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A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish


"Picture yourself standing off the coast of Cape Cod, in a shelf of shallow water. It's a low-energy environment without strong currents. Then, all of a sudden, you have a giant tsunami sweeping by and ripping up the sea floor."

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