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meteorites

  1. Cheetah

    Somewhat like a fruitcake that has fallen off a shelf into some flour and cracked

    The Hypatia Stone analized. Some exiting and unexpected news from the University of Johannesburg.
  2. E

    Museums that threw out meteorite collections in the late 1700s

    Hello. I recently found an answer to a question that I'd been wondering about for some time, and I thought I'd put it up here in case anyone else had heard of the same thing and wanted to know more too. Several times over the years, I've read the claim that in the late 18th century the...
  3. B

    Bosnian Man Says Targetted by Aliens

    Link Dunno, maybe he has a point...
  4. GoodGuysEatPie

    Villagers in Peru claim meteorite has made them ill

    A friend sent me this story this morning. I haven't had time yet to fully investigate it. Apparently a meteorite is claimed to cause all sorts of sickness to some villagers in Peru. I very much doubt it's the meteorite itself that's making them sick...
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    Asteroid death statistics and the Lottery

    For those who don't know, Lembit Opik is a Member of Parliament in England whose only distinguishing feature is that he likes to champion the cause of defending the Earth from meteorite strikes. Tonight on TV he stated that "you are 750 times more likely to be killed by a meteorite than to win...
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