Boston Heist Paintings
On March 18, 1990, two art thieves disguised themselves as police officers and ransacked the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, making off with thirteen famous paintings by artists like Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Flinck, all estimated to be around $500 million in total value. The culprits were never caught, and the museum recently extended a $10 million reward indefinitely for anyone who helps to recover the stolen artwork.
5,000 Dead Birds
On New Year's Ever in 2010, a small Arkansas town was terrified when 5,000 blackbirds suddenly began flying into buildings, trees, and telephone poles, dying instantly. The town wrote it off as a one-time instance caused by fireworks. However, the very next year, it happened again, despite the fireworks ban. Many took it as an omen signaling the end of the world.
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