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'A Meteorite Saved My Town'

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Fragments from the massive asteroid Vesta rained down on eastern Turkey, and attracted collectors from around the world.

ISTANBUL — Who says it’s a bad thing when the sky falls on your head?

For people in Saricicek, a Turkish village of 3,000 near the city if Bingol in impoverished southeastern Anatolia, objects dropping out of the sky have been a blessing.

Life for people in Saricicek— the name means “yellow...

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