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What If the Dino-Killing Asteroid Hit Earth Somewhere Else

12 min · 20. juni 2026
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The asteroid roughly 10 km across hit Earth over 60 million years ago. One of the most devastating consequences was the mass extinction that wiped out 80% of all animal species. Its crater is now hidden below the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. But what if it landed in some other spot? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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