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Environment & Energy

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11. I'd say the huge meteor that struck the Earth centuries ago had a lot to do with...

Sat Aug 3, 2024, 09:13 PM

Aug 2024

sabre-toothed tiger and dinosaurs being killed.

Come on, we're not descendants of Fred Flintstone. Humans didn't exist when dinosaurs were around.

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So let me get this straight [View all] JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 OP

It was gradually and then all of a sudden. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #1

Lol JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 #3

Ernest Hemingway said it. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #5

The dark human underbelly of greed/corruption has always been present. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #9

That's why I said gradually and then suddenly. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #12

Well said. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #2

We killed off the wooly mammoth and the sabertooth tiger... Beakybird Aug 2024 #4

That happens as nature fights for survival JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 #6

not quite Cirsium Aug 2024 #18

Hahahahahaha. Just 64 years ago? I thought he was much older. brush Aug 2024 #19

And "Better Living Through Chemistry"......NOT Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #8

No, you didn't get that right Random Boomer Aug 2024 #13

I think the difference between these last hundred years or so JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 #14

History shows a much different story Random Boomer Aug 2024 #15

What has not been mentioned is when it all changed... Finishline42 Aug 2024 #16

We live better than Kings of 100 years ago LiberaBlueDem Aug 2024 #21

Neat thread.nt jfz9580m Aug 2024 #22

Bump.nt jfz9580m Aug 2024 #23