Many scientists believe that a huge object from space hit Earth about 65 million years ago.

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A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object.

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If the object hit only 1 cm to one side the patient would have become a quadriplegic.

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Shopper and witness Tianna Doan told the newspaper the employee was a cashier who was hit with the object and had a head injury.

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Pistorius crossed paths with authorities in February 2009 when the sprinter said he was nearly killed when the speedboat he was driving hit a submerged object.

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