Life is full of surprises. Of course, we can’t pick and choose; one day they come in the form of an arrowhead in a dried up stream, the next it’s a death mask under the bedroom floor. We just have to keep our eyes open. That’s the only thing in our power, really.
Luckily, the subreddit r/MildlyInteresting has plenty of perfect examples that good things happen when we do. Many of its 19 million members have shared photos of unexpected finds they came across pretty much everywhere you can imagine.
Continue scrolling to check out the ones that have impressed us at Bored Panda the most and fire up our earlier publication for more astonishing discoveries.
#1 Worth It
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#2 Geologist Finds Rare Formation Inside Rock That Looks Exactly Like Cookie Monster On Sesame Street
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#3 Found This On A Bench In Margate UK This Weekend
“Dedicated to – HAYDEN KAYS. Forever missed by his friends and family. – He’s not dead yet. He’s just become increasingly anti-social.”
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#4 Gifted A Bonsai Tree, Found An Egg Near The Trunk – This Little One Hatched From It Today
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#5 You Never Know What You Will Find When You Pick Up A Shell At Honeymoon Beach, Florida. Little Dude Was Put Safely Back In The Water
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#6 Went On A Walk, Fogged Up My Glasses, And Found This
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#7 Found Amethyst Pieces In A New Gravel Driveway
Image source: fluffmcstuffins
#8 I Came In My Kitchen To Find A Lizard Using A Sponge As A Raft In The Sink (I Live In New Mexico)
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#9 This Pixelated Leaf I Found
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#10 Found This ‘Veiled Lady’ Mushroom On A Hike This Morning Near Seoul, South Korea
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#11 Older Roman Mosaic Under A Layer Of Less Older Roman Mosaic – Found In Greece
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#12 This Little Door I Found In The Trunk Of A Tree While Walking In Lowell
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#13 We Just Found Kittens In The Bushes Near Our House
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#14 Found While Out Deer Hunting In The Middle Of Nowhere
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#15 It Has Been Family Lore That My Grandmother Had A Pet Raccoon Named Smokey. I Didn’t Believe It Until I Found Photographic Evidence. Late 40’s Or Early 50’s
Image source: Neville1989
#16 Found A Tiny Greenhouse In The Woods
Image source: A_Fungus_Chungus
#17 This Caterpillar I Found
Image source: KittyKarin
#18 This Morning I Found A Bat Sleeping In My Window… Inside The Screen
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#19 This Purple Mushroom I Found
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#20 Found An Unopened PS1 In My Grandfather’s Attic
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#21 A Cast Iron Cauldron I Found Buried In My Forest
Image source: BoosterSqueak
#22 I Came Across These Theropod Tracks While Fly Fishing In Leander, Texas
Image source: Pondernautics
#23 Old Cars Becoming The River Bank
Image source: Smartyandfarty
#24 This Massive Bald Eagle Feather I Found
Image source: Gone333
#25 Clam Covered Mannequin Head That Washed Up On Shore
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#26 My Dog Found A Huge Bone At The Beach Today
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#27 In 1945 My Great Grandmother Wrote Her Name In A Sidewalk. We Found It Again. She Is 93
Image source: ChemEngecca
#28 Megalodon Teeth I Found Diving In 90 FSW Off The Coast Of North Carolina
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#29 My Mom’s Purse Was Stolen In The 80s At A Hiking Trailhead. Today Someone Messenged Her That They Found It Deep In The Woods. The Leather Was All Destroyed
Image source: CanisPecuarius
#30 Surreal Moment Today. I Went To Oaks, PA “Too Many Games” Expo. Found My Gameboy From Early 2000’s
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#31 A Roman Road Discovered While Excavating For A New McDonald’s In Marino, Italy. They Incorporated A Glass Floor In The Restaurant After Excavations Were Complete
Image source: jacklsd
#32 This Strawberry I Found Is Shaped Like A Perfect Flower
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#33 Woman Finds Sunken Message In Bottle From 1926 Addressed To One George Morrow, The Internet Helps Find Surviving Relatives
Image source: boredpanda.com, Nautical North Family Adventures
#34 This Giant Dandelion I Found On My Walk Today
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#35 My Mom And Uncle Found A USAF Target Drone On The Beach
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#36 This Rattlesnake Was Found Bathing In The Puddle Created From A Cow Hoofprint
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#37 Found An Arrowhead In A Dried Up Stream
Image source: awkwardlytallguy
#38 My Son Found This At Goodwill And It Really Takes Me Back
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#39 I Found This Plant Growing Out Of The Concrete
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#40 A Gold Bar With Mint Marks, Recovered From The Spanish Treasure Ship ‘Atocha’ Which Sank In 1622
Image source: GaGator43
#41 Found Some Old Newspapers In My Grandpa’s Basement
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#42 Found This Outside. Someone’s Day Will Be Ruined
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#43 Friend Bought A N64 Game, Found This Inside
For those of you wondering, he was taking this game apart to use the back on his JP copy of Mario Kart so he could take it to a friend’s house with unmodded N64’s. As to why he didn’t hear the pills loose shaking around, they were stuck to the sides with double-sided tape. You can see that in the image. The tape itself also looks old. He bought the game a year or so ago, but the game itself was made in the late 90s so who knows how long this has been sitting in there.
Image source: goodpeopleskills
#44 We Found A Missile While Out Blueberry Picking
Image source: Halfkid
#45 Found An E Than Survived The Recycling Process On The Cardboard We Use At Work
Image source: GodNasua
#46 I Found A Pile Of Walnuts In My Car Engine
Image source: Yguy2000
#47 My Friend Was Cleaning Out Her Grandma’s Belongings And Found This Old School Kit From The 70s
Image source: hmoonves
#48 I Found A Diamond In My Shoe While Working Out
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#49 A Plane Crash I Hiked To In North Carolina
Image source: L3N1B
#50 I Found A Box Of My Dads 30-35 – Year – Old Sodas There Are Probably 50 In There And I Thought It Would Be Cool To Share
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