As late as 1890 rocks did not fall from the sky, and it didn't matter how many French farmers showed up at the Institute with burnt rocks they picked out of their fields after seeing them fall out of the sky.
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:') There are some who still don't think it's true. I think the first thaw in that cognitive freeze occurred when a stone fell out of a clear sky as witnessed by the Holy Roman Emperor and his rather large entourage. But resistance to the idea of impact (large, serious ones, striking after the so-called Late Heavy Bombardment) remained until 1994, when the bits of SL-9 smashed into Jupiter. (':