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Haley’s Comet and Mark Twain’s Prediction (2015x136)
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→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundout→’s Comet appeared in 1835, and, true to his prediction, he died of a heart attack one day after it appeared at its brightest in 1910. While this association, combined with Clemens’ foretelling of his own death, is probably unique, Halley’s Comet has been the subject of a string of predictions since 1705.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley's_Comet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
http://www.eilmer.co.uk/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/252831/Halleys-Comet
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http://wtfoodge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/depressing.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AnimatedOrbitOf1PHalley.gif
Image Credit:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Twain1909.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Hyakutake_Color.jpg/1024px-Hyakutake_Color.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YNkb45ZTL._SX381_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Edmond_Halley_plaque_in_Westminster_Abbey.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/PSM_V76_D020_Path_of_halley_comet.png
http://cdn.phys.org/newman/csz/news/800/2015/whatishalley.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/PSM_V76_D014_Halley_comet_on_the_bayeux_tapestry.png