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   From: degrafi@freenet.de   
      
   Hi!   
      
   Am 20.08.2015 um 02:28 schrieb Stan Brown:   
   > On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:26:30 +0200, Taemon wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 16-8-2015 19:08, Paul S. Person wrote:   
   >>> Obviously, I agree that something happened to produce the downfall of   
   >>> the Fourth Age society (or successor) and erase the mighty works   
   >>> and/or geography associated with it. But that a Giant Space Rock   
   >>> hitting the Earth in 1 Million Years BC was responsible is, at best,   
   >>> speculative and might even be regarded as whimsical. Other   
   >>> possibilities, no doubt, exist.   
   >>   
   >> As far as I know, Earth hasn't been hit by a Giant Space Rock one   
   >> million years ago. Matters of fantasy aside.   
   >   
   > One word: Tunguska.   
   >   
   > Of course, it depends on your definition of "giant", but if I recall   
   > correctly, that rock would have wiped out a major city if it had hit   
   > in the vicinity of one instead of in the wastes of Siberia.   
      
   It's rather improbable that something hit the ground as there are no   
   signs of a crater to be seen. One theory states that an explosion took   
   place several kilometres above the ground, yet there are still some   
   geophysical theories.   
      
   Michael   
      
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