Any record of the Earth passing through the tail (not trail) of a comet?
Earth passed through the tail of Halley's Comet in 1910. It caused a bit of a panic due to claims that cyanogen detected in the tail would cause harm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet#1910
Linked there is https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/02/08/104920328.pdf
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