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The meteorite and the hidden hoax

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Jan 20, 201627:54Science & Medicine

In 1864 a strange type of rock fell from the sky above Orgueil in rural France. Shocked and frightened locals collected pieces of the peculiar, peaty blob from the surrounding fields, and passed them on to museums and sc...

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