
Day the Dinosaurs Died
2017-12-27 · 53 min · ★ 8.7
Investigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Join scientists as they drill into the impact crater and, for the first time, reconstruct the hell on earth that unfolded in the minutes, hours and months after the impact.
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