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One night in 1833, Americans thought Judgment Day had come.
The sky lit up with 72,000 “stars” an hour—falling fast, silently, relentlessly.
It changed the way we see the universe.
This is the story of that night. 2/
It began after midnight, Nov 13th.
Over North America, thousands woke to a sky unlike anything they’d seen.
The stars weren’t twinkling—they were falling, in great arcs and bursts.
A silent, silver storm of fire.