I don't have a problem with any of them, I just don't need to read any more about them, thank you, especially when I'm not expecting to read about things blowing up.
1) The Tunguska event.
2) Krakatoa. For example, it appears early on in the Carl Zimmer book on E. Coli. It was a little strained, working it in.
3) The KT exinction. ("For example, scientists now believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs..."). Well, yes. I've read about this one in too many non-paleontological contexts, also.
Can we all just watch the video, instead?
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