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February 12: Diamonds from the Sky


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On February 12, 1947, scientists unlocked a secret hidden in the wreckage of a mysterious explosion in Siberia.

Inside the debris, they found microscopic diamonds created by a meteorite blast decades earlier.

In this episode of History Happened Today, we explore how a cosmic accident turned into a scientific breakthrough and how space itself helped change modern technology.

Sometimes history falls from the sky.

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