, but a new study by Loyola University Health System shows that playing basketball and riding bicycles sent more Americans to the emergency room in 2005.

A Web site called Armageddon Online says the Battle of Armageddon, the Antichrist, and the return of Jesus will occur in 2007.

This article appears in December 29 • 2006.

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