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A Minute by Minute Account of the Day the Dinosaurs Died

Perhaps the most consequential day in the Earth’s recent history was when a massive asteroid struck the planet 66 million years ago. It resulted in earthquakes, tsunamis, fireballs raining from the sky, volcanoes, atmospheric heat shocks, and the extinction of 75% of all species on Earth, including the dinosaurs.

This video by Kurzgesagt leads us through what happened that day, minute by minute.