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A ‘METEORITE’ THAT STRUCK A FRENCH WOMAN WAS JUST A REGULAR EARTH ROCK

In a viral story, a French woman describes how she was injured when she was struck by a rock from space. But experts suggest I that all is not what it seems. The woman, a resident of Schirmeck in the French department of Bas-Rhin, said that she was sitting on her terrace on 6 July when she heard a shock on the roof. A pebble then fell off the

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