The Why Files — Season 1, Episode 8: The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: The Day The Dinousaurs Died
Comedy, Crime, Documentary • 11 min • 7 seasons, 155 episodes • ★ 9.5/10
Episode synopsis
One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck the planet 66 million years ago and brought a calamitous end to the reign of dinosaurs.
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A weekly YouTube video podcast that explores the strange and weird of this world and beyond.
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