Show Notes
Turn on the tv or radio, or scroll any news site online and you’ll no doubt be inundated with stories about crazy weather anomalies happening all around the globe.
Volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes and so much more.
But none of us, thankfully, have ever lived through one of the strangest events in history when something a lot more dense than rain began falling from the skies onto some unsuspecting farmers in the small town of Olympia Springs, Kentucky.
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Sources for this episode's research: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/What-Was-the-Kentucky-Meat-Shower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower
https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower
https://www.popsci.com/story/science/weirdest-thing-meat-shower-kodak-cow-sword-swallower/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lluvia_de_peces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals
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