It’s the unexpected that gives rise to dramatic stories of turning crises into challenges, transforming riches into rags, or glory into catastrophe. Without sudden events, there would be no room for astonishing arts, spontaneous romance, adventures, exploration, or other discoveries. Perhaps you haven’t thought of it, but the concept of surprise is made up of many little details that the naked eye might miss.
Unforeseen findings bring excitement and thrill to life, often inspiring people to share them with others. As a result, the Bored Panda Team has scoured the web to find the most surprising things people have captured on camera and shared with the world. Be prepared to be amazed by the coolest and weirdest finds people have stumbled upon in the most unexpected places!
#1 Found An Old Letter Sent To My Mother Who Was Struggling To Make Payments On My Trumpet
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#2 They Found A 117-Year-Old Wooden Parquet Floor Under The Carpet In A Glasgow Library
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#3 Found This Little Guy At Work Today
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#4 Found A Stone With Dried Seaweed Attached To It
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#5 Then There Was This Guy
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#6 My Wife’s Mom Recently Passed And She Found This. Her Grandmother Made It Of All Three Generations
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#7 In 1995, My Great-Aunt Gave Me A Stuffed Cat, It Was My Absolute Favorite. When She Passed, We Found Out She Had Bought An Identical Cat And Kept It In Pristine Condition For Two Decades
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#8 Found This Guy Under My Car This Morning. Spent About 10 Minutes Hand-Feeding Him Carrots And Broccoli
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#9 I Found A Bug Adorned With Gold Markings
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#10 Friend Found A Fawn On Their Porch And Called The Department Of Natural Resources. They Said The Mom Left The Baby For Safety While She’s Searching For Food. The Mom Returned After 5 Hours
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#11 I Found One Of My Mom’s High School Drawings
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#12 Found This Painting In A Tree Last Winter
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#13 I Made A Florida With All Of The Broken Shark Teeth I Found This Year. Quarter For Scale
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#14 My 11-Year-Old Daughter Has Insisted On Checking The Mail The Last Couple Of Days. Today, I Checked It. This Is What I Found
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#15 I Found A Letter From The USPS To My Dad Back In 1990
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#16 This Butterfly My Uncle Found Has The Number 88 On His Wings
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#17 Found The Cliff This Clif Bar Came From
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#18 I Thought I Lost $350 And Then Three Months Later I Found It In My Four-Year-Old’s Room
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#19 I Found This 1937 Gibson At An Estate Sale Many Years Ago. The Owner, Norman Byerly Of The 1st Armored Division, Traveled The Europe Theater During WWII, Carved All Places And Dates
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#20 A Baby Western Rat Snake That My Dad Found On My Sister’s Property Yesterday In Cleveland, Texas
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#21 These Medieval Ruins Randomly Found Under A School’s Gym Hall
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#22 Found A Dude Playing Johnny Cash Tunes From Inside A Trash Can Today In Cambridge
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#23 Housekeeping Staff Found An Owl In The Room Of A Guest That Checked-Out Yesterday
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#24 Found A 1-Day-Old Kitten In The Engine Bay Of Our Truck At Work
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#25 I Saw Some Ants Carrying A Glove Up A Lamp
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#26 My Girlfriend Found This Rock That Resembles Me
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#27 15-Gram Gold Nugget I Found Metal Detecting At Vermont Dirt Road
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#28 Y’all, I Lost My Passport Two Years Ago And Have Been Using The Same PDF Scan As A Substitute Ever Since. This Is Where I Found It Today
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#29 Look What I Found
A decently hidden GPS tracker on a 2015 Hyundai Elantra. This model was available on Amazon for about 60 bucks. We let the customer know.
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#30 Fishing With My Dad And Caught A Backpack Full Of Weapons And Stolen Jewelry
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#31 These Huge Blueberries I Found
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#32 A Friend Called Me About A Crazy Salamander They Found Cleaning A Ditch. I Had To Relocate It
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#33 The First English Edition Of Edgar Allan Poe’s Complete Works, 1875, Found In Italy Amidst A Stock Of Books On Offer At 20 Euros
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#34 Found This Little Guy In My Laundry Room In Sparta, Tennessee
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#35 Toaster Bath Bomb I Found At The Mall
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#36 Clearing Out My Recently-Deceased Grandfather’s Attic And Found Just Over 200 Grams Of Gold Powder
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#37 I Found A Tiny Pocket Knife At A Music Festival
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#38 I Don’t Like That I Found This Mug At Goodwill
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#39 Dad Opened Up The Washer To Replace The Pump And Filter. Found These Pennies That Had Been Eroded From Rolling Around In The Filter For A Few Years
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#40 Someone Is About To Have A Terrible Realization
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#41 I Found This On The Trail In Northern India, And I Thought It Was Pretty Cool
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#42 Found A Playboy That’s Been Written Entirely In Braille From 1978 At Work Today
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#43 Removing A Cheap Mirror Glued To The Wall, Only To Find An Even Cheaper Mirror Glued To The Wall Beneath It
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#44 I Found A Roman Coin While Out Walking
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#45 I Found A Pack Of Cigarettes That’s Actually A Calculator
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#46 Lizard Eggs (I Hope) Nestled In An Outlet Box
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#47 There’s A Dried Flower In This 165-Year-Old Latin Book I Just Found In Our Attic
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#48 A Family Member Found One Of His First Phones Which Is Still Working
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#49 My Mom Found One Of My Old Tests From Almost 20 Years Ago
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#50 Someone Buried An Old TV In Our Backyard At Some Point
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