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There Is A One-in-300 Chance That Earth Will Be Struck On March 16, 2880, By An Asteroid Large Enough To Destroy Civilization And Possibly Cause The Extinction Of The Human Race. But, On The Bright Side, Prince Could Re-release His Hit Song With The New Refrain 'we're Gonna Party Like Its Twenty-eight Seventy-nine.'