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      <title>Mayan Apocalypse: Will December 21, 2012 Be The End Of The World? </title>
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         <title><![CDATA[NASA Swamped With 'End Of World' Phone Calls]]></title>
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<em>A journalist speaks in front of a TV camera in Chichen Itza, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching Dec. 21 with calm and equanimity, the people whose ancestors supposedly made the prediction in the first place. (AP Photo/Israel Leal) </em>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Apocalypse reading list  ]]></title>
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<blockquote><ul><li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/will-porter/mayan-apocalypse-ridicule-or-reason-how-sh_b_2341316.html?utm_hp_ref=uk" target="_hplink">Ridicule or Reason? How Should We Deal With Another Apocalypse?</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/11/ancient-mayan-calendar-discovered-with-no-mention-of-the-end-of-the-world-in-2012_n_1508845.html" target="_hplink">Ancient Mayan Calendar Discovered – With No Mention Of The End Of The World In 2012 (PICTURES)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/18/mayan-apocalypse-russians-stockpile-china-arrests-californians-bunkers_n_2321255.html?#s1872872&title=1806_" target="_hplink">Russians Stockpile Food, China Makes Arrests For End Of World Rumours, Americans Buy Luxury Bunkers</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/12/december-21-mayan-end-world-gangnam-style-psy-nostradamus_n_2285027.html#s1872874&title=Oct_28_1992" target="_hplink">Mayan's End Of World Calendar Linked To Gangnam Style's Psy (Thanks Nostradamus)</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-borkowski/never-mind-the-mayans-her_b_2338940.html?utm_hp_ref=uk&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008%20s1872872&title=1806_" target="_hplink">Never Mind the Mayans, Here's the Apocalypse</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-raj-persaud/why-is-the-ancient-mayan-prophecy-that-today-is-the-end-of-the-world-so-popular_b_2343048.html" target="_hplink">Why Is the Ancient Mayan Prophecy That Today Is the End of the World So Popular?</a></li></ul></blockquote>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2012-12-21T06:51:14-05:00</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE WORLD NOT ENDING]]></title>
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         <pubDate>2012-12-21T06:23:38-05:00</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[WE'RE ALIVE]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[It's gone 11:11 and the world has not ended.

See <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/maya" target="_hplink">http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/maya</a> for more details]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2012-12-21T06:12:26-05:00</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[TWISTING THE TRUTH]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/mayans-protest-2012-doomsday-predictions_n_2050519.html" target="_hplink">The Huffington Post reports:
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As the so-called "Mayan doomsday" approaches, the Mayans of Guatemala are speaking out against what some are calling a government- and tour business-led effort to profit off misinterpretations of their traditions.
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         <title><![CDATA[END OF THE WORLD LOL CAT]]></title>
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<a href="http://wywmstudios.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=106933497" target="_hplink">Via wywmstudios</a>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[THE END OF THE WORLD.. AS SEEN AROUND THE WORLD]]></title>
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/carolinepennock/" target="_hplink"> carolinepennock </a></b>:
.<a href="http://twitter.com/JonathanHaynes">@JonathanHaynes</a> Argh! Would everyone please stop talking about the 'Mayans'. They are the MAYA. Mayan applies only to the language.
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         <title><![CDATA[EVEN THE BBC ARE TAKING THIS THREAT SERIOUSLY ]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[MR ANDERSON]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<img alt="the matrix" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/913802/thumbs/o-THE-MATRIX-570.jpg?3" />

If the world ends today, could it be because the universe is actually a giant computer simulation? Our Tech Editor Michael Rundle blogs about why he hopes it is:

http://huff.to/XSMyKg]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[HAS IT STARTED?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<img alt="cern off" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/913797/thumbs/o-CERN-OFF-570.jpg?5" />

The large hadron collider has been turned off. <a href="http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/" target="_hplink">Before you panic, it's for Christmas.</a>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ANYTHING TO CONFESS?]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA['ONE DAY THAT WILL FREAK THEM OUT']]></title>
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Via <a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/" target="_hplink">http://au.ibtimes.com/</a>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[WE'RE STILL HERE]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Update: It's 8:30am in London and the world has still not ended.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[SPOILER ALERT!]]></title>
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/AlexAllTimeLow/" target="_hplink"> AlexAllTimeLow </a></b>:
Spoiler alert from the eastern regions of the planet: The world doesn't end.
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         <title><![CDATA[The Mayans Aren't Worried]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[For the people who predicted the apocalypse, the Mayans are pretty chilled out.

<img alt="mayan" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/913366/thumbs/o-MAYAN-570.jpg?5" />

In this AP photo, Mayan priests pray during a ceremony at the Kaminal Juyu archeological site, in preparation for the Oxlajuj B'aktun, in Guatemala City.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Schools In Michigan Aren't Taking Chances..]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[More than 30 Michigan schools have closed two days early for the holiday break, in part, one official says, because of rumors surrounding the belief that the ancient Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world on Friday.  

No teacher wants to be stuck in double maths while the end of the world rages - it's hard enough to keep kids focussed as it is.

Five districts -- covering 33 schools in Lapeer county -- will <a href="http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Michigan-schools-cancel-classes-due-to-potential-threats-end-of-world-rumors/-/1719418/17840276/-/13axcbyz/-/index.html" target="_hplink">cancel all classes and extracurriculars</a> until Jan. 7, 2013.

According to a <a href="http://www.lapeerschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3097392/File/school%20closing%20%2812-20-12%29.pdf" target="_hplink">letter sent to families of Lapeer Community Schools</a>, the Mayan doomsday scenario -- coupled with "numerous rumors" circulating in the state's districts about "potential threats of violence against students" <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/newtown-schools-back-in-s_n_2322597.html?utm_hp_ref=connecticut-schools" target="_hplink">following last week's Connecticut school shooting</a> --prompted officials to release students for vacation Wednesday instead of Friday.

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/michigan-schools-close-mayan-apocalypse_n_2340265.html?1356034687" target="_hplink">Read the whole story here.</a>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The New York Post Are Giving Us A Classy Send-Off]]></title>
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/jaimelynbeatty/" target="_hplink"> jaimelynbeatty </a></b>:
Dear NY Post, if the #apocalypse strikes: do you really want THIS #frontpage as ur legacy? Yeah? Ok, just checking. <a href="http://t.co/CakBvleP">http://t.co/CakBvleP</a>
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         <title><![CDATA[600 Arrested In China Over Doomsday Rumors   ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In China, more than 600 members of a fringe Christian group have been arrested for spreading doomsday panic and rumors, China's Xinhua news agency <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/20/world/asia/china-doomsday-arrests/" target="_hplink">reported</a> according to CNN.

 Known as the Almighty God cult, the group goes door to door to warn that the sun would not shine and electricity would not work for three days beginning on December 21.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Here's how the Mayan's do it..]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<img alt="end of the world" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/913042/thumbs/o-END-OF-THE-WORLD-570.jpg?5" />


No it's not the macarena, it's a Mayan Ceremony on Bacuranao beach in eastern Havana, on December 6, 2012. 

Mayan leaders are in Cuba delivering conferences and making ceremonies to celebrate the beginning of a new era. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Top Chefs Prepare Doomsday Recipes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As the world waits for its end according to an ancient Mayan prophecy, top chefs around the world put forward suggestions for the last supper: fresh mackerel, pizza, and more. <a href="http://bites.today.com/_news/2012/12/20/16044304-fresh-mackerel-pizza-more-chefs-end-of-the-world-eats" target="_hplink">according to</a> Today. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[And the weather forecast for Friday is looking hot, with a few scattered meteor showers...]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Some news outlets around the website have been predicting the weather forecast for Friday. And while the rain looks near apocalyptic here in the UK, some broadcasters seeing the weather getting distinctly warmer.

<a href="http://weather.blogs.starnewsonline.com/11385/apocalypse-forecast/" target="_hplink">Star News has done a round-up of some of the best forecasts</a>, and here are a couple of our favourites.


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         <description><![CDATA[Russia's President Putin is not worried one jot about his possible upcoming demise.

He appears to have firmly placed all his bets on the side of science.

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Earthquake in Jaipur? Apocalypse happening? Atleast we won the last ever game of professional cricket.
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/Gotham3/" target="_hplink"> Gotham3 </a></b>:
People are Joking about the Apocalypse as if there is no tomorrow.
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         <description><![CDATA[It would appear that those wishing to escape the impending and presumably fiery doom of the apocalypse, should head to the little French town of Bugarach.

<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9753657/Mayan-apocalypse-French-village-pleads-with-fanatics-not-to-visit-Bugarach.html" target="_hplink">According to the Telegraph,</a> the town's mountain is rumoured to be one of only a handful of places to escape the cataclysm.

As an additional treat, doomsday believers say a visual spectacle will also be provided when spaceship-riding aliens emerge from the mountain to save nearby humans. 

Jean-Pierre Delord, the beleaguered mayor of Bugarach, said: "I am making an appeal to the world – do not come to Bugarach." ]]></description>
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/matthewhurtt/" target="_hplink"> matthewhurtt </a></b>:
I hope the Mayan Apocalypse takes everyone who won't shut up about the Mayan Apocalypse.
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/" target="_hplink"> SenJohnMcCain </a></b>:
Thanks Vlad, I can finally rest easy about tomorrow! "Mayan apocalypse: Vladimir #Putin rules out end of the world" <a href="http://t.co/LnkoBDbl">http://t.co/LnkoBDbl</a>
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         <title><![CDATA['IF I DIE, I DON'T WANT TO DIE ON A DRY SPELL']]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/end_of_world_is_very_bed_news_for_QnNdRlOJ9XcFik5zjd8JvI?utm_source=SFnewyorkpost&utm_medium=SFnewyorkpost" target="_hplink">New York Post reports:</a>

<blockquote>A sexy swimsuit model and countless other lusty New Yorkers say tomorrow’s predicted Mayan apocalypse is a great reason to have sex, and are turning to social media and doomsday-themed parties in hopes of fully experiencing humanity’s steamy climax.

“If I die, I don’t want to die on a dry spell!” declared model Niki Ghazian.

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         <title><![CDATA[UPDATE: WORLD STILL NOT OVER ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The clock has struck 12 in Australia and New Zealand and, as far as we know, <a href="http://imgur.com/19eEJ" target="_hplink">we're all still here. </a>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS...]]></title>
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/danieljcross/" target="_hplink"> danieljcross </a></b>:
<a href="http://twitter.com/hullstephen">@hullstephen</a> According to a new calandar found this year, the Mayans say we've actually got another 7000 years. Phew. <a href="http://t.co/SWAAw3SL">http://t.co/SWAAw3SL</a>
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         <title><![CDATA[THE MAYAN PROPHECY: FACT OR BOLLOCKS?]]></title>
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<strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/10/mayan-2012-prophecy-end-of-world-spoof_n_2269771.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-comedy" target="_hplink">FULL STORY</a></strong>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[SOME GREAT PIECES FROM HUFF POST BLOGGERS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[First up is <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alice-grist/" target="_hplink">Alice Grist</a> who's blog 'It's the End of the World as We Know It... A Guide to 21 December 2012 for Mere Mortals...' has really helped explain the Mayan prediction:

<em>"Being of a spiritual persuasion I can't let the famed 21 Dec 2012 pass by without mention. This date, for those who don't know, is the end of The Mayan Calender, and therefore, presumed by some to be the end of the world. How very dramatic.

Anyone who predicts the end of the world has, previously been wrong. Indeed the poor fella who announced The Rapture (twice so far I think) was made quite rightly to look a little foolish. So I won't go there... But what I will say is this. I hope it is the end of the world... The end of the world as we know it. Thanks REM."</em>

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alice-grist/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it_b_2276733.html?utm_hp_ref=mayan-apocalypse" target="_hplink"><strong>Read more here</strong></a>

There's also a great piece by <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ellen-grace-jones/" target="_hplink">Ellen Grace Jones</a> who puts a slightly more practical twist on December 21.

<em>"Should we be freaking the hell out, battening down the hatches, quarantining ourselves in our basement with industrial quantities of freeze-dried food? Of course Hollywood's fear propaganda machine tried to have us believe it's a doomsday whereby our planet is consumed in a Fukishima-on-steroids tsunami, but the reality is much different. Put your hysteria on hold.

In pure and simple astronomical terms this winter solstice represents the culmination of a 25,800 year cycle of the precession of the equinoxes. Every 72 years, our planet wobbles on its axis by one degree, hence the zodiac's meandering journey through the cosmos. On this day the winter solstice sun will align with the galactic equator. As 5th Dimension sung, this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius."</em>

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ellen-grace-jones/apocalypse-21-december-not-end-of-the-world_b_2249678.html" target="_hplink"><strong>Read the full piece here</strong></a>]]></description>
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/Vitamin_DG/" target="_hplink"> Vitamin_DG </a></b>:
I killed the radio star, NOT video. That feels so much better. I've been carrying that around with me for a while. #apocalypseconfessions.
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/wilsjen/" target="_hplink"> wilsjen </a></b>:
These #apocalypseconfessions could get quite messy, especially when we're all here on Saturday feeling the incredible shame.
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/ElliottTDuke/" target="_hplink"> ElliottTDuke </a></b>:
#apocalypseconfessions I was the one who let the dogs out.
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/jamieotsa/" target="_hplink"> jamieotsa </a></b>:
<a href="http://twitter.com/HuffPostUK">@HuffPostUK</a> to my housemate Sean - I ate your cheese. Sorry buddy, better that you know now and we die pure. #apocalypseconfessions
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         <title><![CDATA[ULTIMATE  SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD PLAYLIST]]></title>
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<strong>FULL STORY</strong></a>]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[MANCHESTER APOCALYPSE ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[It looks like Manchester United's worst fears have come true ahead of the Mayan prophecy - they've got Real Madrid and Ronaldo in the Champions League.

<strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/20/champions-league-draw_n_2336217.html?1356002017&utm_hp_ref=uk-sport" target="_hplink">FULL STORY</a></strong>]]></description>
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<b>@<a href="http://twitter.com/Ainsley_Thomson/" target="_hplink"> Ainsley_Thomson </a></b>:
RT <a href="http://twitter.com/AndrewPotterNZ:">@AndrewPotterNZ:</a> It's now 12.02am on the 21st of December in New Zealand. Any sign of the Mayan #apocalypse yet? #doomsday
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         <title><![CDATA[FINAL CONFESSIONS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A couple of the <em>Huffington Post UK</em> team have offered up final confessions to share in the hope of going to a better place if/when the end comes. To be honest, most of them are unpublishable! But here's a few for you to digest. 

<strong>NB:</strong> All identities have been hidden to protect the innocent.

One unnamed staffer has revealed:

<em>"I hid my brother's favourite toy, thinking he would find it within hours. After three days, the entire family had searched the house top to bottom with no luck, leaving my brother distraught. I thought it was time to act the hero, and miraculously found the bear, meaning he was indebted to me forever. Strangely, no one suspected I had hidden it in the first place."</em>

Another said:

<em>"When I was seven I put shampoo in my friend's goldfish bowl because I didn't like her. The goldfish survived and I have been feeling guilty about it ever since."</em>

And another:

<em>"When I was nine I put soap on my brother's toothbrush because he'd told my dad I swore and my dad made me wash my mouth out with soap."</em>

And finally:

<em>"I once lied about being able to read, write and spell to get a job in journalism."</em>

Regular readers of the HuffPostUK could probably guess who made the final confession.

<strong>Do you have something you want to confess ahead of the possible Mayan apocalypse? Email: huffpostuk@huffingtonpost.com</strong>

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Mayan apocalypse: Moscow residents snap up $1000 tickets for a doomsday party 56m underground... <a href="http://t.co/qQMNHihg">http://t.co/qQMNHihg</a>
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Apocalypse: Why Mayans don't buy it <a href="http://t.co/cNt7t2xh">http://t.co/cNt7t2xh</a>
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French mayor bans people from climbing up ‘mystical mountain’ as supposed Mayan apocalypse draws near <a href="http://t.co/ePQvi5WN">http://t.co/ePQvi5WN</a>
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The Mayan apocalypse: Guardian guide to the end of the world part 1 - video  <a href="http://t.co/6y9PqWjV">http://t.co/6y9PqWjV</a> via <a href="http://twitter.com/guardian">@guardian</a>
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         <description><![CDATA[When the faeces flinging starts, you know there's a problem. Will everyone please just calm down.

<em>"A 21-year-old college student told Oak Park police a man struck her in the face with a sock filled with his own feces as she rode the train, reports the Pioneer Press.

"He had a sock full of his poop on me,” said the woman, asking to remain anonymous. “It was everywhere; on my face, my hair, my clothes."</em>

<strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/cta-sock-filled-feces-att_n_2333165.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003" target="_hplink">FULL STORY HERE</a></strong>]]></description>
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Mayan Guy: Hey wanna beer? Other Mayan Guy: I'm working on this calendar, but I guess if I don't finish it won't be the end of the world.
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         <description><![CDATA[If you are prone to superstition, 2012 provides a wealth of apocalyptic fears and calamitous end-of-day scenarios, starting with the ever-popular end-of-the-world Mayan doomsday.

Some have argued that Mayans, whose civilization spanned across southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize from 1000 B.C. to 1519 A.D., carved into their calendar the day the world would end—Dec. 21.

Many scholars have debunked the Mayan doomsday myth but it hasn’t stopped some from treating December as Armageddon month, turning to social media to share elaborate last-minute bucket-list ideas.

<strong><a href="http://huff.to/XJQpcC" target="_hplink">READ THE FULL STORY</a></strong>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[It could be one of the last days on Earth, so we hope you enjoyed your journey into work! We'll be updating this blog throughout the next 24 hours and beyond, we hope!

The early signs are that it's not the Apocalypse yet, which is good.  When we've more to report, we will.

Until then, digest this video. Oh, hang on, it <em>could</em> be the first hint of the coming doom!

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<strong><a href="http://huff.to/UeJqus" target="_hplink">FULL STORY: Squirrels Dance To Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' </a></strong>]]></description>
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