The failed potion is just a potion that wasn't successfully made into an intended potion. As for the names duplication, that's just a glitch, :3
Oh, and one more question for now - what is that circle with statues made for? I mean, circle which is at the academy's territory, not that one which we see at the spawnpoint.
no particular reason, just testing out some things with those ones, but they don;t really do anything aside from look neat, :
