From Rooftop to Riches: The Millionaire Carpenter's Meteoric Windfall

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From Rooftop to Riches: The Millionaire Carpenter's Meteoric Windfall
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A man in Indonesia became a millionaire after a 4.5 billion-year-old meteor crashed through his roof. The meteor, weighing 2.1kg and classified as an extremely rare CM1/2 carbonaceous Chondrite, was sold for £1.4 million. The man plans to use the money to build a church in his community and hopes that the meteor is a sign that he will have a daughter. Three other fragments of the meteor were also found nearby.

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