The Story Of The Aztec Death Whistle, Inside The Devastation Of Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," And More From All That's Interesting

Explore this week's most popular stories on All That's Interesting. [Life Inside Louisiana's Cancer Alley, One Of The Most Polluted Areas In The United States]( [Along the Mississippi River in Louisiana lies a stretch of 85 miles known as "Cancer Alley." There, the area's majority Black residents have suffered from disproportionately high rates of cancer, miscarriages, and other ailments caused by pollution from the hundreds of chemical plants in the region.]( [A Man Restoring Peatland In Scotland Hit Something With His Excavator — And Found A WW2 Plane Propeller]( [A contractor was working to restore peatland in a remote area of Scotland's Isle of Arran when his excavator struck something made of metal: a blade from the propeller of a World War II plane wrapped in potato sacks.]( [The Famous Floating Door Prop From 'Titanic' Just Sold At Auction For Over $700,000]( [At the end of "Titanic," Rose survives atop a piece of floating debris while Jack freezes to death in the icy waters of the Atlantic — and the wooden prop, which has sparked countless debates on whether or not both of the lovers could have fit on it, just sold for $718,750 at auction.]( [The Aztec Death Whistle, The Ancient Instrument Said To Sound Like The 'Wail Of A Thousand Souls']( [The Aztec death whistle is said to make the most terrifying sound in the world, but its original purpose remains a mystery to archaeologists.]( [This Head From An 1,800-Year-Old Statue Of Apollo Was Just Found By Archaeology Students In Greece]( [Avicii Was One Of The World's Most Popular DJs — Then He Was Found Dead By Suicide]( ["I have said, 'Like, I'm going to die.' I have said it so many times. And so I don't want to hear that I should entertain the thought of doing another gig."]( [How Salton Sea Went From A California Dream To A Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare]( [A highly saline lake in California's Riverside and Imperial Counties, the Salton Sea is now saltier than the Pacific Ocean — and wreaking havoc.]( [Harvard Just Removed A 150-Year-Old Book From Its Library — Because It Was Bound In Human Skin]( [In the past, students who worked at Harvard's Houghton Library were reportedly hazed by being asked to retrieve the book without being told it was covered in human skin until after they'd touched it.]( [Police In California Say A Man Stole The Severed Leg Of A Train Crash Victim — And Started Eating It]( [27-year-old Resendo Tellez was arrested after he allegedly stole a severed human leg from the scene of a train collision and proceeded to eat it while walking down the street.]( [Scientists Believe They've Figured Out Where All Modern Humans Originated]( [Research Team Locates 137-Year-Old Shipwreck On The Bottom Of Lake Michigan Using Newspaper Clippings]( [In order to locate the "Milwaukee," researchers read newspaper accounts of the shipwreck from 1886, looked back at historical weather data, and studied water currents, which allowed them to find the steamship in just two days.]( [Robert Wone Was Stabbed To Death At A Friend's House — Then Showered, Dressed, And Placed Back In Bed]( [On August 2, 2006, a lawyer named Robert Wone was assaulted and murdered while staying with friends in Washington, D.C. — and while his friends were charged with tampering with the crime scene, his killer has never been caught.]( [A Man In England Found The Largest Gold Nugget In The Country's History — With A Faulty Metal Detector]( [Richard Brock showed up late to an organized expedition on farmland in Shropshire, realized the metal detectors he'd brought with him were faulty — and still managed to unearth what's believed to be the largest gold nugget ever found in England.]( [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](