Unraveling the Connection Between Halley’s Comet and the Birth and Death of Mark Twain
Snopes compilation/Public domain Allegation: American writer Mark Twain was born and died during the days when Halley’s Comet passed by the Earth. Evaluation: Rating: Blend What’s True: Halley’s perihelion, the comet’s closest approach to the sun, occurred in 1835 and 1910, the years of Twain’s birth and death. The wrong one: The comet was not… Read More »