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Haley’s Comet and Mark Twain’s Prediction

→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. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/10/samuel-clemens-born-died-year-halleys-comet/ 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 http://www.space.com/19878-halleys-comet.html http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/lets-plan-for-a-rendezvous-with-halleys-comet-130903.htm http://io9.com/5637815/how-halleys-comet-sightings-changed-history-over-the-past-2500-years 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

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  • Originally Aired September 23, 2015
  • Runtime 7 minutes
  • Production Code INcT_zmxgAA
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