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A rock hit a car in a Walmart parking lot in Lehighton, PA in 2023, busting the window and landing in a half gallon of ice cream. A group of open-minded scientists agreed to take the case and identified the rock as a genuine meteorite. Source is Pennsylvania Geology Winter 2024.

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ford prefect must have been driving

[–] NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And thus a new flavor was born.

[–] runeko@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago

Rocky Sky? Mint Meteor Chip? Asteroid Fudge? Vanilla ... with a rock?

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Imagine getting insurance to cover that broken window.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That headline legit sounds like the plot for some kids book.

[–] ToyDork@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Sounds like Kid might get another chance with a Stone of Cosmic Power! (Or maybe not. Really hope that Ice Cream isn't "the stuff" now.)

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 1 day ago

If a meteor falling from the sky and ruining your dessert is uplifting, then gravity doesn't exist. Or you're in Australia.

Can a meteor fall on Xitter servers please?