South America megafauna extinction 83 percent

83%

South America lost most of its large mammals

Around 11,000 years ago, South America lost 83% of its large mammals during a major extinction event. That was among the highest rates of large-mammal loss of any continent.

The biggest recorded impact left no crater

The 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia was the largest impact event in recorded history, but its asteroid never reached the ground. The roughly 50–60-meter-wide stony asteroid exploded 5–10 kilometers above Earth, leaving no crater.

Former Nazis held most senior positions in West Germany's Justice Ministry

77% in 1957

A historical investigation found that in 1957, about 77% of senior officials in West Germany's Federal Ministry of Justice had belonged to the Nazi Party. Many officials from the previous regime returned to influential legal and administrative positions after the war. The finding revealed how deeply personnel continuity shaped the institutions of postwar democracy.

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South America megafauna extinction 83 percent

South America lost most of its large mammals

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