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TIL: In 1903 Daniel Barringer gambled his entire fortune on a mineshaft believing geologists had misclassified a meteor creator as a volcano and a $1 billion iron ore deposit was to be found. He was correct that the site was a meteor creator, but didn’t realize the iron ore had vaporized on impact.

by whatilearned March 18, 2023, 5:41 pm

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People say that a huge meteor killed the dinosaurs.

by cringeyjokesman January 21, 2023, 9:26 pm

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TIL that googling “Chicxulub”, the name of the location where the asteroid that wiped off most dinosaurs struck Earth, summons a meteor that zooms past the screen and crashes, shaking the screen.

by whatilearned January 21, 2023, 2:20 am

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Pretend, as of reading this post, a meteor is an hour away from hitting the earth, what was your last meal without realizing it?

by QuestionGuy October 22, 2022, 1:07 am

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TIL that in the thousands of years after the meteor killed off the dinosaurs, the planet was almost entirely dominated by ferns 🌿, and now scientists are trying to replicate the meteor strike in a greenhouse to figure out why!

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 1:43 pm

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TIL 1941 after a meteor shower two Canadian Inuit announced they were Jesus and God and convinced people to kill their sled dogs since people will soon be able to fly. 9 people ended up losing their lives as a result of the community spread insanity.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 4:05 pm

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TIL in 1490, the Ming Dynasty reportedly experienced a meteor shower so severe it resulted in a “rain of rocks”, killing several tens of thousands of people, according to some official sources

by whatilearned February 8, 2022, 2:25 pm

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TIL that third Mithridatic War Was Interrupted by a meteor crashing between two opposing armies.

by whatilearned February 5, 2022, 12:30 am

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TIL a meteor had fallen in the kingdom of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and on it someone had written “The First Emperor will die and his land will be divided.” When he heard this, he sent someone to investigate who did it, and when no one admitted, all the people living nearby the meteor were killed.

by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 5:35 am

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TIL that a Bronze Age city on the Dead Sea was destroyed by a meteor airburst with a thousand times the power of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. It may have inspired the legend of Sodom and Gomorrah.

by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 2:55 pm

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TIL that The Griffith Observatory in Southern California puts out a “Sky Report” every month and highlights the stars that are visible, the phases of the moon, visible nebulae, and when you can watch meteor showers. Its so informative and cool and their YouTube videos only get like 500 views…

by whatilearned November 13, 2021, 2:22 am

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TIL that on the night of November 12-13, 1833, a massive meteor shower was observed. ‘At Boston, the frequency of meteors was estimated to be about half that of flakes of snow in an average snowstorm.’

by whatilearned November 7, 2021, 12:57 am

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