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[–] bassomitron 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm surprised it didn't make a bigger hole in their bricks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most meteors that reach all the way to the surface are really small. Bigger impacts are rare, buy not impossible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

still i bet it would absolutely suck to get hit by that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Well, bullets are pretty small, but that’s not going to help when they travel so fast. Same applies to flying rocks too.