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The calculation of doomsday based on Anno Domini
Science and Culture. Vol. 1.2, 2015
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Wojcik, Daniel. “Signs of the Endtimes.” In The End of the World As We Know It: Faith, Fatalism, and Apocalypse in America, pp. 37-59. New York and London: New York University Press, 1997.
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Lingua Posnaniensis, 2015
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END TIMES (What could happen in the world tomorrow)
CGSS, 2022
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