Bizarre Mysteries That Remain Unsolved to This Day

The Zodiac Killer

For several decades, the Zodiac Killer terrorized the San Fransisco Bay area, committing at least seven confirmed murders—although he claims to have killed 37. The killer sent taunting messages in code to the police and the newspaper, which offered chilling information about his identity and his victims. "I am not sick," he wrote in one letter. "I am insane." The case remains cold to this day.

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The More You Know

  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • Wasting food is illegal for supermarkets in France.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
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