Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Truman Capote once said that failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Well-known failures include inventors like Thomas Edison, who claimed that no he hadn't

failed, he just found 10,000 ways that didn't work while developing the first practical

incandescent light bulb.

Colonel Harlan Sanders had a long history of failed businesses throughout his life.

After working on railroads in his younger days, he set out on his own starting a fairyboat

company, a cafe, and a motel, all of which failed.

Then in 1959, with only his savings, a $105 social security check, and a secret chicken

recipe to his name, he franchised his fried chicken restaurant at the age of 65.

There are those who never get past their failure.

Not only do they embrace their aversion to success, they celebrate it.

Peter Stephen Pyle wrote an entire book about humanity's inability to get out of its

own way in his 1979 compendium, The Book of Heroic Filiers.

One entry discussed a museum exhibit in northern England where an ancient Roman coin had been

on display.

A plaque beside the coin stated that it had been minted between AD 135 and AD 138, and a

big letter R had been stamped onto it.

It would have been an impressive piece, but only if you worked for the Robinson's soft

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