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Space Junk Hits Austraila! Apparently This Is Not Unusual
Mar 29 2008, Jolly

When an Australian cattle rancher found a large ball of metal and carbon fiber last year, he didn’t think much of it, waiting until now to attempt to find out where exactly this wreckage came from.

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