On July 22nd, the earth is likely to be ravaged by war and pestilence according masses of science-denying, superstitious prone people in India and China. This is the day that a major solar eclipse will take place and swallow the sun, well, for at 6 minutes and 39 seconds. In addition to blanketing parts of the Eastern Hemisphere in darkness, there’s also a good chance that World World III will begin, according to some astronomy citing Indian politician: “The last 200 years, whenever Saturn has gone into Virgo there has been either a world war or a mini world war.”

Chinese website Baidu.com agrees: “The probability for unrest or war to take place in years when a solar eclipse happens is 95 percent.” Luckily, the West will not be able to view the astronomical phenomenon, so we’re safe! |AFP|

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