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From the DeLorean to New Coke, these retail products resulted in some of the biggest flops in history — and now they’re on display in the traveling Museum of Failure. “Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got a flat,” reads the anonymous quote that hangs on a brick wall in the Museum of Failure. It’s a poignant quote, and one that represents the whole point of the museum — to celebrate failure....

The ruins of the amphitheater in the Swiss city of Kaiseraugst dates back to the fourth century A.D. in the late antiquity period. Department of Education, Culture and SportA drone photo of the excavation site. When archeologists arrived to monitor the construction of a new boathouse in the Swiss city of Kaiseraugst, they expected to find ruins of a Roman quarry. Instead, the December 2021 construction project unearthed the walls of a once-mighty Roman amphitheater....

This is the first time a multicellular organism has been brought back to life after a such an extensive dormant period. The Siberian TimesThe two nematode worms after they’d been thawed. Can you imagine being awoken from a 42,000-year nap? Well, that’s exactly how one recently reanimated worm in Russia is feeling right now. A new report, published this week in Doklady Biological Sciences, revealed that two prehistoric roundworms — one 42,000 years old and another 32,000 years old — were miraculously brought back to life in Petri dishes....

In the era of social distancing, making TikTok videos is both convenient and a popular way to break the routine. None of these teens could’ve guessed what a casual shoot would lead them to. TikTokThe teenagers were sent to the area by an app that creates random coordinates and sends people to outdoor locations. The social media platform TikTok has taken the world by storm, as playful videos helped the world stay connected while maintaining social distance....

On June 10, tragedy struck in Pretoria, South Africa when a vintage plane crashed, killing two people and critically injuring two Australian pilots. A passenger who survived the wreck captured three minutes of video footage on his iPhone as the plane went down. The passenger, who was sitting by the plane’s left wing, recorded flames shooting out of the wing as the engine started to stammer. “It’s getting worse,” the man said....

Go inside the mystery of who was the Zodiac Killer — and the stories of nine men who are the most convincing suspects. In the late 1960s, a serial murderer who called himself the Zodiac Killer terrorized Northern California. In under a year, from December 1968 to October 1969, he killed at least five people. He then sent cryptic letters to local newspapers, some of which included ciphers. But who was the Zodiac Killer — and why hasn’t a suspect ever been charged in this case?...

The skeleton is believed to be the oldest fossil hominid skeleton ever found in South Africa. Millions of years after making their first appearance on earth, humans are finally unlocking some of the mysteries of their own evolution. Scientists in Johannesburg, South Africa have unveiled a near-complete fossil of a hominid skeleton, dating back 3.7 million years, making it the oldest fossil hominid skeleton ever found in Southern Africa. Dubbed “Little Foot,” the skeleton was first discovered in 1994 by scientist Ron Clarke....

If you’re a follower of Jesus’ teachings, or if you’re one of the literally billions of people who doesn’t so much follow as much as admire from a distance while still sinning all the time, you probably have a clear idea of who we’re talking about. Mellow hippie. Long, forgiving beard. Dreamy (blue) eyes. Swimmer’s build. Source: Our Rabbi Jesus Yeah, that’s the Guy. But what if you were walking down a dark alley in first-century Jerusalem and you were suddenly confronted with this right here:...

From a deep sea “bloop” to a mysterious hum that only a small portion of the world’s population can hear, these are some of the eeriest noises known to man. Hearing is one of the most important senses a human or animal has. Sounds can warn of approaching danger or help members of the same species communicate with one another. They can also incite various emotions. And the weirdest noises may even haunt those who hear them forevermore....

If researchers’ dating estimates are correct, these would be the oldest surviving three-dimensional animal reliefs of this size in the entire world. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty ImageJust one of the many enormous camel carvings in Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia. When researchers first uncovered the enormous stone camel carvings at Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia in 2018, they estimated that they were about 2,000 years old. Now, they’ve just discovered that they were off by about 6,000 years....

Researchers guess the ancient people crossing the Bering Land Bridge from Asia brought the Australian DNA with them. Wikimedia CommonsA member of the Guaraní Kaiowá tribe in Brazil, one of the Indigenous people found to have ancient Australian DNA. Deep in the genetic codes of Indigenous people in South America, researchers have made a startling discovery: several tribes carry a piece of ancient Australian DNA. Researchers first noted the astonishing link back in 2015, but a new study from the University of São Paulo has confirmed that Australian DNA is even more widespread in Indigenous South Americans than originally thought....

Andre Rand was a custodian at the Willowbrook School for children with disabilities. When it shut down, he began kidnapping kids, killing them, and leaving them in the dirt. Kidnap suspect Andre Rand arriving at Staten Island Supreme Court. Andre Rand was born as Frank Rushan, but his murderous lifestyle has left him immortalized as “Cropsey.” The name isn’t particularly relevant though — it’s the man behind it that matters, and that man is genuinely terrifying....

Angelo Ruggiero rose to the top of the New York underworld with John Gotti — until he and his big mouth helped bring the mob to its knees. John Pedin/NY Daily News via Getty ImagesOfficers lead Angelo Ruggiero outside a Queens, N.Y. FBI office following his indictment. 1986. A good mobster needs a lot of qualities, and chief among them is knowing when to keep your mouth shut. Unfortunately, that was not a quality that 1970s and ’80s New York gangster Angelo Ruggiero possessed....

Audrey Munson’s statuesque likeness can be seen throughout New York City to this day. Unfortunately, her own success didn’t last long. Library of CongressAudrey Munson in 1916. Five hundred and eighty feet above the city streets and perched atop Lower Manhattan’s Municipal Building rests a 25-foot-tall statue known as Civic Fame. Designed by German-born sculptor Adolph A. Weinman, the piece is just one of many still-standing statues for which model Audrey Munson served as muse — that is, before she was committed to a mental asylum, where she would die alone at the age of 104....

Located deep within the Sahara desert is Desert Breath, an art installation so surreal you’ll think aliens made it. Source: Danae Stratou Near the coast of the Red Sea and thick within Sahara desert is a spiraling landmark known as Desert Breath. Given its impressive size and seemingly perfect symmetry, it would not be too irrational to think it was placed there by alien visitors. But typically, when something on this planet seems alien, it just means that an incredible design team was behind it....

The DNA pulled from the fossil suggest that the earliest Europeans look nothing like scientists thought. The GuardianThe bust of Cheddar Man, depicting his dark skin and hair, and light blue eyes. Over a century ago, a fossil was unearthed of a man in Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, England. At the time, researchers believed that the man, known as “Cheddar Man,” likely had fair hair and light eyes and skin as the modern day Britons do....

For anyone experimenting with mind-altering drugs, the prospect of having a “bad trip” is a rather unsettling one. But what if the trip never ends? {"div_id":"drugs.gif.f075b","plugin_url":"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/gif-dog","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/drugs.gif","alt":"Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder","width":"500","height":"334","class":"size-full wp-image-45696"},"base_url":"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/drugs.gif","base_dir":"\/vhosts\/all-that-is-interesting\/wordpress\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/drugs.gif"} Source: Giphy For anyone experimenting with mind-altering drugs, the prospect of having a “bad trip” is a rather unsettling one. But what if the trip never ends? What happens when drugs are taken and the drugs have metabolized fully from your system, but the effects don’t dissipate?...

The Vajont Dam was the tallest in the world, but its unstable construction terrified those who lived in the valley below. On October 9, 1963, their worst fears came true. Wikimedia CommonsA landslide into the Vajont Dam reservoir in Northern Italy triggered a 13-billion-gallon mega-tsunami that engulfed the region. Those who visit the Piave River Valley in Italy today would never suspect that the area was once subject to a massive and destructive dam disaster....

In the late 1960s, Jerome Henry “Jerry” Brudos killed at least four women in Oregon — and used their corpses for his necrophilic fantasies. Jerry Brudos became obsessed with women’s shoes when he was just five years old. The year was 1944, and the youngster happened to notice a pair of stilettos in a junkyard. Intrigued, he brought them home with him — much to the disdain of his mother....

In 1978, authorities found the remains of 29 young men in the crawl space of John Wayne Gacy’s house. Now his old property can be yours for $459,000. Realtor.comGone are the corpses of 29 teenage boys and young men, and arrived have an updated kitchen, fireplace, backyard and two bathrooms. John Wayne Gacy murdered at least 33 young men and teenage boys in 1970s Illinois. The house he lured them into was torn down in 1979, a year after authorities discovered dozens of decomposing corpses in a crawl space....