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by lumost 1046 days ago
You can also further refine this.

- "What's the probability that a meteor hits an object of cultural significance?" -> vastly lower than the probability that the meteor hits something of non-cultural significance.

- "What's the probability that a meteor hits a given object of cultural significance?" -> Proportional to object size + age.

Maybe the sphinx isn't a bad candidate for the only object of cultural significance impacted by a meteor? Still seems unusually improbable however.