The Little-Known Marine Service Of Bea Arthur During World War 2, The Creepiest Ghost Ships In History, And More

Explore the most popular stories from All That's Interesting this week. [From U.S. Marine To 'Golden Girl': The True Story Of Bea Arthur's Military Service During World War 2]( [Bea Arthur's superiors in the Marine Corps described her as "argumentative" and "over aggressive," but the only recorded misconduct during her 30 months of service came in 1944 when she contracted a venereal disease and was left "incapacitated for duty" for a month.]( [Inside The Alien World Of Challenger Deep: 33 Haunting Images From The Ocean's Deepest Point]( [Located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, Challenger Deep is the deepest spot in the ocean at 35,876 feet beneath the surface.]( [Hundreds Of Bones From At Least Three Woolly Mammoths Found By An Austrian Man Renovating His Wine Cellar]( [The Inspiring Story Of Paul Alexander, The Man Who Lived In An Iron Lung For 72 Years]( [Paul Alexander contracted paralytic polio in 1952 at age six and survived with the help of an iron lung for 72 years until his death on March 11, 2024.]( [A Beachgoer Just Happened Upon A Rare Pacific Footballfish That Washed Ashore In Oregon]( [A beachgoer in Cannon Beach, Oregon came across a Pacific footballfish, which usually live thousands of feet beneath the surface.]( [The Disturbing Story Of Teresa Halbach, The 25-Year-Old Woman Whose Death Inspired 'Making A Murderer']( [Steven Avery and his 16-year-old nephew Brendan Dassey were sentenced to life in prison for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach, but the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" raised questions about whether the men were actually guilty.]( [Archaeologists In England Just Unearthed A Stunningly Preserved Wooden Well From The Bronze Age]( [15 Famous Ghost Ships — And The Haunting True Stories Behind Them]( [In 1872, the Mary Celeste was found floating without its crew in the Atlantic near the Azores Islands. Eerily, nearly everything on the ship appeared to be in good order, and even the crew's clothing was neatly packed away.]( ['I Am The Captain Now': The True Story Behind The Somali Pirate Leader In 'Captain Phillips']( [As portrayed in the Tom Hanks-led film Captain Phillips, Abduwali Muse and three other Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama and kidnapped its captain. But Muse’s story was far more complicated than it appeared onscreen.]( [Inside The Legend Of The Basilisk, The Mythical Serpent King That Kill Its Victims With A Single Glance]( [Many are familiar with the snakelike basilisk from the Harry Potter series, but the ancient legend of this serpent king describes a monster much different from the one that the young wizard encountered in the Chamber of Secrets.]( [Mushroom Hunters Discover An Ancient Sculpture Of A Woman In A Thai Forest]( [Villagers searching for mushrooms in central Thailand happened upon an ancient sculpture of a woman near the ​​Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary.]( [A New Study Suggests That This 130,000-Year-Old Bear Bone Is One Of The Earliest Examples Of Neanderthal Art]( [Scientists recently analyzed the etchings on a bear bone found in a Polish cave in 1953 and determined they were intentionally carved by Neanderthals.]( [A Homeless Woman Was Just Discovered Living In A Grocery Store Sign In Michigan — For Over A Year]( [The Tragic Story Of Jonathan Brandis, The Beloved Child Star Who Died By Suicide After His Career Stalled]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [Most people know "Ring Around the Rosie," and most people have also heard that it has a dark meaning: it's about the Black Death. But is that really true?]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy all our content without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Web Version]( [All That's Interesting On Instagram]( [All That's Interesting On Facebook](