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Jan. 01, 1966 - Meteorite On Show At Natural History Museum: The biggest meteorite to fall on this country - the half which has been recovered weighs nearly 50 lbs-showered down in red-hot lumps, on Barwell, Leicester, on Christmas Eve. One piece smashed through the bonnet of a car. Another dug a big hole in the road. Other pieces shattered windows. Pieces of the solid stone meteorite went on shows yesterday at the Natural History Museum in London. Photo shows A museum official examines part of the meteorite, at the Natural History Museum in London

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