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The Definitive Guide to the World’s Hidden Blunders

These 19 extraordinary errors will make you feel better about your next slip-up.

Everybody makes mistakes. Some go relatively unnoticed—fleeting blips soon forgiven and forgotten. But others last, adding a quirky kind of charm to the attractions they grace. From a befuddling beast that became a Siberian town’s mascot to a Nebraska jail that was accidentally sold to a teenager, here are 19 mistakes worth marveling at.