Winter Olympic Gold Medalists to Get Bonus Meteorite Medal Saturday

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 17:20 in Earth & Climate

What's better than placing gold at the Sochi Winter Olympics? Placing gold at the Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 15 — because on that day, and that day alone, earning a gold medal also means being awarded a piece of a rock that fell from space.

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