[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

Scientists, however, said it wasn't clear how the government concluded that a meteorite strike caused the blast. There has been no established death due to a meteorite hit in recorded history, they said.

That's just a crock, it may have originated with Carl Sagan, although he never had any original thought of which I'm aware.

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[Red Badger]

That's just a crock, it may have originated with Carl Sagan, although he never had any original thought of which I'm aware.

Oh, I thought he had BILLIONS and BILLIONS................

[Conan the Librarian]

There may be no recorded deaths by meteor, but, there have been at least two meteor hits that saved lives.

Both were in battles being let by Mithridates VI of Pontus. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article of him doesn’t mention the event.

You’ll have to read the book “The Poison King” by Adrienne Mayor.

Anyway, the claim of the meteor strikes may have been apocryphal, or, not, but, if true, they did stop the battles thus saving lives.

[brivette]

I liked Carl.