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The unbelievable survival story of Alison Botha, the most fearsome creatures of prehistoric Earth, and more of 2021's best ATI articles. [All That's Interesting]( The Most Popular All That's Interesting Stories Of 2021 [The Inside Story Of Anthony Bourdain's Tragic Death — And The Downward Spiral That Preceded It]( ["I should've died in my 20s. I became successful in my 40s. I became a dad in my 50s. I feel like I've stolen a car — a really nice car — and I keep looking in the rearview mirror for flashing lights. But there’s been nothing yet."]( [This Nine-Year-Old Girl Claimed She Lived Twice — And Remembered Her Past Life In Stunning Detail]( [At just four years old, Shanti Devi regaled her parents with stunningly accurate details about her past life in a town 75 miles away — which neither she nor her parents had ever been to.]( [From The Hell Pig To The Terror Croc, These Are Earth's Most Fearsome Prehistoric Beasts]( [The 600-pound prehistoric ape known as Gigantopithecus blacki is believed to have gone extinct 100,000 years ago — but some think its descendent lives on in the form of Bigfoot.]( [This Woman Was Stabbed 30 Times And Nearly Decapitated — And Somehow Still Survived]( [Her throat was slashed so deeply that she had to hold onto her own head to prevent herself from being decapitated.]( [Inside Boldt Castle, The Fairytale Palace That Hides A Tragic Secret]( [Built on a five-acre private island in New York, the 120-room castle was meant to be the ultimate expression of love — but it ended in heartbreak.]( [Why Nikola Tesla May Have Thought The Numbers 3, 6, And 9 Hold The 'Key To The Universe']( [Tesla was so obsessed with the numbers 3, 6, and 9 that he is rumored to have said, “If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe."]( [The Inspiring Story Of Corrie Ten Boom, The Dutch Watchmaker Who Saved 800 Jews From The Holocaust]( [After the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940, a Dutch watchmaker named Corrie ten Boom and her family decided to build a secret room in their home. For four years, they would use this room to hide Jews — and save them from the Holocaust. Guided by their Christian faith, the ten Boom family sheltered as many Jewish refugees as possible until they could be transported away to safety. And by the time an informant tipped off the Gestapo in 1944, they had helped rescue more than 800 people.]( [The Tragically Short Life Of The World's Tallest Man]( [By his eighth birthday, Robert Wadlow was already taller than his father.]( [Meet The Skinwalker: A Creature So Horrifying That Native Americans Won't Speak Its Name]( [According to some Native American lore, there is a demonic shapeshifter called the Skinwalker that walks among them unnoticed. This mythical beast has the ability to possess humans or inhabit any animal at will and is so horrifying to many Native Americans that they refuse to discuss it with outsiders or even amongst themselves.]( [Inside David And Louise Turpin's "House Of Horrors" Where They Kept Their 13 Kids Prisoner]( [The 13 Turpin children, aged 2 to 29, were chained to their beds, refused food, and allowed a single shower a year. And that's just the beginning.]( [The Disturbing Death Of Elisa Lam — And The Even More Disturbing Footage That Preceded It]( [A maintenance worker went to check the water tank where her body was found after hotel residents complained of low water pressure and an odd taste in the water coming from the tap.]( [25 Bizarre Photos From The 1972 Rothschild Surrealist Ball]( [On December 12, 1972, Baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild and her husband Guy hosted the legendary Surrealist Ball at their chateau in France. With a guest list that included Audrey Hepburn and Salvador Dalí, dinner plates covered in fur, and a dessert that looked like a naked woman, the night was equal parts opulent and bizarre.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [All That's Interesting On Instagram]( [All That's Interesting On Facebook](