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What would it be? The restriction is that it must have been (presumably) known by a human at some point. (This should allow for more realistic options). Thus, most scientific questions are out, you're mostly restricted to things like unsolved crimes. You can include things with a partial solution if you'd like to know the full one.

Starting obvious: Jack the Ripper.

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01-12-2009 , 07:04 AM

TheUntouchable

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First thing that comes to mind is JFK. I'll probably be able to think of a better one if I think about it.

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01-12-2009 , 07:06 AM

Jamming Monkey

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The 9/11 mystery.

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01-12-2009 , 07:09 AM

Bork

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Something that would make me rich. Maybe the location of the lost city of Atlantis, some Egyptian tomb, holy grail, stuff like that. Not the lost Ark though!

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01-12-2009 , 07:33 AM

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JFK.

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9/11

Throw in OJ, and you've got the trifecta for "How can anyone think there's any mystery there???"

(I know Jamming Monkey was joking, but he was joking *about* people who think there's more than meets the eye.)

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01-12-2009 , 08:15 AM

bxb

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Mystery of what happened at Roswell.

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01-12-2009 , 08:18 AM

Landonfan

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Zodiac. And whatever happened to that Maura girl that someone posted about.

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01-12-2009 , 08:26 AM

BubbleMint

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Mystery of what happened at Roswell.

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and related, have any past civilisations had contact with aliens.

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01-12-2009 , 08:30 AM

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and related, have any past civilisations had contact with aliens.

If you find out the answer is "nothing special" and "no," respectively, how dumb are you going to feel?

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01-12-2009 , 08:47 AM

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Letsfogomo

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Maybe the location of a lost religious artifact so I could convince people that God told me where to look and subsequently become POPE.

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01-12-2009 , 09:09 AM

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iraise44

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become POPE.

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01-12-2009 , 09:15 AM

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Josem

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Holy Grail, LDO. Surely it is the Holy Grail of mysteries.

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01-12-2009 , 09:31 AM

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That sounds like a tautology to me.

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01-12-2009 , 09:43 AM

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Letsfogomo

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nun action

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01-12-2009 , 09:45 AM

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The 3rd Grifter

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Why adults wear Crocs.

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01-12-2009 , 09:50 AM

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Josem

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That sounds like a tautology to me.

'cause I repeated myself twice?

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01-12-2009 , 09:57 AM

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Pocket Trips

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Why i put 6 socks in the dryer but only 5 come out?

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01-12-2009 , 10:17 AM

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diddy!

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DB Cooper. Did he live? If so, where is he now? If not, where is the loot?

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01-12-2009 , 10:21 AM

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qdmcg

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ending scene in the last episode of the sopranos

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01-12-2009 , 11:04 AM

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Boston version,

Some euro-nanny disappeared from in front of a bar in 1996 and the top half of her body was found in a dumpster within a week. They never found the bottom half or a suspect.

Swedish Nanny

JFK and Roswell were my national picks.