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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Olshansk on 2025-02-23 20:29:16+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the Tunguska Event: In 1908, an 180 foot wide asteroid exploded while entering the Earth’s atmosphere in Russia’s East Siberian Taiga. It presumably exploded 4 miles above the surface, killing 3 people, and felled 80M trees over an area of 830 sq miles.