Trends and Events from the Decade That You Completely Forgot About

Missing Malaysia Flight

An airplane disappeared during a routine trip to Malaysia. The plane had 239 passengers on board, but all of them went missing with the plane. Today, it is largely believed that the pilot crashed the plane on purpose, but it was never found, and no surviving passengers have ever been reported.

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The More You Know

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  • Great white sharks are so scared of killer whales that they'll avoid an area for up to a year after spotting one.
  • On Mars, sunsets are blue.
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