Disaster That Turned Canada into a Mining Empire
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Almost two billion years ago, a nine-mile-wide rock from space slammed into what is now Canada. It hit with the force of millions of nuclear bombs and punched a hole over 100 miles across. That catastrophe turned out to be one of the luckiest things that ever happened to Canada. Buried in the scar it left behind is a treasure worth more than almost any patch of ground on the planet. Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightplanet/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/
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