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	Name:	Lifer -
	Subject:	A little trivia
	Date:	5/3/2010 1:42:47 PM

I was bored and clicking the 'random article' button on the Wikipedia homepage and came across this little tidbit:

"Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 12,616.

Nicknames for Sylacauga include: "The Marble City," "Buzzard's Roost."

Sylacauga is the site of the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person. On November 30, 1954, a 4 kg piece of what became known as the Hodges Meteorite crashed through the roof of an Oak Grove house, bounced off a radio, and badly bruised Mrs. Ann Hodges, who was taking an afternoon nap"

Growing up in the area I have known about this incident my whole life. I have seen the replica that they have locally at the Comer Museum. The genuine article is in the Smithsonian. One little peice of irony that the article doesn't mention is that the house was located across the hiway (U.S 280 at the time) from the "COMET Drive In Theater."

So now I have a question. Should I go to the trouble of editing the article? Does the irony warrant mention?

URL: Wiki Sylacauga

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