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• Evidence revealed for Permian extinction impactor - phil - 11/20/2003 10:59:05 PM
  • Ancient comet recorded on stone. - Jack Herer - 11/21/2003 2:11:53 PM
    • Fakes and facts... - Adam - 11/22/2003 2:02:34 PM
      • only the facts please... - Jason - 11/22/2003 3:22:45 PM
        • Cause and effect... - Adam - 11/23/2003 4:12:43 AM
        • Since when did prophets get into astronomy? - Adam - 11/23/2003 3:44:44 AM
        • Debunking... - Nick Hoffman - 11/23/2003 2:59:51 AM
        • re: only the facts please... - et - 11/22/2003 3:37:02 PM
    • re: Ancient comet recorded on stone. - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2003 10:12:02 PM
    • re: tube - Raoul - 11/21/2003 4:52:45 PM
      • re: tube - Dave M - 11/21/2003 8:20:22 PM
        • A tube could be a part of a sextant to measure angular position. (n/t) - et - 11/22/2003 3:33:12 PM
          • Good thinking, but there would probably be a plumb bob and some kind of marked surface under the tube. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2003 7:09:27 PM
            • Not if it's a magic sextant. ;) (n/t) - et - 11/24/2003 12:58:29 AM
        • Sometimes a tube is just a tube, e.g. Venus in daylight - phil - 11/21/2003 9:08:19 PM
          • re: . Venus in daylight - Raoul - 11/21/2003 9:23:34 PM