Unraveling the connection between Halley’s Comet and the birth and death of Mark Twain
Snopes compilation/public domain Claim: American author Mark Twain was born and died on the days Halley’s Comet passed Earth. Judgement: Rating: Mixture What is 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. What is not true: The comet was not at … Read more