William sent in a link to a video on MSN. It discusses how religions and myths around the world may have preserved memory of ancient catastrophic events … see
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ancient-myths-may-be-eyewitness-accounts-of-a-real-cosmic-disaster/vi-AA1ThqVQ … with the caveat that the author focuses too much on the Younger Dryas without acknowledging other events that are also relevant.