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There are a number of things most of us learned about growing up that, as it turns out, were not nearly as mysterious as they sounded. Take, for example, the Bermuda Triangle, which, as it turns out, isn’t nearly as dangerous as sensationalists love to make it out to be. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t things out there that are still unknown to this day.
Someone asked “if you could know the truth behind one unexplainable mystery, which one would you choose?” and people described what they would love to know. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the ones you also find engaging and be sure to share your own examples in the comments below.
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#1
Where all the missing Indigenous women, girls, 2Spirit folks are, and what happened to them so their families can have some closure.
#2
All the human history of civilization before “recorded history”…
Most of human history is lost to time.
similarly 1 week ago
In addition to recorded history, we also have archaeology. Archaeology is the science of things remaining from the past. It is based on evidence. Sometimes, in fact, most of the time, we don't have all the evidence, so we have to make guesses with the evidence we have. Frequently, as more evidence becomes available, we have to reassess our ideas about the evidence. This is how science works.
#3
Everything that was lost in the library of Alexandria.
Kurt Ramsey 1 week ago
Not much. At the time of ita burning, the library had lost much of its inventory to other libraries ans was no longer the center of learning it once was.
#4
I would use my 'wish' to solve the 8-years-unsolved murder of a friend's father. The victim wasn't famous, but was well loved and those that survive him live with such distress over just having no idea why their person was snatched away from them 💛.
Kombatbunni 1 week ago
That’s a really good reason to use a wish. I hope one day you get an answer
#5
I would go for what exactly is autism. What parts of the brain does it affect? What causes it? Is something missing? Deformed? Overproduced? That way you could show why everything happens and what exactly causes it. I’ve always wondered why my mind is so different ((diagnosed autistic here)) so knowing what is different in my brain literally would help.
#6
Where’s Shelley?
pfeils wife 1 week ago
"Shelley Miscavige the wife of Scientology dictator David Miscavige has not been seen in over 10 years.. Since her disappearance, she has been the subject of speculation and inquiries regarding her whereabouts and wellbeing."
#8
I used to think I would want to know who zodiac or Jack the Ripper was.. Now I think I would want to know who the sea people were.
Ozymandias73 1 week ago
Ohhh....they were the ones you spent like a buck on from an ad in the back of comic books /jk
#9
Can I say I want a book of what happened in all unsolved missing persons cases ever?
If not that,, Malaysia flight 370.
#10
I’d probably go with something that has always fascinated me: the origins of consciousness. Why do we have subjective experiences? Why do we have thoughts, emotions, and self-awareness? It’s one of those ultimate mysteries that cuts across science, philosophy, and even spirituality. Despite all our advancements in neuroscience and psychology, we still don’t fully understand what consciousness actually is, or how it arises from the brain.
#11
Supposedly the Iliad and odyssey were part of a much larger serried of stories lost to time.
So that, I want the rest of those stories.
UncleJohn3000 1 week ago
I've seen the front piece for the first chapter. It goes, "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale..."
#12
Is there anyone 'out there' ?
Kombatbunni 1 week ago
If there is I’d like to think they’re taking the smart option and staying away for now
#13
What happened to Madeleine McCann. It's quite trivial compared to some of the other questions being raised, but it still intrigues me. Poor girl.
Chloe 1 week ago
That case may be somewhat solved. Apparently there is strong evidence that Christian Brueckner, a German citizen who was living in Portugal at the time, was responsible for her abduction and, given his criminal history, the authorities are working on the assumption that he m*rdered her or gave her to someone else to be m*rdered. He's likely to be charged early next year.
#14
Figuring out how to read the Minoan script (Linear A) would be kind of neat. It would certainly help us lean more about the Minoans, and the Bronze Age.
#16
Who put Bella in the wych elm?
To elaborate:
In 1943, four boys were exploring Hagley Wood in Worcestershire, England, searching for bird nests to raid eggs from for food. One of the boys climbed a large wych elm tree, looked inside and found that it was hollow, and at first he thought what he'd found was sheep skull. He and his friends quickly realised it was human. At first they swore never to speak of it, but one kid soon cracked and told his parents, and law enforcement was alerted.
The recovered skeleton was that of a woman who was speculated to have been there around 18 months. The skull still had a patch of skin and strands of hair. She was fully dressed, although her clothes were badly rotted, and a strip of taffeta was found in her mouth, implying death from suffocation. She still had a wedding ring and one shoe, and one of her hands was found buried under the tree rather than connected to her body. Although police were able to create a depiction of what she would have looked like in life, and contacted local dentists for help with identifying this woman, nobody could tell who she was. Worse still, headlines about her were soon pushed out of the papers by wartime news, and to top things off, her remains have been lost without trace, so modern analysis is impossible.
But at some point in 1944, graffiti began popping up in the area asking "Who Put Bella in The Wych Elm?" implying that *someone* out there wanted this woman's killer to be identified, and suggesting that her name was Bella. To this day, the mystery has remained unsolved, and unless her remains are miraculously found, we will never know who this woman was or, indeed, who put her in the wych elm.
Joe Reaves 1 week ago
It's so hard to solve a crime when the victim's identity is unknown. I bet those remains are either buried in an unmarked grave or in some archive somewhere so there's always a chance they'll be found again. If we could use genealogy to identify her, I bet the killer is someone who was known to her.
#18
Where does space come from and where does it begin and end
edit2: if at all (I am not implying there even is an end/beginning)
Edit: and what existed before it or has it always just been
pep Ito 1 week ago
The most widely accepted and proven theory of the origin of the universe is the Big Bang Theory. According to this theory, the universe began approximately 13.8 billion years ago from an extremely dense and hot state. Since then, the universe has been constantly expanding. This theory has been confirmed by numerous observations and experiments, and although there are still open questions and areas of research, it provides the most coherent and complete explanation for the origin and evolution of the universe to date.
#19
I want to know if Larry Hillblom (The H in DHL) actually died in that plane crash? Or if he lived on with his facial reconstruction to avoid consequences.
Dude survives a plane crash in 93. Has facial reconstruction. Plane goes down again in 95, his body is never recovered, but his pilot and coworkers are. Multiple underage rape accusations across Asia. Investigators show up to his house and it is found completely scrubbed with acid destroying any traces of DNA. All personal items removed and found buried in the backyard.
Crazy, but I believe it was planned and he lived.
#21
Amelia Earhart's fate.
#22
DB Cooper. Without a doubt. What happened to him? Who was he? How the f**k did he fare after jumping out of the plane in a cold November night?
Glen Ellyn 1 week ago
I just read a story about this: the family of Richard Floyd McCoy, the hijacker suspected to be Cooper discovered the parachute he used in his heist. Google it.
#23
If language evolved once before humans spread out, or if it evolved many times in different areas.
I really want to know if Proto-World existed.
#24
What happened to the Beaumont children. Missing since 1966.
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102240420.
Huddo's sister 1 week ago
This is the one my sister always mentions when this sort of question comes up, but I would like to know too. So sad for the family. I think one of the family members or friends was on an episode of You Can't Ask That about people who knew missing people.
#25
Jonbenet Ramsey.
pfeils wife 1 week ago
The unidentified DNA at the scene. They need to use new technology on that DNA: I-Familia, Forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) or Rapid DNA sequencing. I'm sure this will lead them right to the responsible person.
#27
What happens inside a black hole's event horizon? Is there a sigularity or is there a yet unknown pressure that prevents complete collapse or does matter and energy take on a new exotic form with new properties that prevents it? If it is a singularity, how does quantum effects work there?
In virtually all other contexts, when you calculate a signularity it is due to the theory being an approximation that breaks down there. Like, you can construct a theoretical circuit to get infinite voltage or infinite current somewhere, but when you try it in real life you just fry the electronics and never actually get to infinity. I imagine the inside of a black hole will do something that prevents a singularity, but what is it?
#28
What was the question to get 42 as the answer.
#29
Amber Tuccaro, in Nisku, Alberta, Canada. The police released some audio that definitely sounds like her talking to her killer while he's driving her to the killing site. Pretty tough to hear. I used to work up there in the oil field when she went missing and there was basically nothing about her at the time. Stumbled on to the story later in life and it always kinda bothered me. I could have been driving the road she was on at the time and probably drove around the site in the same time period.
PeepPeep the duck 1 week ago
That’s always a horrid feeling, in South Australia years ago, there was a suitcase we allllll drove past for ages (I was going too and from Perth and Queensland) and no one thought much of it, and i don’t think I would alone in feeling guilty for not checking it out. But the contents turned out to be a poor little toddler girl who was murdereḏ. Luckily (silver lining ) the mystery was solved very fast and the couple who did it were jailed. https://www.smh.com.au/national/girl-in-suitcase-dead-mothers-identity-used-to-rake-in-90000-20151027-gkjpxi.html
#30
If this counts, what alien life/civilization is actually like. not whether or not it exists, but what it is like given it exists. I want to know about CULTURE, man. alien anthropology and sociology.
but if that doesn't count and it has to be a more straightforward mystery...well, does "unexplainable" mean literally nobody on earth knows? or just for most of we can only rely on theories. because then I want to say "info about aliens from area 51" or "what's in area 51" but if that's still breaking the rules because obviously the higher ups can explain that...
then i'll finally say "What really started the universe, the actual origin point" and blow my mind trying to comprehend infinity. or find out there actually is some kind of deity.
What do you think ?
Kevin Hickey 1 week ago
Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp? Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?
Orwell 1 week ago
Does anyone else think it's more likely that people would ask something deeply personal? Something about themselves, their relationships, their family?
Chich 1 week ago
TBH this would not cross my mind. I would want big picture questions answered.
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Kevin Hickey 1 week ago
Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp? Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?
Orwell 1 week ago
Does anyone else think it's more likely that people would ask something deeply personal? Something about themselves, their relationships, their family?
Chich 1 week ago
TBH this would not cross my mind. I would want big picture questions answered.
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