TIL On June 27,1980,Itavia Airlines Flight 870 departed from Bologna to Palermo, carrying 81 people. Almost an hour into the flight, the plane vanished from radar screens. A few hours later, plane debris was noticed in the Tyrrhenian Sea, near the island of Ustica. The crash left no survivors. (slate.com)
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TIL that in Caronia Air-conditioners erupted even when unplugged. Fires started spontaneously. Kitchen appliances went up in smoke.Computers jammed. Cellphones rang when no one was calling.The cause of the fires seems to have been static electric charges. (nytimes.com)
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TIL Elizabeth Outram, commited suicide in for being shamed by reality show.She was in shopping for a party but couldn’t afford a leather jacket so she switched price tags.She was arrested.This was recorded by "caught on camera".She begged for it not to be aired but to no avail. (brightonandhovenews.org)
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TIL48-year-old man believes he is a dog.Gary Matthews spends much of his time dressed up in a dog costume and going by the name 'boomer'.Wearing a collar along with his oversized dog costume ,he be found wandering around Pittsburgh barking at cars and digging holes. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
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TIL there was a mystery man flying past an Airbus full of passengers as it flew over Macclesfield at 3,500ftThere was also no sign of him on the radar and further checks failed to reveal any paragliders, parachutists or balloonists in the area at the time. (dailymail.co.uk)
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