10 Incredible Things Mankind Has Managed To Lose

[@redberra223]

How about Greek Fire? Ancient Napalm that continued burning underwater. Or the Library of Alexandra? The largest collection of Ancient Texts all just sunk into the ocean. This was before mass printing so there was only one copy for most books.

[@KicsiSzabi222]

I was about to write the Library of Alexandria too, but i didnt know greek fire is also lost, i thought its still a thing o.O

[@AlexGreat321]

RedBaron223 Don't forget Alexander The Great's tomb and the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon

[@TheJesseLopez99]

RedBaron223 yeah! While watching the video i was sure greek fire was gonna be on the list but it wasnt 😔

[@That1BlackGuy]

RedBaron223 also the library of timbuktu we lost that shit too lol

[@freedomcage3151]

RedBaron223 Technically it wasn't lost but destroyed by fire...so we know what happened to it.

[@kevinslater4126]

I took a film history class and the sheer volume of lost movies is heartbreaking

[@04hutchn]

Which lost movie would you say is the most devistating?

[@michaeldoran7070]

Dignity, morality, self-restraint, and common sense should have definitely made the list.

[@charlieenriquez]

Michael Doran I was kinda thinking of humanity...common sense absolutely.

[@ZenRhino]

Are you serious? How could you leave out the most obvious thing that has been lost to mankind? Of course I'm referring to the Alexandria library. Thousands upon thousands of manuscripts and information about the ancient world lost forever and you didn't even think to mention that?

[@akilles1886]

ZenRhinoMMA yes!!!!

[@ZBWorth]

I mean we didn't really 'lose' it. It was burnt down. We 100% know what happened to it. These are items that have just... vanished.

[@Prodigy396]

I remember that, as the guy above me said it was all set on fire.

[@11hahoo]

Then Greek Fire(apparently that's how it's called in English here we call it Liquid Fire...you learn something new every day!)

[@alieninthevideo441]

What if it never actually existed in the first place?

[@urahara64360]

This proves we can't have nice things

[@yourgod4807]

Exactly!!! 😁

[@fusion7246]

You could do a whole list on the historic art that the Nazi's lost during WWII

[@silphaer5353]

"How many nuclear weapons is too many?" One, Ben. One.

[@coltonmichalsky23]

Silphaer they could be needed

[@Georgeg15]

Colton Michalsky they're not needed if no one has them

[@PissoirWurst]

Silphaer this made me laugh and cry at the same time

[@josephteller9715]

Only one.... but the Soviets are said to have lost 5-10 Suitcase bombs, the most portable ones, during the collapse. No one knows where they went...they were designed to be smuggled in, put in place somewhere and had a long term timer to explode long after the bomber left them there so there was time to get out of the blast radius or the country...

[@charlie172011]

Thought the same

[@Emma-Lumi]

Number one: A sense of humour

[@trevorwarner1322]

That's not funny.

[@justanothergamer5034]

It is pretty funny

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

I'm offended 🤣

[@twiggy5458]

The most incredible thing humanity lost is millions of brain cells

[@cadenconnolly4091]

GanonCanon god damn

[@SomebodyPerfectly]

GanonCanon Millions? lmao

[@ThieftheFlygon]

I'm dead XD

[@kulpoon]

Losing some myself right now!!1

[@Mrpie-it5hw]

GanonCanon you mean billions?

[@Weibspille]

How many nuclear bombs are too many? One. Im pretty sure its one, Ben.

[@TheRyan911]

Every lost city that Nathan Drake has visited?

[@AcePotato_]

Don't forget Avery's treasure and how the... pretty much... blew .... up ... that... ship...

[@rorywhelan_]

The most incredible thing humanity managed to lose is half-life 3

[@asd6484]

R.I.P. Half-Life 3

[@dannzy001]

i think humanity was not ready for such greatness tbh

[@FleezyFliits]

Except they released the story just yesterday

[@skylx0812]

The way they milk franchises to death these days and play keep away with dlc I think its best they just let that one be. ...RIP Lamarr

[@toasterchild498]

You can't lose something that never existed in the first place.

[@calunchained]

Shakespeare's lost play? It's mentioned in a review at the time of his best plays but back then the manuscripts were just chucked after it had been performed and when his colleagues did the big book of his plays after he died, they didn't include that one

[@SerunaXI]

These days it's not hard to imagine how easily a lot of this can get destroyed by people that take offense to something existing that they had no hand in.

[@ianlogan6280]

I thought this was going to be Mick Foley related ;-;

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

NASA actually taped over the original moon landing because back then people didn't archive old footage. That's the same reason why a bunch of Dr. Who episode can't be found.

[@kenzij]

Dillon Qaphsiel I think some part of your statement is written incorrectly. I could be wrong but maybe you should reread it and check?

[@fatalshore5068]

They taped over the moon landing with the bill cosby show, boy do they regret that now.

[@chrisjt86]

There were also some shows, and episodes of shows, that were precursors to Monty Python (like Not Only But Also and At Last The 1948 Show) that were wiped by the BBC :(

[@victorcates9330]

Yet my father has a cricket game from about 30 years ago on VHS because he figures it was kinda noteworthy. (sighs) I don't know. I somewhat like the idea of culture that meant to exist in a moment, then disappear. You could remake a film every 10 years knowing that people wouldn't remember the original enough to give you trouble. You'd be able to be judged for your decisions in isolation not in terms of worshipful reverence to the original (or being intimidated into conservatism). The meaning of a work would fluctuate as it was remade for the concerns of each decade. The problem with a great film or tv show, is that you can't feel it anew. As to the moonlanding, the solution is to have humans land on mars. It seems sad we never outdid the wonder or significance sometime in the last few decades. the loss of the footage would be less profound if it wasn't the pinnacle of human accomplishment. But we haven't churned out something with the import of a new moonlanding.

[@gonefishing3628]

@Victor Cates Wow, those are all really bad ideas based on nihilism and neophilia. A bizarre backwards notion that you can only enjoy something once. It's like the mentality of a child that only plays with a toy for 5 minutes, gets bored of it and demands a new toy.

[@buddette5513]

I thought it meant Mankind the wrestler. I am sad now.

[@wheatboi8255]

Fun thing about It's a Wonderful Life is that it bombed horribly in the box office. So badly that the makers never bothered to renew the copyright on it. When the copyright expired TV stations were free to run it without having to share ad revenue with the creators. That made running the movie profitable even if only a few people were watching. As a result of it being ran over and over on TV people started to like it and it became a beloved Christmas classic.

[@Outofyourmind7]

How about 10 things man hasn't managed to lose.... #1 my virginity ;-;

[@cooperedwards9055]

Uhh how was the Ark of the Covenant left out 🤔

[@stephenbarrett8861]

It’s in Axum.

[@SneedyKetler]

Stephen Barrett yup. Right there in old Abyssinia for the taking of you’re feeling chipper some morning

[@doc2kiwidig663]

Yes of course, let’s talk about imaginary things.

[@punkwrestle]

Dan J 40’s it killed a bunch of Nazis.

[@abigailslade3824]

Cooper Edwards that’s in an American warehouse 🤪

[@rrparker12]

I love when you yell, "Neeeeeeeeeeeerds!" Highlight of my day.

[@cameronrowe5644]

Library of Alexandria?

[@ShannonRochon]

Cameron Rowe the library wasn't lost though...it was burned and deliberately destroyed.

[@cameronrowe5644]

Shannon Rochon the amber room was deliberately looted?? I don't think the list means it was literally lost like some keys, i think it's just some #ShitMankindManagesToLoseForWankers

[@daarianaharis]

But chances are what was looted (i.e. the complete content of the room including all the wall covering) still exists - somewhere. It wasn't deliberately wiped out of existence. That is what is "lost" as in "can be found again, hidden", whereas the library of Alexandria and all its contents were completely destroyed, i.e. "lost" as in "completely destroyed, dead, not hidden"

[@cameronrowe5644]

Daaria Naharis that makes sense. I see where you're coming from. He just said "we humans have ruined our artifacts" right at the beginning and I thought wow that sounds like the library of Alexandria to me. I realized the rest of the video does makes it seem as if lost means it is somewhere hidden, upon viewing it a second time.

[@DanteDVlad]

1. Decency 2. Humbleness And pretty much all good old characteristics

[@Gaminating]

D there's still good people in the world

[@Hdusiekwbshsjs]

Wow don't cut yourself on that edge

[@ADawoodKiwi]

Humility*

[@JeantheSecond]

Yeah, when, exactly did we have those characteristics? When slavery was common around the world, when stealing food was a crime punishable by death, when no one ever heard of social security, when executions were entertainment, when lynchings happened regularly and the authorities didn't even want to stop them, when women were property throughout the entire world? We are living in the most peaceful and civilized (in terms of human rights) era in history. The "good ol' days" myth has to die. People use it as an excuse to undo progress.

[@albireotheredguard1599]

Jean the Second You clearly haven't been paying attention to current events.

[@philippschwartzerdt3431]

You missed the destruction of over 100 important world cultural heritage and historic places, unique museums and many thousend of unique antique artefacts by ISIS in Iraq, Syria and Jordan and the destruction of the largest standing Buddha by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

[@helloweener2007]

Yes it is lost but not in the sense that you don't know what happened to it or where it is gone.

[@funkmasterdub]

....maybe that's for a different one...not perhaps lost, more like destroyed by Morons.

[@jenniekelly571]

So sickening what they have destroyed. I remember watching them bomb ancient cities and another place on the news, and I literally got nauseous.

[@tiffprendergast]

Philipp Schwartzerdt yeah

[@tiffprendergast]

Jennie Kelly yeah

[@Card1ax]

Don't want hurt any feelings but you Ben, you're definitely my favorite narrator at the moment. Thank you for making my black heart a little more gray.

[@大銀河帝国の皇帝]

There's a reconstruction of the amber room though. Russian and German experts build it over a time period of more than 20 years, construction finished in 2003. Germany also donated 3.5 million Dollars to the project.

[@janetalksreel]

We haven't had a good NEEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS!!! for ages. Thanks for bringing it back Ben

[@ColeVecsion]

Thanks alot, Mick Foley!

[@constantine7382]

Unbelievable. One of my favorite movies had an alternate ending? I had no idea! GREAT job!

[@timanctil8225]

"Abby, who!?!" "Abby...Normal"

[@TheBohobemeister]

As always, wonderful video WhatCulture!

[@aaaugh8122]

I was waiting for the hashtag part :(

[@williamdeacon8804]

aaa ugh same!

[@loskoner1]

aaa ugh miss that :(

[@DanCreaMundos]

thank god it's gone, it was so annoying, hope it never comes back :D

[@ForgottenSon_]

Soon my friend, Soon

[@blackphoenix77]

The hashtag thing is done, thank god. Let it go.

[@livingthattwelvelife2209]

Thank you for admitting that you didn't know how to pronounce those words. Your transparency is refreshing.

[@nicechoicee]

I've only seen 2 year old comments so I'ma just leave mine right here from the future...

[@kratosguy91]

This was an incredibly facsinating video. Please do more 10 missing items!

[@doctorwhominecraft6918]

"How many nuclear bombs is too many?" I'd say one bc I don't like bombs that can destroy thousands if not millions of lives in an instant, and then launch massive plumes of radiation and irradiated materials into the atmosphere and affect people hundreds of miles away for generations to come. I'm odd like that.

[@alieninthevideo441]

North Korea disagrees.

[@miked7295]

Imagine how many wars would've started if there wasn't a big threat that the opposing team could just drop a bomb to vanish your country of the map. Nuclear bombs are the best prevention against wars.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

That assumes every national leader is sane and knows when to back down rather than start WW III. But if everyone is sane, then the one insane man has power... But there are a hell of a lot more than one nut in charge on earth now.

[@miloradvlaovic]

+Mike D that's utterly moronic. Nuclear heads may, arguably, simply prevent nuclear wars. Wars are about money and power, each of the wars ever started was, and that's a fact of sociology and history. Irradiating a place you intend to conquer, and thus making it useless and dangerous is... not something any rational creature would do. And they can't be used for defense, because like 10 countries spread across the globe have them. If one uses it, another will surely reciprocate, even if not involved directly to stop the previous from using more. At that point the globe would be that much saturated with radiation, that it would be a begging of a relatively long, agonizing eradication of 95% of life on the Earth. Humans would go down quite swiftly. In a matter of a few centuries most likely. They are a mistake. And since people aren't willing to launch them into space and never create another, they're simply there and the elusive glassy safety from them being used consists in you having some too. As explained this is just "better than nothing" but it's far from a real safety, and in fact contributes to the ever rising threat of the radiation.

[@Wade_Fucking_Wilson]

Mike D just play fallout 4

[@therandomvariable2194]

This is definitely in the 10 best topics WhatCulture has covered.

[@westminsterabbey.6916]

For a moment there I thought you were going to say the moon landing footage was a reshoot....

[@ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858]

Abbey ~ lol

[@hunting_7274]

And here I was, thinking I could make a joke about someone lost a brain, and wouldn't you know it? Someone DID lose a brain!

[@chillinlikeavillain3108]

The WWE title back in the 90s, his gimmick, a couple of matches, some teeth is all really

[@jimtin8754]

I wish Whatculture still produced good videos like this

[@AwkwardMooseP]

Not sure Mick Foley was responsible for any of these tbh

[@aadamtx]

Interesting list! I would also include (at #11?) the French National Archives prior to 1870. The Communards burned down the building that hosted the archives in Paris during the riots there, and sadly those were the only copies of most of those documents.

[@VansangluraVanchhawng]

3:10 India Post. That's ours. Jai Hind

[@MamaMOB]

I love Ben from WhatCulture. Especially when he says NEEEEERDS!!!!!!

[@NobleKorhedron]

If the Yanks lost a bloody nuke with an A-4, why are they showing an F/A-18 falling off the carrier from 3:00 - 3:30 approx...?

[@DarkLordDiablos]

I was just about to ask that. Its not like its difficult to find a picture of an A-4.

[@druthvlodovic]

Hopefully it is difficult to find pictures of them falling off of ships.

[@dwavyy300]

omg you know your planes.cool..

[@davnbull]

I was thinking the same thing... besides the F/A-18 is launching off, not "falling" off, in that photo anyway.

[@storygirlsania5328]

I love Ben's voice! He is so wonderfully british :)

[@edwinnwhite8865]

Their minds. That should be number 1. Let's see if it is.

[@sterlingmarsh7999]

Six of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World... Pretty hard to lose a pyramid, now!

[@MikeoSupremeo]

We managed to lose Spongebob Squarepants.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

I realize it's pedantic but, having served in the Navy, and knowing that they are vastly different looking planes... You seriously couldn't find a dramatic photo of an A-4 Skyhawk instead of the F-14 Tomcat that you posted? I did a Google search of *"A-4 Skyhawk Carrier Launch",* and easily found dozens... and it took me only about 15 seconds.

[@dannyjack8298]

3:29 one, one is already to many

[@Gaminating]

Ghastly Grinner there'd be even more peace if we didn't have them at all. Although we'd still be fighting wars

[@facelesscarmy101]

the it's always sunny references in the lists are incredible, tip of the hat to the editor

[@Bellocks1]

I was going to go with "Mankind's tooth from hell in a cell" but alas...

[@funkmasterdub]

Ben's the best. Loved it!

[@controversialopinions3659]

You should include the blueprints for one of the world deadliest fighter jets, the F-22 Raptor on the list as well. A while ago the US air force needed to repair a damaged part to one of the F-22 and required the blueprints to recreate the part. when they went to the location where the electronic blue prints were allegedly held, they found the containers to be empty. to this day now one is sure were the blue prints went and this is part of the reason by the US has stopped its production of the F-22.

[@damienkun8786]

controversial opinions I need to google that jet :o

[@jimbobborg22]

I'm sure there's a server in China that has a copy.

[@joshm3484]

They could just look at the part they have and reproduce it.

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

controversial opinions couldn't they just disarm one of those jets and see what's inside? I'm not an engineer nor could I ever understand a machinery like that but, maybe they could try it out?

[@ComradeSlice]

Draco Padilla lol wasn't that a Lockheed Martin fiasco?

[@flyingcabbage3551]

Poor Mick, what a shame he lost all these things

[@babyfaceaviator7862]

I honestly thought by Mankind, you meant Mick Foley. Silly me, I'll show myself out

[@chrisledezma5086]

You forgot to add dignity to the list....

[@SonOfBmore]

Actually America lost 8 bombs 2 inJapan they just fell out not sure what happened to them

[@nikoclesceri2267]

We did also find the ones we lost in the Mediterranean after like 20 years

[@101Waylander]

Too soon, man, too soon. Lmao

[@garvan]

This narrator is brilliant! More of him!

[@lucisxz]

Neeeeeeeeeeerds God I love it. 😂

[@asd6484]

Before I watch this, I'm just going to say that there was a snail or clam(I think) that was over 500 years old(oldest animal), and a bunch of scientists accidentally killed it.

[@shayannajafi9156]

I haven't watched it yet. Is number one, Hell in a cell vs. The undertaker?

[@VelvetMetrolink]

1. Humility 2. Kindness 3. Decency 4. Community...

[@callumtongs9573]

No Athena Parthenos?

[@CarinaKeKz]

what is with that huge library in the middle east that contained all collected copies of books at their time? The library of Alexandria was a location for huge knowledge, everything was stored there and people studied and learned there for years - until it was "accidently" burned down. Imagine how far we would have been with science if it didn't!

[@kamronspencer4910]

Blue Bunny yes but it was destroyed. Possibly deliberately. This list is about things that were stolen or simply lost but could still exist somewhere we know what happened to the library

[@jaqjynx]

I miss Ben saying #forwankers. And some of these people were right wankers.

[@NeilTheMoron]

What about the Doctor Who Episodes.. they are lost forever

[@kenzij]

Neil Dube No remember, they stated that and I'm paraphrasing here "The legion was never really lost, they've always been right here."

[@Flutterbutt225]

I think he was talking about the episodes of Doctor Who that were lost by the Beeb taping over them. Although it is kind of funny that someone would mention the lost Doctor Who episodes on a video featuring that lost Roman Legion, which Doctor Who did a recent episode on :)

[@TheAlmightyFrowny]

After all the things mentioned in the video, the doctor who episodes are the only thing i am mourning

[@joelellis7035]

Lost in much the same manner as the original moon landing tapes.

[@CashelOConnolly]

Neil Dube good

[@captainshaw685]

Using footage from 'The Wicker Man' made my day!

[@johnny0000000000000]

greatest film of all time

[@supartec]

Who else thought this was A video about Mick Foley

[@jokercell682]

SNL did a great sketch about the lost ending for It's a Wonderful Life.

[@si2foo]

notice how most of these involve the us

[@darrenrobinson9041]

You mean there are other countries ?

[@trobbo3543]

Frank Reynolds looting a store at 0:52 😂😂😂

[@purpleheadedhedgehog3821]

Notafction squad were you at

[@baknish]

On youtube too much squad where you at

[@purpleheadedhedgehog3821]

baknish here bro

[@jacksonward9181]

purple headed hedgehog my house

[@ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858]

Reading literate comments.

[@Thunderchicken69]

No mention to the nuke that went missing IN MY STATE! One went missing near Savannah Ga when a B-48 crashed and lost the bomb

[@daafaev15]

TEYEMEMATON i just imagine an anthropomorphic B-48 smacking into a hill or something, losing grip of the nuke, then watching it spiral away and being like "ohhh shiiiiiieeet"

[@ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858]

TEYEMEMATON ~ nice name ;)

[@Simte]

I wish one day we could lose religion for once!

[@Gaminating]

TISQUESUSA it sucks religion is mostly the reason why there's wars. I'm raised catholic but I am disgusted by how humanity treats it

[@jacksonward9181]

TheGaminator if only we could all be respectful of others

[@MrJ-rw2hb]

TISQUESUSA if you hate it don't mention it or you will start a comment war

[@Frellyouall]

I'm Catholic. Never been in a fight. Never used it against anyone. Grow up.

[@lesan001]

We've lost a tone of religion, so many different beliefs dead and gone, people will find new ones eventually.

[@James-qf8gv]

#1 most important thing mankind has lost: Common sense

[@marcuscicero5033]

#MrPotterdidnothingwrong

[@alieninthevideo441]

Harry Potter killed Voldemort thats bad.

[@timschwarze1739]

What about the Spinosaurus skeleton that was found during the world wars and then bombed to ashes during an air raid in Germany? That thing would've shed some light on the controversies surrounding it recently...

[@brianartillery]

Yup. One of the few things I did know about Caravaggio was that he was indeed a bit 'fighty'.

[@jessamin2649]

Somehow we lost the entire colony of Roanoke and we still don't where it went

[@comatoo]

I love his anger at the loss of the original moon landing footage

[@StrawberryLite]

I need Ben to read me stupid facts with his notes everyday

[@lizziecastricum4382]

The thing about the moon landing one is that in order to conserve, at one point NASA started recording on tapes with old footage still left on them, so it's likely that this may have been the fate of the moon landing footage. Just.....wow.

[@BJGvideos]

On the upside, think about what we've found that had been missing for centuries. The tomb of the first Chinese emperor, an entire British monarch, enormous city-sized temples...

[@eklera]

Always hilarious when you shout, "neeeeeeeeerds". 😊👍

[@TankardShaw]

I know this is now an old video, but the moon footage has been remastered and found again from then news footage. That sucks but at least the got most of it back.

[@W1ntermask]

Clicked into this video expecting “Mick Foley’s car keys”, “A chunk of Mick Foley’s ear”, “The WWF Intercontinental Championship” etc

[@99lodewijk]

I thought 'innocence' might've been on this list.

[@tiffprendergast]

Yeah

[@Larryboyfan09]

another of the film scenes gone missing is the "deleted" scenes from the original Wicker Man

[@kitain9]

how about one about things we thought we had lost forever and found again or returned?

[@Athrun000]

We managed to lose a part of our ozone layer... Soon we will lose the entire Antarctica as well... :)

[@skylx0812]

From the Almost Lost Files. Wasn't the original Death Star scale model found sitting in the weeds outside of a bar somewhere? The parabolic laser platform was missing and the owners didn't know what it was so they used it as a trash can. Garbage would be tossed into the open hole by bar patrons. .....that's no moon, that's the barmaid!

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

And NASA wonders why people call them frauds.

[@timewasterscrew1316]

I for some reason thought I was watching their wrestling channel and thought this was about Good ole Mick before the video started 😂

[@rhunter42dragon]

Of all the things I've lost, I think I miss my mind the most.

[@rooneylad1]

I thought this was a WhatCulture Wrestling video about Mick Foley's forgetfull tendencies.

[@innominatumapplemord7278]

Nerd moment x1000 Caravaggio was not renaissance but was more associated with the Baroque movement. A movement that came about in the aftermath of The Renaissance. That is all. x

[@varanasiwalks1451]

one more thing mankind has managed to lose: WhatCulture videos involving history, not pop culture