The day the world nearly ended and nobody — except one Mexican scientist — noticed

In 1883, a comet so large it was capable of ending life on Earth narrowly missed the planet. The only person who noticed was a Mexican scientist, and almost no one believed him. The post The day the world nearly ended and nobody — except one Mexican scientist — noticed appeared first on Mexico News Daily


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