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"Toba, or not Toba" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "geology scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Prince of Geologists, Act 3, Scene 1. In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and catastrophe, bemoaning the pain and unfairness of the Toba supervolcano but acknowledging that the catastrophe theory might be overstated.
1972: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature in New Minneapolis, Canada.
Chicxulub Chips is a brand of snack food, consisting primarily of tephra from the Chicxulub crater.
Close Encounters of the Spud Kind is a 1977 supernatural geology film, written and directed by [REDACTED], starring [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED]; and that the film tells the story of [REDACTED], an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher.
The Coriolis Force Modern Dance Company debuts new work "Paleoglacial Sedimentary Particulate Deposit Patterns Reveal Evidence of Planetary Rotational Wobble".
"Quicksand", also known as "Quicksand Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.