Thursday, 20 November 2014

When Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet during…

When Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet during its 1910 approach, there was public fear that a gas discovered in the tail, cyanogen, would destroy all life on the planet, leading to people buying gas masks and “Anti-Comet Pills.”






from Crazy Facts http://ift.tt/14QGtc3

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