In this video, the presenters discuss three instances in history when catastrophic events nearly wiped out humanity:
1. **2012 Solar Storm:** There were fears that the world would end in 2012 due to a Mayan prophecy. While the world didn't end, NASA later revealed that a powerful solar storm occurred in 2012, narrowly missing Earth. Had it hit, it could have caused a global blackout.
2. **1556 Shaanxi Earthquake:** This devastating earthquake in China killed over 830,000 people in 1556, a significant portion of the world's population at the time.
3. **Comet Bonilla (1883):** An astronomer named José Bonilla discovered a comet that passed dangerously close to Earth. The comet had massive fragments and could have led to human extinction had it collided with our planet.
The presenters discuss these events humorously but also highlight the potential dangers that humanity faces from natural disasters in space.
1. The text discusses several near misses of human extinction.
2. One of these near misses was a solar storm in 2012, which was almost powerful enough to cause a global blackout.
3. This solar storm was the most powerful in centuries and almost hit Earth.
4. The text also mentions that if this storm had occurred a week earlier, it would have hit us hard.
5. The solar storm was projected by the sun and skimmed the Earth.
6. The text also provides a comparison, stating that if the storm had occurred a week earlier, it would have hit us hard.
7. The text mentions that the sun emits a supernatural amount of radiation.
8. The text also mentions that the sun emits radiation that flies through space.
9. The text discusses the power grids and how a solar storm could fry them.
10. The text also mentions that the sun's fire licks the side and lets out radiation.
11. The text mentions that the sun has explosions, which are referred to as solar storms.
12. The text also mentions that Daniel Baker, a physicist at the University of Colorado, said that the solar storm could have caused a complete blackout.
13. The text mentions that the Washington Post said that if the storm had been a week earlier, we would have received it in full.
14. The text also mentions that there were a lot of studies that predicted exactly this.
15. The text discusses an earthquake known as Shaanxi, which happened in 1556 and was a long time ago.
16. The text also mentions that the earthquake hit magnitude 8 and caused death and injury to more than 830,000 people.
17. The text mentions that the earthquake could have caused uncontrollable fires across China and other gigantic earthquakes and tsunamis.
18. The text also mentions that the earthquake was very close to causing a complete decimation of part of the world's population.
19. The text discusses a comet that almost hit Earth in 1883.
20. The text also mentions that the comet was very big with a mass of billions of tons and came with millions of pieces of debris.
21. The text mentions that the fragments of the comet passed 600km from Earth.
22. The text also mentions that the really big comet passed just 8 thousand kilometers away from Earth.
23. The text discusses the Toba super volcano, which almost drove humanity to extinction around 70 thousand years ago.
24. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption was caused by a level 8 cataclysmic explosion.
25. The text mentions that the Toba eruption threw 2,800 km³ of ash, rocks, and magma.
26. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption caused drastic temperature falls on the planet.
27. The text mentions that the Toba eruption caused a reduction in the human population for around just 5 thousand individuals.
28. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
29. The text mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that only 5 thousand human beings survived.
30. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
31. The text mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
32. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
33. The text mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
34. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
35. The text mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
36. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
37. The text mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.
38. The text also mentions that the Toba eruption was so severe that it caused the world to enter another Ice Age.