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50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day

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In 2019, famed director Martin Scorsese released The Irishman. It was his three-hour epic that touched on the life and influence of Jimmy Hoffa, a labor union leader who suddenly vanished in 1975. Many have speculated the involvement of organized crime in his disappearance, but nothing has ever been proven. He was officially declared deceased seven years later. 
What really happened to Jimmy Hoffa is one of the many mysteries that remain unsolved to this day. And for this list, we’re providing you with a few more that you may have likely pondered on in some way or another. 
Have you ever wondered what Jesus was doing in the middle of his life or where consciousness comes from? Scroll through and contribute to the discussion!

#1

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Why ANYONE pays attention to “influencers”.
127points

#2

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
The Trump presidency and his amazing ability to not be in jail.
119points

#3

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
How the h**l have shows like Jersey Shore and The Khardashians are still on the air.
107points

We got in touch with a couple of experts who named some of the unsolved mysteries that may have gone under many people’s radars. One of them is privacy expert Frank M. Ahearn, who shared with us the 1974 disappearance of British peer and gambler John Bingham, or more commonly known as Lord Lucan

“He disappeared without a trace, never to be seen again, after he eliminated his housekeeper, mistaking her for his spouse,” Ahearn told Bored Panda. “It is odd that this type of person could vanish so easily.”

#4

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Why are we still changing clocks twice a year when everyone agrees its stupid?
90points

#5

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Why the USB cable is always upside down the first time you try to plug it in.
83points

#6

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
The brain. The organ that can understand the universe and manipulate it using advanced technology that was devised based on understanding. But we struggle to figure out how the brain actually functions in real time. We know some things like functions of certain areas and how its failure changes the way we experience life, but we can't explain the collective manifestation of those experiences, the consciousness.
64points

Ahearn has his theories about the Lord Lucan disappearance, particularly with how the latter managed to vanish without a trace. As he explained, Bingham’s status as a Lord may have helped him gain access to h**h-level individuals to help him escape. 

Bingham was eventually declared deceased in 1999, 25 years after he vanished. His death certificate wasn’t issued until 2016.

#7

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script, produced by the Indus Valley Civilization.

It was a huge civilization in northern India and Pakistan around 3300-1300 BC. It spanned more area than any other civilization at the time.

Despite many attempts, the 'script' has not yet been deciphered, but efforts are ongoing.
55points

#8

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
My real ancestral last name and the real surnames of millions of other descendants of the transatlantic s***e trade of Africans enslaved in the Americas. Most of us don't even know what countries our ancestors came from because babies were so commonly sold away from their mothers.
53points

#9

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Who k****d Epstein and all the people involved in his debauchery.
44points

Former US Army intelligence officer and retired NASA Office of Inspector General Senior Special Agent Joseph Gutheinz told us about the missing Prelaunch Assessment and Review (PAR) tapes from NASA and about the Russian Mir Space Station fire and collision in 2001. 

#10

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Where Shelley miscaviage is, no one knows.
39points

#11

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Would be pretty cool to know who Jack the Ripper was, or who k****d the Black Dahlia - or whether the guy writing letters to the police as the Zodiac K****r was actually the one committing the m*****s.

I'm putting my money on Ancient Aliens being the answer to all three.
35points

#12

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
I love me all things Voynich Manuscript.
35points

At the time, Gutheinz was tasked with conducting a theft investigation of the tapes that he said would’ve told the story of how “dangerous” the Mir space station was. According to him, the tapes were taken from a locked room, which only a group of “unidentified Russians” had gained unauthorized access to. 

#13

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Alcatraz escape - did they survive?
34points

#14

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Where *is* Carmen Sandiego?
34points

#15

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Aside from the big, existential questions, I'd like to know the whole story of D.B. Cooper.
32points

As Gutheinz explains, the stolen PAR tapes left him angered because he believed it was a ploy to sabotage investigations by the Office of the Inspector General and Congress. 

“The OIG was not immediately told of the theft, and neither NASA nor Russia was keen to highlight something that made both look bad,” he explained.

#16

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
The Vela Incident.

September 1979. An American 'Vela Hotel' spy satellite detects the distinct double-flash of a nuclear detonation in the southern Indian Ocean. Total middle-of-nowhere. Unlike every other nuclear detonation in history, no nation claims responsibility.

According to declassified documents, the CIA suspected it was a collaboration between Israel and South Africa. A captured KGB spy claimed the Soviets thought the same thing (how believable that is depends on how much you trust captured KGB spies).

South Africa DID have a nuclear weapons program that they eventually abandoned. Supposedly they never set one off. Israel has nukes, this is an open secret.

Who did it? Was there a nuclear detonation at all, or did the spy sat report a false positive?
32points

#17

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Satoshi Nakamoto.

Regardless of what you think about Bitcoin, this person/people invented and implemented it, holds a stash worth billions, and then just... disappeared. None of their bitcoin has moved since (and we would know the moment it does - we know which coins in the blockchain are theirs, and it's watched like a hawk).

It's like something out of a movie but it's 100% real. The current value of his stash is approx 42 billion dollars.
31points

#18

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Where is Genghis Khan buried.
29points

What about you, dear readers? Which unsolved mystery continues to boggle your mind to this day? What about it has kept you wondering about answers? We’d love to hear your insights, too!

#19

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Probably not "the greatest" - but the Isabella Gardner Museum art heist has always been a fascinating story. Lots of theories, but no leads on where the art went or why the individual pieces were chosen.

Personal unsolved mystery: Who burned down my friend's horse barn in 1983.
28points

#20

50 Of The World’s Greatest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved To This Day
Hinterkaifeck M*****s, 1922 Germany, as far as unsolved crimes go.
27points
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