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SYMHC Classics: Tunguska Event

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Explosion at Tunguska

In the early 19 twenties, mineralogist leonid who was the saint petersburg museum's chief curator of their meteorite collection, had become deeply interested in this strange event. He spent several years trying to get the government to agree to a research trip. In 19 27, nearly two decades after the strange explosion at tunguska, while the soviet union was in power,. kulick and his team finally travelled into the area to investigate. And even after two decades, the damage was both extensive and very obvious. They saw that the trees had been completely flattened. Leaning outward from the centre of the blast, this section of flattened forest was 30 onem

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