Time's Up, Nostradamus

Nostradamus is the subject of more than 40,000 Web pages and countless books, and his writings are studied throughout the world. But was he right? We'll soon see. In 1555 he made his most precise prediction, which can be translated as: "The year 1999, seven months, from the sky there will come the Great King of Terror to resuscitate the Great King of the Mongols." Nostrabuffs say this means that July will be full of earthquakes, tsunamis and satellites crashing into Earth. Then again, here are other things happening in July that he could have been talking about:

--On July 15,...

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