Various strange, bizarre, mythical and more facts

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On October 21, 1978, a pilot named Frederick Valentich was flying a Cessna 182L light aircraft from Moorabbin, Australia, to Kings Island. At 7:06 pm, he radioed Melbourne Flight Service to report an unidentified aircraft flying roughly 1,000 feet above him. He reported four landing lights visible above him that were moving erratically.

His last words were, "It isn't an aircraft" - interrupted by a strange metallic sound.

Valentich was never seen again.

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After a pregnant woman dies, the gases that form inside of her decomposing body can exert enough pressure to push the baby out.

This is called a coffin birth.

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CNN has a pre-recorded broadcast it will premiere during the end of the world. It's called the "Turner Doomsday Video," after CNN founder Ted Turner, who ordered its creation before the network launched in 1980.

It consists of a US Army band playing the song "Nearer My God, to Thee" - the same song the band of the Titanic plays as the ship goes down in James Cameron's film.

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In 1876, chunks of meat mysteriously fell from the sky over Kentucky in an incident that came to be known as the Kentucky Meat Shower. The type of meat was never identified, although some locals even tasted it to try to find out.

One popular theory as to what caused it was that a flock of vultures had vomited over the area.

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The black mamba is one of the fastest snakes in the world, capable of slithering at speeds of up to 12.5 miles per hour.

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A Russian doctor named Leonid Ivonavich Rogozov was on an expedition to Antarctica with other researchers. During the expedition, he started experiencing stomach pains which eventually became unbearable. He had determined that his appendix had burst and needed to have it removed. Being the only medical doctor on the expedition, he was forced to remove his own appendix. He also refused anesthetic since he thought it would effect his focus.

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Candy Dynamics's Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge Chew Bar wasn't just "hazardously sour," it was actually toxic. When California's Department of Public Health found 0.24 parts per million of lead in the candy line's cherry flavor in 2011, a mass recall was put out to remove the treat from store shelves. The FDA doesn't allow more than 0.1 parts per million of lead in consumable products.

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Male dolphins will occassionaly commit infanticide against baby dolphins unrelated to them, in order to force the mothers back into heat to have their calves instead.

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In 2015, archaeologists digging in Mexico City uncovered an ancient tower made up of over 600 skulls. Built by the Aztecs, the structure contains the remains of male warriors, women, and children, some of which may have been ceremonial sacrifices. As of 2020, even more remains from the tower were still being excavated.