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3. I wonder how hot it must have been to

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 07:41 PM

18 hrs ago

melt mile high ice glaciers on top of Chicagoland towards end of last ice age. Alas, nobody kept records in those days.

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Burning Down the House ZDU 18 hrs ago #1

I wonder how hot it must have been to at140 18 hrs ago #3

It took a few thousand years to do so NickB79 17 hrs ago #7

94 in Omaha today- hauckeye 18 hrs ago #4

PHX enid602 17 hrs ago #5

80F just south of Minneapolis today NickB79 17 hrs ago #6

USA!!! USA!!! USA!!! USA!!! hatrack 16 hrs ago #8

I'm not surprised. ananda 16 hrs ago #9

One promise Trump kept: We are hot again! We are the hottest nation. newdeal2 16 hrs ago #10

Send some heat over here to NYC! Polybius 16 hrs ago #11