Lindsay Graham from History Daily explores the human side of two topics we often discuss on the show: Meteors and Oxygen.On November 30, 1954, Alabama resident Ann Hodges becomes the first person struck by a meteorite, an event that will upend the 34-year-old’s life.On August 1, 1774, English philosopher and chemist, Joseph Priestley, discovers a mysterious new gas, which will come to be known as “oxygen”.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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