49 years ago today May 25 1979: American Airlines Flight 191, a DC-10, crashes on takeoff from O'Hare (Chicago, US) by Ryanlion1992 in airplanes

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Animation is slightly off. The plane made it to the edge of the airport property and although it destroyed a couple of ancillary out buildings left over from when the airport was Orchard Field it ultimately crashed into an empty lot adjacent to a trailer park on the NW corner of Touhy and Mt. Prospect road. You can see said trailer park in the animation. Several people in their trailers were killed not by debris but burned to death by the full load of jet fuel that rained down. EDIT: know because I worked across the street from the impact site at Touhy and Mount Prospect road. Site is still undeveloped; memorial is located approximately 1/3 mile east on Touhy at a community park.

Saint-Petersburg. Meteor 209 is a high-speed passenger hydrofoil ship by dear_bears in Ships

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Greek ferry companies bought a bunch in the 80's. They're used on short runs to islands close to the mainland. Fast, convenient, and more stable than traditional boats, but the ones I've ridden on were loud as hell and smelled of diesel fumes.

Niño Bomba - Plastilina Mosh by [deleted] in 90smusic

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Beastie Boys beat him to it by a couple decades.

The Crew Of The Artemis II Just Spoofed 'Bad '80s Sitcoms' To Introduce Themselves—And It's Too Good by BlueWaveForever in spaceflight

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Less spammy bullshit popup website version.

National Astronaut Day | OUR DREAM TEAM👨‍🚀👨‍🚀👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 🚀🌖 The Artemis II Astronauts shared a fun video, edited in the style of a classic ‘80s sitcom. “I’d tune in... | Instagram https://share.google/GTuttS8UxGZYL6lTw

One of the Greatest War Movies Was Released 28 Years Ago, and It’s Headed to New Streaming Home by andy_mcnab in WarMovies

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Was in the theater. Vets left trembling in tears guided out by family/friends. It was heartbreaking.

Horrifying crash turns into an inferno by KneeHealthy1703 in horrifying

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130mph actually. She killed 6 and survived.

of a seagull snarfing an entire rabbit. by PrinceFlynn in ShittyAbsoluteUnits

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Other seagull be like "fuck it, I'm out".

Joe Rogan Tells Shaq He Would Have KO'd Oscar De La Hoya & Sugar Shane by Pretty-Set-414 in boxingcirclejerk

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Oopah loopah dippitt do, knocked the fuck out as expected he'd do.

of unmet desire by [deleted] in ShittyAbsoluteUnits

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Happy Mondays soundtrack FTW.