From Wired, a nice, little, true story about some twelfth century monks and the crater they may have seen being formed.
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English Monks Observe ‘Lunar’ Explosion
Posted on 18 June 2008 · 233 views · 85 words.
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June 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Carl Sagan had that on his TV show, Cosmos, back in 1980!
June 19th, 2008 at 12:16 am
This story is most likely wrong - too bad Carl used it.