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50 Times People Found Such Unexpected Things, They Just Had To Share The Pics In This Online Group
The world is a big place, so naturally, things get lost and forgotten. But they often resurface, too. Just take a look at the subreddit "Took You Long Enough."
This online community isn't the biggest, but its 30K members provide a constant flow of unexpected finds. From simple — but interesting — stuff like old newspapers to more mysterious discoveries, like a 227-year-old pendant, they always have something new to show off.
Continue scrolling to check out some of their most popular posts.
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Woman Adopts Elderly Dog From Shelter And Finds Out It's Actually Her Lost Childhood Puppy
This Washed Ashore From ‘Dorian’. “Please Don’t Open Me, My Ashes Are On A Journey, I Started At Cumberland Island, So If You See Me Ashore, Please Snap A Picture, Email It & Throw Me Back So I Can Travel Some More”
We're Remodeling Our Bathroom And Our Contractor Just Sent This
Woman Loses Engagement Ring In Garden Finds It 13 Years Later On A Carrot
While Tearing Up Their Carpet, My In-Laws Found A Giant Monopoly Board
that's pretty cool, but if they keep it like that, family fights guaranteed!
This Silver Pendant I Found Metal Detecting Is Dated 227 Years Ago Today
After 30 Years Brothers Return To Chernobyl To Find An Old Toy Friend Waiting (1986-2016)
A Very British Response, Cheers Jon!
This "Bookmark" I Found In An Old Shakspeare Book Is A Voting Ticket From The Civil War
After A Construction Company Caused A Local Reservoir Level To Sink 10 Feet, A 600-Year-Old Buddha Carving Was Found
Friend Of Mine Just Moved Into A New House. Took Off All The Heating Vents To Paint Them, And This Was Behind One Of Them
A 54 Million Year Old Gecko Trapped In Amber
My Dad Finally Found His Missing LED Zeppelin Tickets... 44 Years Too Late
Found This In The Crawl Space Above My Bedroom!
Tearing Down An Unused Chimney Only To Find 25 Generations Of Stacked Up Birds Nests
My Mom Was Cleaning Up And Found A Piece Of Paper Her And My Dad Wrote On From Before They Got Married In ‘86. They Were Together Until 2011 When My Dad Passed
Found An Over 100 Year Old Time Capsule In My Backyard!
I absolutely love stuff like this! So cool to uncover items from the past.
I Might Have To Do This One Day
Found This “White Couch” In A Free Pile Years Ago And Saw A Rip In It Last Night When I Was Cleaning To Find It Was Reupholstered Over Gorgeous Emerald Green Fabric This Whole Time!
Found On Facebook
Shoutout To My Mom Who Very Kindly Brought Me "Dumbells" From The Basement And Even Washed Them So I Could Work Out At Home With Weights - Turns Out These Are Old Soviet-Era Hand Grenades
Remodeling The Kitchen And Pulled The Microwave Off The Wall. He Never Gave Up Hope
Found These 110(?) Year Old Crayolas In The Back Of A Family Secretary Desk. The Pack Still Has The Crayons
Be careful with old artist supplies (even crayons). Some of them can have dangerous ingredients. Lead, for example. The kinds of ingredients in some colours are unreal. Arsenic, mercury, chromium, radioactive materials... and then there are the morally objectionable ones, like 'Mummy Brown'- made from real, ground up mummies! Or Indian Yellow - made from the urine of cows only fed mango leaves and water, which slowly killed them. I'm sure there are more, but the point is; be cautious!
These Medieval Ruins Randomly Found Under A Schools Gym Hall
It's so odd to imagine that one day something completely different could be built on top of the spot where your house was, and people don't even know about it. (If it was my place, they'd have the Random Pop Culture Artefacts of the Past dig to end all Random Pop Culture Artefacts of the Past digs.)
Birth Announcement From 1988
This is MY birth announcement that my auntie made for me when I was a baby. My mom donated a box of old kids stuff to her local thrift store and this was in the box by accident. It somehow it made it to the town where I live several hours away. I was so shocked to find it, I had to buy it back. $2 well spent to preserve my legacy
Found A Drawing Of A Robot In A Chemistry Book From 1918
103 Years Ago Someone Lost Their Coin Purse
I have some coins like this found in an old cellar hole in the woods. 1897, 1899, and 1903.
This Carpenters Pencil Is The Oldest Known Pencil In Existence. It Was Found In The Roof Of A 17th-Century German House
My Great Grandmother Kept A News Paper Of When America Landed On The Moon. Just Found It Today
Not Exactly Vandalized But This Floorboard Says “This House Was Built By Floyd Harshaw. If You Don’t Like The Way It’s Built, That’s Too Damn Bad. June 21, 1956”
We Were Cleaning Out Our Aunts House Who Had Just Passed Away And Found This. My Great-Great Grandfather’s Enlistment Paper To WWI
This WWII Newspaper Of Germany’s Surrender Found In My Grandparent’s Attic
Let's not overlook the fact that Mrs Larry MacPhail's divorce was also front page news
This Old McDonald's Coupon I Found In My Grandfathers Things
Found Two Bottles Of Guinness In The Attic. 1874 I Think
First Boot In 17 Years, All On 90’s Equipment
My Uncle Found A Bag Of Volcano Ash From Mount St. Helens With A Note Tucked In The Back Of One Of His Cupboards
Numismatist here: absolutely do NOT polish old coins with volcanic ash. That will definitely make them worthless.
Found My Grandmothers Calendar Which Contains The Date Of Her First Date With My Grandfather. Thursday The 10th 1955. They Would Get Married 1 Year Later
This Shoe Was Left In The Window For 2 Months & It Shrunk
Lady Found A Message In A Bottle From 1926 While Diving
Looks like "Will the person who finds this bottle return this paper to George Morrow, Cheboygan Michigan, and tell where it was found, November 1926."
My Mother Found A 4th Birthday Card She Forgot To Pass On To Me... I’m 26 Now
This Book From 1892 I Found Inside A Hole In The Wall In A Rental Flat Post Image
A Vancouver Elementary School Just Unearthed A Time Capsule After 50 Years. In It Was A Letter From Then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Yrs ago they were remodeling our highschool and found a time capsule from the 60s that no one knew was there. It was meant to be opened in the yr 2000 so they bricked it back up and opened it at that time. Lots of stuff records magazines and a note from the then prez
Notes From Over A Century Ago. Pulled Out Of Our Roof - A Lump Of Wood Scrawled With Complaints From The Builders: "American And Spanish War Is Now On. Everything Is Getting Dear. April 1898"
My Grandpa Gave Me A $2 From 1953
Found A Marriage Certificate From 1895 In A Flooded Cabin We Renovated
Cigarette Holder Gifted To My Grandfather From His Af Unit While They Were Stationed In The UK During The Korean War. “From The Old Gang, 8/7/1954”
I Was Digging Around In An Attic In St. Paul And Found Some Soap From 1874
Found Old Newspapers Used As Insulation In The Wall Of A 130 Yo House
That's crazy! It would be cool to read the articles. Like a little time capsule.
My Roommate Bought A Pair Of Pants At The Thrift Store And Found This In One Of The Pockets
I Found This Very 90s Pen In A Drawer
60 Bottles Of 1920s Bootlegger’s Whiskey Found In NY Home’s Walls
One Of The Advantages Of The Lockdown Is That The Mother Is Finally Getting To The Bottom Of Her Giant Chest Freezer. Behold: 25 Year Old Puff Pastry
Oldest Door In Switzerland, ~5000 Years Old, Found In 2010 In Zurich
Container Found After Presumably Floating In The Ocean Since 1976 (And Not Degrading One Bit)
This Victorian Era Bottle Of Horse Cure All We Just Dug Up From A Customers Garden
About 10 Years Ago I Replaced A Dresser I Had Since My Childhood. I Found This Burred Within My Sock Door And It Was Never Used. I'm In My Early 40s Now And Keeping It As It Is The Only Picture Of Me As A Child I Have
Cameras existed in the 70s and 80s and every one took pics of their kids. Very sad this guy doesn't have any childhood pics of himself.
Wall Paper Behind The Drawers Of My Built In Dresser. House Built In 1901, Not The Oldest But Still A Beauty Full Of Secrets
Letter Found From My Namesake, Elizabeth Ford Wagar. Both Middle Names Are Ford. Written 1894 When She Was 20 Years Old To One "Dear Little Woman." Stored In Multiple Bags To Keep In Good Condition. Currently Buried In Downtown Wells, NY Where We Still Visit Her Headstone
Repairing A Wall Hole In My Sons Room. It’s Been There, Behind His Door For Years. Just The Perfect Size To Drop Toddler Toys In! 20 Years Of Matchbox Cars!
I Came Across A Tank Tread In The Woods
A Guy In New Hampshire Was Cutting/Splitting Up A Tree That Fell Near A Ballpark And Found This!
Iran Is Getting Tense With Us, Climate Change Is Happening Now, And Someone Waited 35 Years To Use A Free Disneyland Ticket. We’ve Officially Hit A New Low
Yet they wouldn't let a couple in their 70s in because they didn't make a reservation when they bought their tickets.
Replacing White Boards At This School Over The Summer Has Revealed An Old Chalkboard Covered Up 40 Years Ago With Class Notes Still Present
Love Finds Like These! Picked Up These Vintage Levi's And In One Of The Pockets Was A Movie Ticket For A Bug's Life In 1998
1947 Hospital Bill Found Out My Parents’ Attic. Not Sure Who It’s For
50 Years Ago Today
This Was The First Movie I Went To See, My Grandmother Had Sealed The Tickets Up In An Envelope & I Was Sad I Never Saw Them Again Until I Just Found Them At The Bottom Of A Shoe Box Full Of Old Cards & Letters! I Relished Opening This. Movie Ticket Stubs From 1994, $4.50 A Ticket
I Found "Sexual Positions" On Vhs, Copyright 1985, Hidden In Basement Rafters While Repairing Plumbing
This Wwii Era Turkish Army Officers Dress Sword That I Found Cleaning Out My Grandfathers Things. We Sadly Have No Idea How He Got It To Begin With. He Was Not A Weapons Collector
Upon cleaning out my grandmother's house, we found eras of her life we did not know about. Nothing negative, it was all positive, but amazing how you THINK you know someone only to realize you don't know the whole story.
My Mother Found This Newspaper From 1944 While Redoing The Kitchen In Her 85(Roughly) Year Old Farm House
Found This "Old" Cd Player/Radio, When I Opened It I Found Another "Old" Gem Inside. A Classic Combo
Only About 11 Years Ago, But Still Pretty Cool
Found An Old Newspaper From When Kennedy Was Shot While Cleaning Out The Garage
I Work In Home Remodeling. Previous Owner Of My Clients House Made An Hvac Duct From Soldering Old Anti-Freeze Containers Together
Wfh Forced Me To Clean Up My Office Where I Found This Unopened Bottle Of Orbitz. Launched 1997 And Discontinued In 1998
I Found A Box Of Kraft Mac & Cheese From 1988
That happens to me every year I clear through the cupboards. I know every year? Trust me, if I go now I bet I'll find a jar of allspice from 2001
A Toys R Us Employee Found A Boxed Copy Of Mario Kart 64 Hidden Under Their Shelves
Found $10 In The Pocket Of My Ski Jacket From 5th Grade!
Someone Peeled Off 20 Years Worth Of Subway Ads To Reveal This Road Trip Poster, Circa 2000
Renovating A Cupboard And Discovered A Floor Safe After Living Here For Two Years
A Book I Found In The Thrift Store
Found 40 Year Old Doritos Under My Porch
Woman On Facebook Finds Stacks Of Newspaper From 1943 In Fairly Good Condition When She Ripped Up Her Carpet
I think it's really interesting they mentioned the [German] Reich and Austria separately.
Netflix Blu-Ray I Never Returned. Whoops
I Found A Pre Y2k Zippo While Magnet Fishing Today
I have my great grams Zippo from either the 1st or 2nd year they were made! Zippo was thrilled when I sent them a pic of it! And yes it still works very well!
My Dad Cut His Knee Up Pretty Bad Right Before We Went To Visit My Grandparents. We Forgot To Bring Band-Aids But Luckily Found Some In The Back Of A Medicine Cabinet... Only To Discover This 1970s Ad On The Back Of The Box (Several Days After We Started Using Them)
My dad had a similar clock radio where the numbers flipped like a Rolodex instead of digital or standard clock face with hands
My Very First Find! And Kind Of Funny Because My Brother Lost This 25+ Years Ago
Found This Glass Gatorade Bottle Out On A Nature Walk Today! The Top Was Sticking Out Of Some Deep Mulchy Ground. Glass Bottles Were Discontinued In 1998!
While Taking Part An Old Cabinet We Found An Old (And Very Brittle) Rolled Up Newspaper From 1914!
Cleaned Out Grandma's Spice Cabinet Today
I Bet It Tastes Great
Found This 130+ Year Old Bible At A Yard Sale Today!
Can also be used as a weapon if turning the other cheek doesn't work
Found This Boot In A Pillar While Renovating The Porch. The House Was Built In 1927, But I'm Sure It's Still Really Comfy
I Was Cleaning Out The Closet In My Classroom And Found 50 Year Old Teaching Posters!
I kinda think we should make "ads" out of some of these and use them with apps that are geared toward children.
Found This Under A Picture Today! 7/21/69
Mace Windu But He’s Been Under The Fridge For 7 Years
Amazon Box From 1997 Found In Basement
Asked My Father In Law For Some Matches To Light The Grill With This Weekend. This Is What He Came Back With. 38 Years And It Fired Right Up
This Rock My Sisters And I Put Between These Tree Limbs 10 Ish Years Ago
And 100 years from now people will be wondering how it got there
Only 15 Years Late
Cleaning Out Cd’s. Damn I’m Old
I remember I was taking those free trial CDs from the supermarket, because it was the best way to keep my PC up to date without internet (they usually included Windows Media Player, Internet explorer, Real Player, Flash, etc.)
When I Worked At A Grocery Store A Customer Used A .07 Coupon From 1976. I Kept It And Just Now Found It In A Book
Was Told To Post This Here. Just Found 7 Unopened Cans Of Bud Light From 1996 In The Crawl Space
Found At My Uni Behind A Fire Extinguisher - 1968
"PAL" in the most sarcastic tone possible... somehow still makes it less offensive than it would have otherwise been.
This Progression Of Staple Packaging. All Found In The Bottom Desk Drawer In The Office Of The Store Where I Work
These Old Drink Cans I Dug Up While Renovating My Backyard
Did anyone else think they were giant cans and that the table was a patio? Lol
Bought The Book 1984 At The Goodwill And Found Two Receipts From 1984 Inside
Bought A Marilyn Manson Cd At A Thrift Store. Someone Left Their Ticket From 1997 Inside
1977 McDonald's Christmas Trash Found In The Wall Of Our House
Took Him Long Enough
I Found A Citibank Charge Card Buried In My Yard That Expired In 1979
What's a "charge card"? I looked up on Wikipedia but it's not helping
The difference between a charge card and a credit card was that charge cards were expected to be paid in full monthly while credit cards allow you to carry a balance and pay more than the item is worth via interest.
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Found A Knife I Lost Years Ago In The Yard With A Metal Detector
Found The 1994 Receipt And Extra Buttons In The Pocket Of A Jacket I Bought At Goodwill. Thinking About Trying To Return It
I Work For The Railway And Found This Gatorade Carton In Near Mint Condition In A Tunnel. Date On The Top Says June 16, 1988
When I was a kid I had some little toy mice I loved to play with. I came to live with my dad when I was 12 I packed the mice up in the pocket of an old red plastic suitcase I had 3 of these suit cases When I got to my dads I couldn’t find the mice ! I looked for these mice for years ! My dad died when I was 29! I was cleaning out the attic of his house and I found a red plastic suit case I opened it up and the pocket looked fat but I knew not to get my hopes up. I opened it up and sure enough my mice were there just like I left them ! I still have them :)
Like a little shout out from kid you to grown up you. I love it!
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When my dad was a teenager he had a white VW Beetle. He had to sell it. Years later when he was on his 30's, he bought a white beetle, while cleaning the interior he found a water bill from my grandparents house stuffed behind the fire extinguisher. It was his old beetle!!!
We still HAVE of Beetle. 1964 . Bought new and continuous registration though they made us change the number plate when we moved States, It now has "historic registration" as we wanted to keep it 'original' :-) Lovely cars :-)
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The closest thing I have to any of this is that under the kitchen island there are the names of the people that have lived in my house and when they lived here. It only goes back to the mid 90s, but I think it's neat.
History is absolutely astonishing. Hope to find something like the things on this list one day
The small theater I'm doing a play with has this thing where the cast of the play will sign the walls of the backstage with their name, play, and date. The oldest signature I found was from 1972!
I currently have a gas receipt for about $100. It will be cool to rediscover in a few decades
I found loads of things buried in the garden when we were making vegetable beds like a silver trinket box, an old farthing coin with a bird on, a plastic warthog, a tiny ceramic cat and lots of broken plates. I love finding interesting old things
This thread made me not buy anything more than I have now
The house I grew up in was built in 1852... Big ol house made of all red wood..third floor we found in the floor board a invitation to a fancy ball, homemade marbles, the oldest dominos handmade and a rag doll...
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I lost a magnifying glass in a cow pasture as a kid and found it 15 years later just sitting on top of the ground.
This is why, since my parents and I are renovating their house rn, I have taken the time to scrawl nice notes under each section of floor we're replacing. We get to know that there's love in the walls and floors, and hopefully someday, someone will find it and it'll brighten their day.
My last month paycheck was for 11000 dollars… All i did was simple online work from comfort at home for 3-4 hours/day that I got from this agency I discovered over the internet and they paid me for it 95 bucks every hour…. for more info visit any tab this site Thanks a lot ==>=>) https://easy37.blogspot.com/
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I get paid over 190$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing.. :) AND GOOD LUCK.:) HERE====)> https://www.worksful.com
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When I was a kid I had some little toy mice I loved to play with. I came to live with my dad when I was 12 I packed the mice up in the pocket of an old red plastic suitcase I had 3 of these suit cases When I got to my dads I couldn’t find the mice ! I looked for these mice for years ! My dad died when I was 29! I was cleaning out the attic of his house and I found a red plastic suit case I opened it up and the pocket looked fat but I knew not to get my hopes up. I opened it up and sure enough my mice were there just like I left them ! I still have them :)
Like a little shout out from kid you to grown up you. I love it!
Load More Replies... When my dad was a teenager he had a white VW Beetle. He had to sell it. Years later when he was on his 30's, he bought a white beetle, while cleaning the interior he found a water bill from my grandparents house stuffed behind the fire extinguisher. It was his old beetle!!!
We still HAVE of Beetle. 1964 . Bought new and continuous registration though they made us change the number plate when we moved States, It now has "historic registration" as we wanted to keep it 'original' :-) Lovely cars :-)
Load More Replies... The closest thing I have to any of this is that under the kitchen island there are the names of the people that have lived in my house and when they lived here. It only goes back to the mid 90s, but I think it's neat.
History is absolutely astonishing. Hope to find something like the things on this list one day
The small theater I'm doing a play with has this thing where the cast of the play will sign the walls of the backstage with their name, play, and date. The oldest signature I found was from 1972!
I currently have a gas receipt for about $100. It will be cool to rediscover in a few decades
I found loads of things buried in the garden when we were making vegetable beds like a silver trinket box, an old farthing coin with a bird on, a plastic warthog, a tiny ceramic cat and lots of broken plates. I love finding interesting old things
This thread made me not buy anything more than I have now
The house I grew up in was built in 1852... Big ol house made of all red wood..third floor we found in the floor board a invitation to a fancy ball, homemade marbles, the oldest dominos handmade and a rag doll...
Professional Development note to Panda headline writers: You've apparently grown out of your "internet can't stop laughing" phase, so now it's time to move on from "just had to share."
Professional Development Note to Panda Headline Writers: You seem to have grown out of your "internet can't stop laughing phase," so no consider moving on from "just had to share."
I lost a magnifying glass in a cow pasture as a kid and found it 15 years later just sitting on top of the ground.
This is why, since my parents and I are renovating their house rn, I have taken the time to scrawl nice notes under each section of floor we're replacing. We get to know that there's love in the walls and floors, and hopefully someday, someone will find it and it'll brighten their day.
My last month paycheck was for 11000 dollars… All i did was simple online work from comfort at home for 3-4 hours/day that I got from this agency I discovered over the internet and they paid me for it 95 bucks every hour…. for more info visit any tab this site Thanks a lot ==>=>) https://easy37.blogspot.com/
Everybody can earn 💰$500 dollars Daily… Yes! you can earn more than you think by working online from home. I have been doing this job for like a few weeks and my last week payment was exactly 25370💰$ dollars. This Website OPEN HERE............ https://easy37.blogspot.com/
I get paid over 190$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing.. :) AND GOOD LUCK.:) HERE====)> https://www.worksful.com
I get paid over $190 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Here's what I've been doing.. Copy HERE ===))> https://www.salarybaar.com/
