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The grave of the Somerton Man in Adelaide, South Australia

The victim's identity is just one of the story's many mysteries.

Heritage Auctions, HA.com

The watch belonged to a Russian immigrant who planned to settle in the Bronx and become a dentist. He didn't make it.

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The game isn't as random as you think it is.

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If you have a cell phone in your pocket or dirt on your shoes, you’re carrying silicon.

Museum in a Box, Vimeo

The initiative turns digitized museum collections into classroom exhibits.

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A new study suggests there's a way to trick your brain into practicing self-control.

Paramount Home Video

Can you dig it?

Matthew Somerville

Birmingham programmer Matthew Somerville just blessed Londoners with an amazingly helpful tool.

Warner Home Video

The cult comedy turns 35 years old today—you hoser!

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If you have no idea what we're talking about, go brush your teeth and chug some orange juice.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Billy Wilder co-wrote the script with Raymond Chandler—and they hated working together.

GWS

It sat in storage for almost a decade.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London—The Making of Harry Potter

Beware of Death Eaters.

Rodrigo Buendia, AFP/Getty Images

From Benjamin the thylacine to Lonesome George the Pinta Island Tortoise, these endlings had an unfortunate claim to fame.

Photo illustration by Mental Floss. Milk Cartons: Courtesy of the National Child Safety Council. Background: iStock.

The idea was to protect children, but those billions of crime-stopping milk containers wound up scaring the crap out of them instead.

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Polymath Park brings together four Wright-related homes not far from Fallingwater.

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Nearly 2800 locations across the U.S. will ditch single-use bags in the next few years.

Film Rise

Decades after these segments aired, the producers behind the show are still wondering what happened.

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The crustaceans are scaring off the insect's natural predators.

Dog shown actual size.

Here's why you're drawn to puppies, babies, dollhouses, micro-homes, and tiny supermarket foods in tiny grocery carts.