[sleavelessinseattle]

Astronomy Fun Fact: 65 million years ago -- A 10-kilometer
asteroid struck north of the Yucatan
Peninsula, caused a global firestorm, then a cold
snap and finally a global warming that
extinguished the dinosaurs. How Sen. Hollings survived this catastrophe remains a mystery to the present day.

[RightWhale]

N.B.: Quito, Ecuador ought to be the best place on earth for amateur astronomy, on the equator and a couple of miles up. Any night you should be able to see almost the entire sky pole to pole all the way around. Can't imagine wanting any less than that.

[Madcelt]

How Sen. Hollings survived this catastrophe remains a mystery to the present day.

Under the dinosaur droppings?