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Dante's Ancient Poem Might Have Predicted an Asteroid Crash!

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A really old poem called Dante's Inferno, written over 600 years ago, might have actually described what happens when a giant space rock crashes into Earth β way before scientists even knew asteroids were real! In the poem, a massive object from space smashes into our planet and changes everything, which sounds a lot like what scientists now know asteroids can actually do. Could an ancient poet have imagined one of the most dramatic events in Earth's history without knowing the science?
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ScienceDaily
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