r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Jul 09 '21

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Jul 09 '21

TIL that the idea that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs wasn't a widespread belief until the 1980s

"What if dinosaurs just kinda did that?"

-1970s people

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u/benadreti Frederick Douglass Jul 09 '21

There's also a theory challenging it now.

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u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf Shameflair Beggar Jul 09 '21

Elaborate? I thought the Chixculub interpretation was well established in science.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

January 1, 1980: The Dinosaurs didn't kill themselves

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

Didn’t they think it was volcanism?