52 - The Kentucky Meat Shower
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52 - The Kentucky Meat Shower
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Volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes and so much more.
But none of us, thankfully, have ever lived through one of the strangest events in history when something a lot more dense than rain began falling from the skies onto some unsuspecting farmers in the small town of Olympia Springs, Kentucky.
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Sources for this episode's research:
- https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/What-Was-the-Kentucky-Meat-Shower
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower
- https://www.popsci.com/story/science/weirdest-thing-meat-shower-kodak-cow-sword-swallower/
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/
- https://www.wate.com/news/kentucky/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-147-years-passed-since-the-kentucky-shower-of-flesh/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lluvia_de_peces
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals
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