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In response to "People keep saying things like "Your chances of dying of an asteroid impact are still better than winning the Powerball." And yet aren't the odds " by mara

"In fact, according to the National History Museum in London, there are actually no recorded human deaths by a meteorite fall." -- (link)

Posted by mara Jan 13 '16, 15:16

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http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2013/02/just-how-many-humans-have-space-rocks-killed-anyway/ (blog.chron.com)

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I'm trying to find out the longest period of time between two Powerball jackpot winners. -- nm - mara Jan 13, 15:20 5
- But the odds have changed since they increase the numbers in the pool. Much less chance of hitting those first five now. -- nm - Meg Jan 13, 15:22 4
  - What would you say is pretty common time period between jackpot winners, though? The last one was like two months ago, I think I heard. -- nm - mara Jan 13, 15:24 3
    - I don't know common; but sometimes it's quite short - weeks vs months. - b. Jan 13, 15:32 2
      - 7/4, too; so less than a month between that and the next in that set. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 15:37
      - Excellent, thanks. -- nm - mara Jan 13, 15:34
1 person has been struck, though. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 13, 15:19 1
- more than one - there was the boy in the article mara linked, too, at least. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 15:21
there have been some decent impacts, though, with lucky placement. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 13, 15:19

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