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What I Learned Today

About 74 million years ago, the state of Iowa was on the coast of an inland sea that bisected North America. The climate was tropical and the land was a rainforest, covered in ferns and flowering plants.

Then, a meteorite 1.5 - 2 miles in diameter and traveling over 43,000 miles per hour struck in what is now Pocahontas county. The resulting impact devastated life within a radius of 350 miles and created a crater 24 miles in diameter.

Glacial drift during the ice age covered up the crater. So you’ll have to take my word for it.

This entry was posted on Sunday, April 13th, 2003 at 9:02 pm and is filed under Learning. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “What I Learned Today”

  1. mskoog Says:
    April 13th, 2003 at 9:12 pm

    Yep, iowa sucks no matter what timeframe you choose.

  2. gesikah Says:
    April 14th, 2003 at 12:55 pm

    Iowa? That’s somewhere in the middle right? ;-)

  3. Rebecca Says:
    April 19th, 2003 at 4:02 pm

    I wish the climate in Iowa was still tropical. I’m going to school in that state next year.

  4. fuck you Says:
    November 21st, 2003 at 4:37 pm

    you don’t know shit about iowa thank you very much at least we aren’t covered in buildings,pollution,AND DRUG DEALERS like ur state were do you live? California? At least we have respect to our land and grow corn and shit and not pollute. DON”T H8,> APPRECIATE