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Explosions over California...

Started by Telarus, April 24, 2012, 08:52:48 AM

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...turn out to be an asteroid the size of "a minivan" exploding at 33,500 MpH over the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/04/24/0252246/asteroid-the-size-of-a-minivan-exploded-over-california
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Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on April 24, 2012, 04:57:12 PM
Alright! Another iron shipment from god!

If it exploded, it was probably just conglomerate gravel.

And besides, Jesus puts minerals and oil back in the Earth when we aren't looking.

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"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


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Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 24, 2012, 05:05:42 PM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on April 24, 2012, 04:57:12 PM
Alright! Another iron shipment from god!

If it exploded, it was probably just conglomerate gravel.

And besides, Jesus puts minerals and oil back in the Earth when we aren't looking.

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These ones explode like fast, slow, fast - not like the ones with automatic transmission...

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 In reality, Dateline NBC producers had rigged the minivan sized asteroid's fuel tank with remotely controlled model rocket engines to initiate the explosion.
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Upon further inspection, it seems the staff of Dateline was unaware of how the asteroids trajectory spelled "I love you" in one rare Palledian dialect.