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Not With a Bang, But a False Alarm

By Nick Moran posted at 3:00 pm on May 27, 2012 0

Remember all those people who believed the world was going to end last year? Where are they now?

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Nick Moran is the social media editor for The Millions. He was born in Hoboken, NJ and he returned there after graduating from the University of Miami. Before leaving the publishing industry, he worked for Norton, John Wiley & Sons, and Oxford University Press. His interests can be followed on his Tumblr, Nick Recommends and Twitter, @nemoran3.

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