190 kg: Size of the meteorite that on July 19, 1912, exploded over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Ariz.
16,000: Estimated number of pieces of debris that rained down on the town from the explosion
500: Number of baseball-sized meteors that reach the surface of the Earth each year out of the thousands of meteors that strike the Earth’s atmosphere
5: Percentage of meteorites that contain small amounts of organic materials, including amino acids, the building blocks of life
1911: Year the only reported death from a meteorite occurred. An Egyptian dog was killed, although the report is disputed.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorite
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