8 Things That Will Happen If an Asteroid Hits Earth
Tattoos have become an everyday thing by 2019. You’d have to really try to live a day in our world without encountering someone with at least one tattoo (not to mention the thousands of people that want one but haven’t mustered up the courage to get one yet). Tattoos have a long history that spans all continents, many countries, and centuries of traditions and customs. You might think you know everything about them, but here are 9 facts about tattoos that just might surprise you!
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They Can Symbolize Status
Tattoos can symbolize status — both “elite” status and “low life” status (depending on where you go). For example, in Europe (especially Eastern Europe) tattoos used to be signifiers of the lower class, commonly associated with criminals who have had jail time. In ancient Greece tattoos were used to mark slaves and in Rome tattoos were used to mark fugitives. On the other hand, for the Mãori people of New Zealand and Native Americans tattoos are a rite of passage and symbols of war or cultural accomplishments.
Tattoos are Older than You Think
Archeologists have discovered ancient tools in areas around France, Portugal, and Scandinavia that resembled tools likely to have been used to give people tattoos. These date to the times of the last ice age, placing them around 10,000 B.C.
We’ve all seen the movies about asteroids colliding with our planet, we’ve also read the news about near misses of asteroids flying close to us. Of course, many of us know that it is thought an asteroid hitting earth finished off the dinosaurs, in fact, this impact is thought to have wiped out 80% of all life on our planet, allowing mammals and eventually humans to thrive. But what would actually happen if an asteroid hit us? Check out these 8 facts about an asteroid armageddon event…
- The asteroid itself
The dinosaur-killing asteroid itself is probably the most famous of asteroids to hit our planet, so what if a exact twin of this asteroid hit us tomorrow? It is thought that the asteroid was 10km in diameter and created a crater of around 180km wide in the earth’s crust. Of course, it wasn’t just the hole, the energy released by the impact vaporised the asteroid itself instantly and then wiped out most of life on earth. But even this event would not blow our planet into pieces, nor would it instantly kill all life on earth, there would be some survivors both animal and human alike to repopulate the planet.
2. Before the asteroids impact
NASA has given some advice on what do if a large asteroid does crash into us, it simply reads ‘pray’! In reality, we would probably get a few months of warning as the asteroid itself would be very easy to spot. A few months is not a long time at all to dig bunkers or make people safe, or at this point in time, we do not have the technology to deflect or change the asteroid’s course. The time would need to be spent making safe places for as many of us as possible either by going underground or underwater as far from the crash zone as possible!
3. Final Approach
Of course, the whole world would be in a state of panic even though for most of the time the sky would remain as it is now. Only 24 hours or so before impact would we actually see the asteroid in the sky (all be it at night and not very big). Around 3 hours before impact we may feel the full impact of what is about to happen with a bright object in the sky even in twilight (If you see an asteroid in the day it is probably only minutes from impact). As the asteroid gets closer it would remain silent even as it enters the atmosphere at many times the speed of sound.
Meanwhile, the preserved skeleton called Tyrolean Iceman, whose skin was still intact, also had signs of tatouage. His legs, ankles, wrists, and spine are covered in crosses and parallel lines. When the skeleton was X-rayed, it was discovered that the tattoos were on joints that were diseased, likely signifying that tattoos were used to “heal” illness and treat pain.
There’s a Tattooed Barbie
The iconic doll, Barbie, was released as a limited series called Butterfly Art Barbie in the late 90s. Since tattoos were not as commonplace then as they are today (signifying low class in America), this caused a lot of animosity. The Barbie came with a set of butterfly stickers that could be (optionally) placed on the dolls’ bodies as tattoos. The line was quickly discontinued.