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Word: parangaricutiro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...Goodbye Parangaricutiro. A black, craggy pile, the moving lava constantly cracks chunks off its crust, exposing a gooey, glowing mass underneath (temperature: 1,994° F.). Its approach sets houses afire. Traveling about seven yards an hour, the glacier-like ooze has already spread more than seven miles and engulfed two villages-Paricutin and Parangaricutiro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: El Monstruo | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

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