What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?

by 1389 on August 18, 2014

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Published on Aug 16, 2014 by SciShow
What wiped out the dinosaurs? Most of us were taught it was a killer asteroid — which is true. But it turns out there was more than one disaster movie playing at the cineplex that was Earth 66 million years ago.

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