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TIL that in 2009, a 14 year old boy in Essen, Germany was heading to school when he saw a "ball of light" in the sky heading towards him. A small rock then hit his hand, bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground. He is one of the few recorded humans to be struck by a meteorite

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