The Largest Asteroid Impact In Earth’s History
Long before dinosaurs ever walked the Earth
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When people think of asteroids that have struck the Earth, their minds typically land on the infamous rock that crashed into the planet 66 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs. The asteroid, dubbed Chicxulub, was roughly the size of Mount Everest. The cataclysmic event wiped out 75% of all life on Earth…