Investigators Couldn't Figure Out How This Plane Crashed, Until They Checked Her Handbag

A Terrible Truth

The plane lacked any defects, meaning that this was no accident. It appeared to be a deliberately planned attack. Experts said that somehow, an individual had brought an explosive on board, but they didn't know the motivation. They knew that no person would take 44 lives for no reason; there had to be an explanation. They would soon find answers in the strangest of places...

The More You Know

The glow around the moon is called a "broch."
Mount Everest is bigger now than the last time it was measured.
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.
Peanuts can be used to make dynamite.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.