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Unknown meteorite found in Swedish quarry

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The coin used for size reference is the (rather large) Swedish femkrona. It is 28.5 mm, or 1.12 inches, in diameter.

I haven't really thought about this before, but that coin might be the biggest coin I know of. And the 10 krona is the smallest one compared to its value (smallest coin, highest value within the Swedish coins) that I know of anyway.

The old 5 Deutsche Mark coin (I wonder if I have one somewhere hidden in a shelf?) is larger with 29,00 mm.

The 5 Euro coin (a collectors item and only legal tender in Germany) is smaller with 27,25 mm.

The JFK US half dollar is 30.61 mm. There's apparently also an Eisenhower silver dollar in circulation at >38mm but I don't think I've ever seen one.

I meant it as in that the coin itself has the highest value of all Swedish coins, but it is the smallest size of them.

The Australian 50 cent piece is another large one at 31.5 mm

They mentioned a cooincidence with an explosion of ocean invertebrate life. I wonder why. Are they suggesting there's a connection?

there might be, or not. on this scale, +- 1 million years is nothing. but if meteorite shower was intense, it could have affected atmosphere, which in cascading effect could have altered conditions in oceans to be more favorable for marine life.

or about billion or so other possibilities.

I thought I recognized that rock!

Fun fact everyone studying earth science/geology at Uppsala University have been to this quarry during their bachelor studies, at least when I studied there (I've been there twice).

Time to double check all the rock I brought from there ;)

Did they form a consensus on this?

Sounds like the beginning of a sci-fi horror movie :).

I hope.

A weird part of me wants to live through some massive sic-fi event like that. Probably the same sick part of me that wants to see Trump win simply to watch the fallout.

Somewhat related: https://xkcd.com/611/

> wants to see Trump win simply to watch the fallout.

I have those same strange morbid feelings but not about Trump. Because I know the damage would be too severe. It's like saying there's a sick part of me that wants to play russian roulette. There's morbid and then there's knowing that the damage will be so massive that you already know the final outcome. Nothing mysterious about that.

The GOP has been preaching hatred, fear and bigotry for the last 2-3 decades so someone like Trump was inevitable. The only good thing to come out of all this is that you know damn well the GOP leadership is sitting in a room somewhere, trying to figure out how to do a 180 and move back towards the center. Because if they don't, they lost the moderate and independent vote forever. Hell, I can see moderate republicans (like Kasich, etc) becoming democrats if things don't change or get worse. Trump is the worst thing to happen to the Republican party and I couldn't be happier.

That Kasich is considered a "moderate" in the context of the contemporary GOP sorta illustrates your point.

Eh, he has acted like a moderate on a few key issues; like not denying federal funds to expand medicaid as his peers in most red states did. He's also expected to sign the medical marijuana bill making its way through Ohio's congress. His behavior is most definitely not typical of your standard GOP congressman/governor.

Watch the new show Braindead it might hit both of those spots for you perfectly.

Also the best explanation for current us politics ive seen in a while.

Why not both? Trump is an alien robot sent from the future to prevent us from becoming unpalatable to our Alien master over-cooks by removing good Mexican food from our diets.

Ever read "The Imp of the Perverse"?

Indeed. A little Quatermass and the Pit-ish :)

"The greenish rock appeared to emit a type of radiation that was previously unknown, it was believed to have come from the planet Krypton." :-)

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