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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Feb 15, 2024, 09:39 AM Feb 2024

On this day, February 15, 2013, a meteor put on a show over Chelyabinsk, Russia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15

• 2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.

Wed Feb 15, 2023: Ten years ago today, February 15, 2013, a meteor put on a show over Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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