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A meteor falls in Pennsylvania, and lands in ice cream

sharonahill.com A meteor falls in Pennsylvania, and lands in ice cream

A rock hit a car in a Walmart parking lot in Lehighton, PA in 2023, busting the window and landing in a half gallon of ice cream. A group of open-minded scientists agreed to take the case and ident…

A meteor falls in Pennsylvania, and lands in ice cream

A rock hit a car in a Walmart parking lot in Lehighton, PA in 2023, busting the window and landing in a half gallon of ice cream. A group of open-minded scientists agreed to take the case and identified the rock as a genuine meteorite. Source is Pennsylvania Geology Winter 2024.

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And thus a new flavor was born.
- Rocky Sky? Mint Meteor Chip? Asteroid Fudge? Vanilla ... with a rock?

If a meteor falling from the sky and ruining your dessert is uplifting, then gravity doesn't exist. Or you're in Australia.

ford prefect must have been driving

That headline legit sounds like the plot for some kids book.
- Sounds like Kid might get another chance with a Stone of Cosmic Power! (Or maybe not. Really hope that Ice Cream isn't "the stuff" now.)

Imagine getting insurance to cover that broken window.

Can a meteor fall on Xitter servers please?

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