28 Fascinating Finds and Unexpected Treasures People Stumbled Across

Nathan Johnson Published 02/05/2024 in ftw

The world is a gigantic place full of all kinds of odd, unique, and interesting things. If you keep your eyes open during your travels or even in your daily life, you never know what you're going to find.

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The world is a gigantic place full of all kinds of odd, unique, and interesting things. If you keep your eyes open during your travels or even in your daily life, you never know what you're going to find.
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird engine.
3.
$721 of pure platinum.
4.
Miniature traffic playground in Copenhagen where kids learn to bike in traffic.
5.
This mall has a “husband depository” with massage chairs and phone chargers.
6.
Bison paintings in the Cave of Altamira, Spain, which were made over a very long period between 35,000 ~ 15,000 BC.
7.
In 2017, a Reindeer Hunter found a perfectly preserved Viking sword in the mountains of Norway, which was just sticking out among the stones.
8.
Car manufacturer Tatra explaining aerodynamics (1934).
9.
Concepts for polymer US dollars.
10.
A cat diagnosed with Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy – a rare condition that causes muscles to grow excessively large.
11.
A 54 million-year-old gecko preserved in amber.
12.
This is the dolphin succulent.
13.
Spotted these 'Sea Rafts' on a beach on La Gomera last week.
14.
These 'Glass Frogs' have transparent skin allowing you to see their internal organs.
15.
This big old padlock I found at work.
16.
My dog found a badger skull in the garden.
17.
I found this bee with my metal detector today.
18.
A shard of porcelain I found diving on a wreck.
19.
I found a teeny tiny conch shell in my pack of decorative rocks.
20.
Found a baby snapping turtle walking across my driveway.
21.
Sea shell in my sea salt.
22.
This friggin’ huge strawberry I found today.
23.
This rock I found looks like a speech bubble.
24.
I found a paystub from 1948 being used as a bookmark in a cookbook.
25.
Mom cleaned out her pantry cabinet and found four generations of Wyler’s beef cubes. Oldest one expired 2/14/1989.
26.
Original Dr Pepper that was buried in the garden, the soda turned clear.
27.
While cleaning out the storage room at my new job today, I found a newspaper from 1893.
28.
Found a stingray barb while at work.
29.
Found a skull that had been picked clean in the forest.
30.
Found a mutated daisy.
31.
Moved a pot and found a slug laying eggs.
32.
I found my dad’s 7th grade report card from 1948.
33.
My father found these old USSR military hats that his grandfather gave him when he went to Russia right at the time of the USSR’s collapse.
34.
Found an old key while renovating my 100+ year old house.
35.
Today, I found a tiny shell in my sea salt!
36.
Found a pearl in my oyster.
37.
This boot I found in the woods is covered in moss.
38.
Found these McDonalds gift certificates from 2001 (top) and 1998 (bottom) while cleaning my room.
39.
I found a toilet seat guitar at thrift shop.
40.
Found a cheez-it family today.
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Found this battery at the beach that collected minerals and debris at the ends.

1.
The world is a gigantic place full of all kinds of odd, unique, and interesting things. If you keep your eyes open during your travels or even in your daily life, you never know what you're going to find.
2.
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird engine.
3.
$721 of pure platinum.
4.
Miniature traffic playground in Copenhagen where kids learn to bike in traffic.
5.
This mall has a “husband depository” with massage chairs and phone chargers.
6.
Bison paintings in the Cave of Altamira, Spain, which were made over a very long period between 35,000 ~ 15,000 BC.
7.
In 2017, a Reindeer Hunter found a perfectly preserved Viking sword in the mountains of Norway, which was just sticking out among the stones.
8.
Car manufacturer Tatra explaining aerodynamics (1934).
9.
Concepts for polymer US dollars.
10.
A cat diagnosed with Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy – a rare condition that causes muscles to grow excessively large.
11.
A 54 million-year-old gecko preserved in amber.
12.
This is the dolphin succulent.
13.
Spotted these 'Sea Rafts' on a beach on La Gomera last week.
14.
These 'Glass Frogs' have transparent skin allowing you to see their internal organs.
15.
This big old padlock I found at work.
16.
My dog found a badger skull in the garden.
17.
I found this bee with my metal detector today.
18.
A shard of porcelain I found diving on a wreck.
19.
I found a teeny tiny conch shell in my pack of decorative rocks.
20.
Found a baby snapping turtle walking across my driveway.
21.
Sea shell in my sea salt.
22.
This friggin’ huge strawberry I found today.
23.
This rock I found looks like a speech bubble.
24.
I found a paystub from 1948 being used as a bookmark in a cookbook.
25.
Mom cleaned out her pantry cabinet and found four generations of Wyler’s beef cubes. Oldest one expired 2/14/1989.
26.
Original Dr Pepper that was buried in the garden, the soda turned clear.
27.
While cleaning out the storage room at my new job today, I found a newspaper from 1893.
28.
Found a stingray barb while at work.
29.
Found a skull that had been picked clean in the forest.
30.
Found a mutated daisy.
31.
Moved a pot and found a slug laying eggs.
32.
I found my dad’s 7th grade report card from 1948.
33.
My father found these old USSR military hats that his grandfather gave him when he went to Russia right at the time of the USSR’s collapse.
34.
Found an old key while renovating my 100+ year old house.
35.
Today, I found a tiny shell in my sea salt!
36.
Found a pearl in my oyster.
37.
This boot I found in the woods is covered in moss.
38.
Found these McDonalds gift certificates from 2001 (top) and 1998 (bottom) while cleaning my room.
39.
I found a toilet seat guitar at thrift shop.
40.
Found a cheez-it family today.
41.
Found this battery at the beach that collected minerals and debris at the ends.