ABC News Watch: July 2023

Monday, July 24, 2023

7.5 Billion year event is unfolding in the Antarctic

Hardly watch ABC news these days but this headline caught my eye on their homepage...

"A once in every 7.5 billion year event is unfolding in the Antarctic"

ABC lead it's readers to believe an event is unfolding that is older than age the age of the solar system.

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