Popular Culture
- The alternate reality game speculat1on.net refers to the asteroid Apophis on numerous occasions, basing its timeline on the asteroid's twelve-year cycle.
- The asteroid Apophis colliding with the Earth nearly wipes out humanity and ushers in a post-apocalyptic age in id Software's Rage.
- The metal band Type O Negative names Apophis as the bringer of the Apocalypse on Friday 13th 2029, in their song "The Profits of Doom" on the album Dead Again.
- The band Enter Shikari comments on Apophis's possible impact of Earth in their song "Zzzonked" on the album Common Dreads.
- The webcomic Homestuck begins with the premise of meteors crashing to Earth on April 13th.
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—Carl Bernstein (b. 1944)
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—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)