In 1841, flesh and blood rained down in Tennessee
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From ancient Greece to modern India, flesh falls and blood rain aren't one-off events. One August day in 1841, near Lebanon, Tennessee, two enslaved people heard the sound of rain pattering on the tobacco leaves around them. But this was no ordinary rain: It was a deep red color. The sky, it seemed, …
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