In case you needed a reminder of how good Wikipedia is at assembling the first draft of history: Check the comprehensive overview on the Malaysia Airlines incident in Ukraine that happened less than 24 hours ago.

From Weekly Filet #169, in July 2014.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

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💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

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