German Boy Gets Hit by Meteorite Traveling 30,000MpH

German teenager Gerrit Blank, 14, may consider himself lucky, after being hit in the arm by a falling meteorite. Traveling at more than 30,000 miles per hour, the incandescent, red-hot piece of rock, no larger than the size of a pea, soared extremely close to the boy, rubbing against his hand... [ read more >> ]

Gerrit holding the piece of meteorite that left a 3-inch scar on his hand

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Gerrit holding the piece of meteorite that left a 3-inch scar on his hand