What was the Tunguska event?

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In 1908, the most powerful meteoroid explosion in recorded history happened over a remote area of Siberia. But the weird thing is there was no impact crater and no asteroid to be found – so was it an asteroid? (Yes.)

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House Stuffworks.com.
0:41.4	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:43.1	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Brighton.
0:45.7	There's Jerry over there.
0:46.9	The trio known as Stuff You Should Know.
0:51.7	The trio.
0:54.7	Jerry came to our live show.
0:56.7	I know.
0:57.9	I'm still a little giddy and in amazement.
1:03.1	It's been a while.
1:04.9	Jerry's.
1:06.9	I mean, I know it's not personal but just remember she's actually going to her with us
1:12.4	before she got a family.
1:15.9	Before she checked out.
1:17.4	Yeah.
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