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28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online My great grandpa was a medic in ww2 and we own a little chest with his personal belongings, including his diary, some old bandages

And 3 vials of 1940s morphine

i_wanted_memes , Jess Loiterton Report

Final score:

260points

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Alias-the-shade 1 year ago

That’s the good stuff

100points

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online Apparently, a full vaccination card. (A genuine one.) And a mask.

TinyKeebe , Markus Winkler Report

Final score:

244points

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Jocie (they/them) 1 year ago (edited)

this should be way higher!!

35points

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online A packaged stick from Afghanistan that claims to cure all known illnesses, including cancer, if you rub it on you.

I traded an energy drink for it.

I think it’s pretty controversial since I now own the cure for all ailments.

isnoe , Ali Yasser Arwand Report

Final score:

228points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Can you fix a missing head? Asking for a friend.

222points

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online As a joke I told my mom I wanted my dogs testicles in a jar after we had him neutered…. She took it seriously and now I have had my dogs balls in a jar for almost a decade

GhostBoy301 , John Loo Report

Final score:

204points

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Carlos 1 year ago

Wow, this is just nuts man.

38points

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online Allister Crowley's Key of Solomon. It's a book about summoning demons. It's just a curiosity piece.

MadMath477 , Steven Miller Report

Final score:

201points

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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago

Where does one get such a book? …asking for a friend.

122points

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online My Scottish family crest is a hand holding a severed head on a sword. The owner of the head is a Moor who allegedly was wanted by the king. The reward was land. My ancestor caught this guy, cut off his head and brought it to the king. Pretty controversial when you know what a Moor was.

lady_jaynes_secret , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

183points

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Salty.Hag 1 year ago

Why hide it? It's part of history and it's in the past. Plus if my memory serves me right the moors were the raiders and enslavers back then.......for 700 plus years if not 800.

12points

sloth_the_syd , Karolina Grabowska Report

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online When my sister was in high school she wrote letters to Charles Manson. He wrote her back. My dad intercepted the letters in the mail. He never opened them, but still has them. My sister never knew he wrote back.

**Edit to answer some questions**

I can’t believe I woke up this morning to this explosion…

My sister is 7 years older. Mental health was left generally undiagnosed and untreated in the 80s. She was a rough kid to parent, and even as a sibling there’s a lot of trauma stemming from her I’ve had to work through. I haven’t spoken to her since I was in my 20s. She’s estranged from my dad, my other sister, and I. She has worked her way back into my mom’s life as she’s gotten older, more than likely to benefit from her death.

I do remember her being obsessed with Manson when I was a kid. She was a f*****g menace, constantly getting into some sort of trouble, running away, police calls, etc. As soon as she turned 18 she was kicked out. She turned 50 last month, and according to my mom “she finally has her life together, she bought her first house”.

My dad told me about the letters approximately a year ago. This happened 30 years ago, I’m pretty sure there wouldn’t be any federal charges brought against him (haha), and he has no reason to make this up or lie about it. I told him I want them left to me in his will.

To the people messaging me to buy the letters…big fat f*****g NO. If and when I get them in my possession, I’ll evaluate what I want to do with them at this time. I agree they’re worth more sealed than opened.

Final score:

165points

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that one ace lesbian demigirl 1 year ago

Guys watch out for some a*****e named xidaci7. advertising bots. UGH

29points

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online Probably a small bone I lifted from a catacomb In Peru when I was younger. Technically I’m a grave robber and definitely getting haunted.

igotdeletedonce , Deann DaSilva Report

Final score:

147points

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Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

Good luck with the haunting!

69points

#10

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online 5 grams of uranium metal, stored under oil in a glass vial.

ScienceAndNonsense , Larry Nutt Report

Final score:

142points

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Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago

The accompanying photo is uranium glassware tho.

98points

#11

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online Not me, my parents growing up..

they had an actual elephant foot turned into a table.

Like an actual foot cut from an elephant and taxidermied made into an end table. Had a glass table top. You could feel the thin hairs on it. F****n haunted my dreams man.

bobsux1234 , Melqui Report

Final score:

142points

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zak 1 year ago

We have an elephant foot in my family, too; it was made into a stool/ottoman, and has the skin/hair/toenails still intact. I posted in another thread a while ago about the leg bone that I have. My grandfather was a professional archer with a long bow (he's actually in the hall of fame). For the record, I don't condone killing elephants.

67points

#12

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online My family owns a petrified walrus [wang], my grandmother took it to get it identified at the Smithsonian several decades ago. Apparently her grandfather or maybe it was her great-grandfather brought it home after he spent several years on some type of expedition up around northern Alaska and points north. It has been loaned out to several museums at different times. The family has talked about selling it but everyone has to agree and so far there is no agreement about selling it. So I own 1/67th of a petrified walrus [wing-dang-doodle].

Robyn_withaY , Jonathan Cooper Report

Final score:

129points

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Robert T 1 year ago (edited)

This is just getting silly, BP. So w**g is acceptable, but penis, w***y, d**k and k**b are not. Edit apparently w**g isn't, but penis actually is. So instead of childish language, why can the post not just say penis, like a grown up?

107points

#13

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online Umm mortuary toe tags from an asylum in New York ....like twenty or so of them ... I think they could be the only things left showing that these people actually lived

ironviking13 , Amy the Nurse Report

Final score:

128points

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M Whee 1 year ago

You should scan these so there is a record, a university library would be a good place to see if they want them for their archives. If I had an ancestor that was committed, I'd want a photo of the tag. Especially as it might be the only record of their death date.

11points

#14

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online An ornate, Boer tobacco jar from the 1800s. My great grandfather looted it off a dead militiaman during the Second Boer war.

deathtotheminutemen , Joe Haupt Report

Final score:

116points

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Xenon 1 year ago

Wow!

20points

#15

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online I have a glass vial/small bottle of pure histamine. If anyone would be exposed to this they would get a deadly allergic reaction. I have it double sealed.

TheRealMonreal , RF._.studio Report

Final score:

113points

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LoneTomato 1 year ago

Not being shady.... but I'm highly curious as to how people acquire some of these things

167points

#16

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online A first print edition of Batman Damned #1, the one featuring Batman's "little batman". (From DC Black Label featuring more adult content. Violence and swearing are totally fine, but a shadowy [phallic] profile made people flip out enough they removed it from subsequent print runs).

1nd1anaCroft , Fiona Henderson Report

Final score:

112points

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Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago

I'm confused about the cake photo here...

75points

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#17

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online A small horse figurine made of ivory. I have a small collection of horse figurines, and it was a gift from my grandmother from when I was little. Nothing I can really do about it, but I still feel a little icky for having it.

ThotTamales , Sean Report

Final score:

107points

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Paul Pienkowski 1 year ago

My girlfriend showed me her grandma's eagle hat. Or headdress, she called it. She's only allowed to own it because it she is half Native. Apparently you can't own eagle feathers otherwise.

77points

Adventurer_By_Trade , Wolfgang Stief Report

#18

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online An original Asteroids arcade machine.

But my brother and I removed the original (burned-in) oscilloscope screen and replaced it with an LCD panel, replaced the controls with six-button arcade fighter sticks, and hooked the whole thing up to a hacked Xbox with thousands of dumped ROMs on it. The original board was gone before we got the cab, donated to another machine that did have a working monitor.

Controversial because some arcade historians would prefer to see these cabs preserved rather than hacked. But with a burned screen and no board, this cab was pretty useless.

Final score:

100points

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M O'Connell 1 year ago

As long as the sticks were installed in the original button cutouts and nothing was done to damage the rest of the original cabinet then what you've done is fine. Mods are totally ok as long as they are done in a way that is reversible.

56points

Themasterofcomedy209 , shankar s. Report

#19

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online An original copy of Mao’s Red Book from when they were distributed in China back in the 60s

Also a copy of Mein Kampf but I’m not sure about this copy’s backstory

Final score:

97points

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Paul Pienkowski 1 year ago

Mein Kampf is terrible. But it is a great insight into the mind of a complete nutball.

80points

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#20

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online Troll dolls we're very big in the early 90's. I have a confederate soldier troll doll in full uniform with flag in hand. Thanks Dad!

JohnSterlingSanchez , Hoboh Official Report

Final score:

96points

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Dani M 1 year ago

Weird, but even as a child i absolutely hated these trolls!! the were the hottest s**t with the other children but they are super gross to me

15points

#21

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online A copy of The Anarchist's Cookbook

Ihadacow , Kirrus Report

Final score:

92points

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Alias-the-shade 1 year ago

For a second I thought it said Antichrist cookbook but know I’m disappointed 😭

90points

Amy S 1 year ago

Agreed, I wanna know how the antichrist is spicing up his chicken wings.

35points

Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

Probably has killer deviled egg and ham recipes along with Devils food cake.

11points

bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 1 year ago

So many ways to cook baby but they may become a rarity if the anti-abortion crowd gets its way/s

6points

Hilary Mol 1 year ago

If it was the Antichrist's cookbook, no recipes telling you ten ways to prepare loaves-and-fishes!

1point

I just work here 1 year ago

I literally read the same thing! I'm not disappointed.

0points

zak 1 year ago

Oh man, I forgot about that thing. I remember looking it up online in the early days of the internet

13points

Genericist 1 year ago

Same... pretty sure I downloaded it from KaZaA! But took one look and it was boring af for a young teenager who had no interest in or desire to actually blow things up so I binned it XD I was just being an eDgELoRd

1point

Justin Thyme 1 year ago

Plenty still around-- Paladin Press deliberately changed a lot of stuff so that explosives recipes are missing key steps and ingredients

8points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Hey, I used to order from them back in the 80’s. Is Paladin Press still around ???

1point

Alyssa Phillips 1 year ago

In high school I worked at a bookstore that did a lot of special orders, I ended up ordering five of them for some kids I went to school with. My bosses were not happy when we got some letters in the mail a few months later asking about our purchase history.

6points

Steve Robert 1 year ago

A lot of us who grew up in the late sixties and early seventies had a copy of this book

4points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

I’m a 70’s baby. My parents had a copy of this. And books on how to change your identity, how to create secret hiding places in your home, how to hide money and so on. Kinda makes me wonder what my parents were up to before I was born !

1point

Lydia Owen the Bi-tch 1 year ago

I used to own one back in 2005. Sucks I let my ex keep it and he lost it.

4points

James Edwards 1 year ago

I have one too, it's a bunch of c**p!

4points

James Arvidson 1 year ago

The common, newer versions are edited. If you find the originals they are "interesting". Only saw an old one once but was able to compare to the common Paladin Press version from the 80's. Much different.

0points

kristinak911 1 year ago

I have a copy of one as well.. It's pretty crazy read!! .💀

3points

Bill D3agl3 1 year ago

In true anarchist fashion a friend and I printed that sucker up in the late nineties on a dot matrix printer, over 200 pages, hole punches them and stuck em in a binder. I've still got it floating around somewhere

1point

Literal Pigeon 1 year ago

Iconic!

0points

DeoManus Argentem 1 year ago

I used to sell copies of it on 3.5" diskettes to my friends in elementary/middle school. Never found anything particularly interesting to do with it given our limited access to resources at that age, but we felt badass.

1point

Rostit . 1 year ago

what a load that was. I still have mine somewhere...

0points

James Arvidson 1 year ago

Curious as to the publish date on that one. They printed those for about 30 years through different publishers.

0points

PunnyPanda 1 year ago

Still have mine on 3" floppies... So obviously harmless now.

0points

Max Fox 1 year ago

There is a newer version, which I don't like, so I'm sharing this older version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH_NTlaXFL4&t=16s

0points

Laurie Livingston 1 year ago

Wow, my ex had that, and I think there was a vol 2, too? Total survivalist nut job-- many, many guns-- he'd be 61 now and I've wondered if he was one of the whackos on Jan 6...will never know.

0points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

I can see why he’s your ex Laurie ! Lol

1point

mcborge1 1 year ago

I had it on disk. I got it with an Amiga 1200 I bought used.

0points

M. William Bell Premium 1 year ago

There was a killer 2016 documentary about this book and the author. It’s called “ American Anarchist.” Check it out!

0points

Keith Williams 1 year ago

You can still buy it on amazon.

0points

El Howard 1 year ago

I bought a copy of Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" in a second hand shop once, but that's not as sus as The Anarchist's Cookbook, which I beleive actually has bombmaking instructions.

0points

dReZ bEeZ 1 year ago

not a cannibalism cookbook? too bad

0points

David 1 year ago

LOL I'm pretty sure I still have one. Never had paper copy but downloaded it years ago. Also a ton of phone hacking / phreaking info etc. I never acted on any of it - just curious. And most of it is grossly outdated these days.

0points

ShaZam Beaubien 1 year ago

I've always wondered about getting that book. So many criminals have used it. I just thought I would be on some type of watch list if purchased (and me reading it for curiosity nothing else) ... oh wait ... are they watching this response?

0points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Everyone is watched by the NSA. Everyone. Never send a nudie via text….because it’s not just the receiver viewing it !

0points

Ila Callya 1 year ago

A lot of those have fake recipes...hope you know your sciencing.. I fixed the bunk ones and made bound copies for my friends.

0points

No one 1 year ago

i have a pirated copy

0points

Jude Kay 1 year ago

I had a controversial book from when I was young and stupid. I tore it apart and recycled the pages over several recycling pick ups.

0points

Violet Jensen 1 year ago

My dad has anarchists toolbox

0points

A Random Anvil 1 year ago

I know someone who has it too

0points

El Dee 1 year ago

Even Googling this would cause you to be put on a list..

-3points

#22

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online I have a few Ivory jewellery pieces from the early 70s my parents bought back from Botswana, and a poison arrow kit. Mum has the 3-metre long python skin she just put in her luggage from back then too.

Icy_Hippo , Steve Parker Report

Final score:

88points

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Lydia Owen the Bi-tch 1 year ago

I got handed down ivory domino's that were my grandmother's.

2points

#23

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online I bought a used Bill Cosby comedy album on vinyl and the next week everything started coming out about the horrible things he had done ☹️

alpal05144 , Ted Eytan Report

Final score:

75points

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R.A. Haley 1 year ago

I have several of his albums from back when he was funny. They're still funny, but you kind of laugh out the side of your mouth now.

7points

Adept_Cranberry_4550 , Kim Stiver Report

#24

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online A piece of a radiation bore drill encased in resin. It has a cloud floating above it in the resin where the focal point is. It's safe now, bizarre to think about, and probably illegal as f**k for a civilian to aquire today.

Final score:

75points

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M O'Connell 1 year ago

These devices are used in resource-extraction drilling. The way the radiation reflects back to the source allows measurement of material density. Less dense material is desirable because it is more likely to produce oil or gas.

26points

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#25

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online A switch knife. Technically one with a blade as long as mine is illegal in my area. I don't know I would rather have it and risk the misdemeanor than not have it with me.

Not_Adobe , George Redgrave Report

Final score:

72points

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Dee Martin-Magninie 1 year ago

My husband has brass knuckles that apparently belonged to his great grandmother 😂

3points

#26

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online An uncut DVD of Caligula.

I am not sure if it is still banned or not.

EnigmaCA , Mati Mango Report

Final score:

67points

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Carlos 1 year ago (edited)

Not sure why people buy anything other than uncut DVD's, if the CD is cut, it wont play.

73points

#27

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online Kony 2012 Kit. It’s a whole thing and I don’t want to talk about it.

XDXkenlee , Ryohei Noda Report

Final score:

53points

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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago

Calling all pandas… what is this. I must know.

49points

#28

28 Things People Keep At Home But Avoid Talking About Because They Are So Controversial, As Shared Online My 26.5” scale 8 string guitar is apparently super controversial to every guitarist I’ve ever shown it to.

yokaishinigami , Eric Golub Report

Final score:

48points

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Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

That's a picture of a 4 string acoustic bass in the foreground. Cant tell if the controversial instrument is the one in the background. Kinda sounds like they have an 8 string bass.

17points

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Red Ruffensor 1 year ago

I own a vial of mercury, but haven't played with it for a long time. I also own a copy of Steal This Book, which was banned here in Canada.

16points

Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

I have some mercury as well. We have some outdated mercury pressure switches that we are phasing out and I collect all the little vials, cut them open and dump them into a jar.

11points

Lee Stone 1 year ago

Elemental mercury isn't the safest thing to play with and can easily wreck your nervous system over the long term. However, it's cousins the methylated mercuries are the literal stuff of nightmares. Methyl and Dimethylmercury are extremely toxic and both easily pass through most common types of protective equipment in seconds. They absorb through the skin or are inhaled (they readily vaporize given their high vapor pressure) and can cause irreparable mercury poisoning and death with single exposures to less than a 1/10th of an mL. Dimethylmercury also likes to catch on fire and when it breaks down into methylmercury, it likes to accumulate in the environment (this is what is happening to fish and things that eat fish). These chemicals are so dangerous that deaths have been caused from just a few drops landing on gloves that were then immediately removed. Also, the death is typically slow (~6 months) and excruciatingly sad.

4points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Did you actually steal it or did you buy it ?

0points

that one ace lesbian demigirl 1 year ago

Just another a*****e advertising bot in the comments. Downvote them, please. Or report them. Either works.

9points

James Edwards 1 year ago

But...But I made $60,000 while reading this post, /s

30points

WindySwede 1 year ago

Nothing really seems to keep them away :/

5points

Wondering Alice 1 year ago

I'm going for down voting plus reporting - hope it helps.

5points

EvilNob 1 year ago

My family has a human skull. It was for some years at one of the police stations near us and was never identified. We just pretty much went there and asked for it. They were actually happy to get rid of it. So we just adopted him/her/it. Sometimes the local school's art club borrowed it as a model.

8points

Sky Render 1 year ago

Most controversial thing I own is probably my marriage license. I am a gay intersex woman married to a gay transgender woman. That's grounds for murder on several points in far too many places in the world.

7points

Littlemiss 1 year ago

Congratulations, may you have long and happy life together. One day the world will realize that love is love and that's that. I hope to see it in my life time.

5points

RedBadgerCan'tSwim 1 year ago

I have an ivory statue of an elephant that is ironically missing it's tusks. I'm not 100% sure where it came from, but I think from a great grandparent.

7points

SarahBee 1 year ago

My mother gave me two bracelets made out of real tortoise shell. They look just like all of the plastic tortoise shell objects out there, but they're very thin and strong - definitely not plastic.

5points

Lord Mysticlaw 1 year ago

Well excuse me, I have a lot of things to go and Google now...

5points

Samantha Martini 1 year ago

Question.. why can't people upload their own photos of these awesome finds they have?! The pictures aren't even of what they are talking about and I assume they didn't even upload them, would have been 10 times more interesting... Or should I say less confusing judging by the comments it seems as if people think that they're the actual pictures 🤔😐

4points

Phoenix the Frog 1 year ago

I have a freemason ring, it is a grand master one. I got it at a thrift store.

4points

Ila Callya 1 year ago

I wouldn't put that one out there, you'll end up on a high frequency list....hackers will find your location, and target you day and night...you're going to love it.

1point

camille 1 year ago

I own 4 human molars. However, they're mine, when I got braces they had to be removed and I got to keep them.

4points

Peppy 1 year ago

Me too

2points

Jen 1 year ago

That isnt that unusual. People used to keep and make jewelry out of thier kids' baby teeth when they fell out. My mom has all of ours. (Not as jewelry just saved and labelled in our baby books.)

2points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

What ! How cool ! My oral surgeon wouldn’t let me keep mine. They had really deep roots and she was able to pull it whole without breaking it. She said I had horse teeth !!! Lol

0points

CD Mills 1 year ago

I have a mink stole from my grandmother that I can't wear in good conscience. It's so very soft though and I can't bear thinking about throwing it away.

3points

James Bishop 1 year ago

I have a wife and three children I would never bring out

3points

Jaaawn 1 year ago

I have a piece of steel that made up part of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

3points

Islandchild 1 year ago

My family has a number of ivory statues all dating back to trips grandparents made in the late 60s early 70s. I remember growing up loving them as they were so beautiful and the texture of the ivory was lovely. While I knew what ivory was I didn't know about how it was obtained. Once I worked it out I was horrified. They are still treasured however, for both the childhood memories and the animals that died for them.

3points

marianne eliza 1 year ago (edited)

To fellow K9 handlers whose dogs specialize in body recoveries: What's in your freezer? BTW, in public we call them scent articles for training purposes.

2points

Lori w 1 year ago

This was a pretty good article. For a long time I had a traffic cone that my friend stole hidden in my closet. I have an opium jar my grandparents got in China- it's actually quite pretty.

2points

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

I have a confederate flag hat pin. Teeny tiny thing. I'm not holding on to it because of any stupid "history/white pride" garbage. It's one of the few things I have left of my mom's. She died when I was 12. I don't wear it obviously. But I'm keeping it.

2points

Salty.Hag 1 year ago

I have two fur coats my grams gave me. One is chinchilla the other is white fox, which tears my heart to pieces but I won't get rid of them.

2points

Dagnirath 1 year ago (edited)

I have 3 pins from the 3rd Reich I won at auction. I also have a glass vial containing a piece of asbestos.

2points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

I own a pendant which is a large, sharp canine tooth on a bit of leather. It's quite old and allegedly it's a lion's tooth.

2points

RoanTheMad 1 year ago

I have a heart in a jar. It's from either a pig or a sheep (a pig, I think) but I've convinced a few people that it's human lmao. (dw, it was ethically sourced, I know of places that do taxidermies and things like this. xP) I also have several animal skulls, mostly birds, etc that I have put in jars with dried flowers so they're pretty x3

2points

PotatoNinja5000 1 year ago (edited)

I was tempted by the wet specimens but ended up going with a plasticised taxidermy one. Everyone needs a conversation piece, and apparently that was what mine was meant to be 😐 I always tell people it's human was well!

0points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

I have a piece, not very big….from the Berlin Wall. Came down November 1989. And I like to think that David Hasselhoff stood on my piece when he sang. Lol

1point

dReZ bEeZ 1 year ago (edited)

I found an old metal condom box from gad I forget what year, it was a few years ago when I found it. 2016? well it was in behind plaster walls with the wood running lengthways across the wall the way the did back then. and yup they were sheepskin. and nope I can't prove it as the box was empty. idk why he hid it in the wall behind slats and plaster. oh ya. there was also an empty headache remedy too. guess he had a good night!

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Sunny Day 1 year ago

Well, *I* have a 1.5" fingernail clipper with the little nail file still intact. Don't you dare tell TSA!

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Impasta (she/they) 1 year ago

can we get 100 downvotes for xidaci7?

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Melissa 1 year ago

My grandfather worked in parks and rec and collected anything he found. There's a hanging portrait of Elijah Muhammad in his belongings, controversial Nation of Islam leader. My grandfather was a devout Catholic so it's not like he held those views. Also lots of vintage photographs of strangers along with a whites only club membership. Once again not his as he was a brown skinned Latino man.

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Amanda Wise 1 year ago (edited)

I have an empty covid vaccine vile. I found it left behind at work which was weird because I do not work in a medical setting whatsoever. I couldn't resist taking home a piece of pandemic history

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LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago

Let's see.... my grandfathers collection of cameras that date all the way back to the early 1900s. He was technically born in 1926 but always had an interest in photography, his first camera was from 1914. He also kept them all. However, despite everything from my grandparents, including an ivory mask, my pride and joy is an original lava lamp, one of the first in production. Still works!

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memyselfandI 1 year ago

I have a mini alpaca made of real alpaca fur, I’m pretty sure the fur is attached to real skin. It’s adorable and super soft.

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Little Wonder 1 year ago

I found a stash of ivory figurines when clearing my aunt's house. I have it all in a box, I think I'm going to bury it.

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Monica Hosky 1 year ago

I have a red silk cap for a child with a tag on it I can’t read, but some Russian girls told me was part of a uniform for “Communist Boy Scouts.” I also have a purse made of an (American) badger pelt, which I was told was roadkill but what the f do I know, I just really love badgers so I have it because I’ve never seen a real one.

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Red Ruffensor 1 year ago

We own a piano with ivory keys.

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Lisa T 1 year ago

We have a Hitler youth knife.

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dReZ bEeZ 1 year ago

oh yes. I went to high school with a guy that had kept all his nail clippings in a jar.. I wonder if he still collecting them.

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JoMeBee 1 year ago

Ghosts. Two investigations done with a crazy amount of intelligible EVPs and some video evidence. We even got a document saying we are certified as haunted!

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Heze Alii 1 year ago

I have a block of asbestos on my shelf sitting inside a degraded metal can from 1942. Then again, my ceiling also has asbestos in it.

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OneHappyPuppy 1 year ago

I probably shouldn't add to this list... But yeah, I have several illegal and some downright dangerous stuff hanging around my parents' place

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Gotta tell !!! Spill the beans Pup ! Lol

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GenericPanda09 1 year ago

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GenericPanda09 1 year ago

Put the above comment in completely the wrong place... xd

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Marcus Lynch 1 year ago

The metal brand from original immigrant relatives who started a ranch in Montana. Apparently the idea of pressing red hot metal into the side of a cows behind to prove that it is yours causes snowflakes to melt these days.

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Red Ruffensor 1 year ago

I own a vial of mercury, but haven't played with it for a long time. I also own a copy of Steal This Book, which was banned here in Canada.

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Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

I have some mercury as well. We have some outdated mercury pressure switches that we are phasing out and I collect all the little vials, cut them open and dump them into a jar.

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Lee Stone 1 year ago

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Did you actually steal it or did you buy it ?

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that one ace lesbian demigirl 1 year ago

Just another a*****e advertising bot in the comments. Downvote them, please. Or report them. Either works.

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James Edwards 1 year ago

But...But I made $60,000 while reading this post, /s

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WindySwede 1 year ago

Nothing really seems to keep them away :/

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Wondering Alice 1 year ago

I'm going for down voting plus reporting - hope it helps.

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EvilNob 1 year ago

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Sky Render 1 year ago

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Littlemiss 1 year ago

Congratulations, may you have long and happy life together. One day the world will realize that love is love and that's that. I hope to see it in my life time.

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RedBadgerCan'tSwim 1 year ago

I have an ivory statue of an elephant that is ironically missing it's tusks. I'm not 100% sure where it came from, but I think from a great grandparent.

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SarahBee 1 year ago

My mother gave me two bracelets made out of real tortoise shell. They look just like all of the plastic tortoise shell objects out there, but they're very thin and strong - definitely not plastic.

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Lord Mysticlaw 1 year ago

Well excuse me, I have a lot of things to go and Google now...

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Samantha Martini 1 year ago

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Phoenix the Frog 1 year ago

I have a freemason ring, it is a grand master one. I got it at a thrift store.

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Ila Callya 1 year ago

I wouldn't put that one out there, you'll end up on a high frequency list....hackers will find your location, and target you day and night...you're going to love it.

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camille 1 year ago

I own 4 human molars. However, they're mine, when I got braces they had to be removed and I got to keep them.

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Peppy 1 year ago

Me too

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Jen 1 year ago

That isnt that unusual. People used to keep and make jewelry out of thier kids' baby teeth when they fell out. My mom has all of ours. (Not as jewelry just saved and labelled in our baby books.)

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

What ! How cool ! My oral surgeon wouldn’t let me keep mine. They had really deep roots and she was able to pull it whole without breaking it. She said I had horse teeth !!! Lol

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CD Mills 1 year ago

I have a mink stole from my grandmother that I can't wear in good conscience. It's so very soft though and I can't bear thinking about throwing it away.

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James Bishop 1 year ago

I have a wife and three children I would never bring out

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Jaaawn 1 year ago

I have a piece of steel that made up part of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

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Islandchild 1 year ago

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marianne eliza 1 year ago (edited)

To fellow K9 handlers whose dogs specialize in body recoveries: What's in your freezer? BTW, in public we call them scent articles for training purposes.

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Lori w 1 year ago

This was a pretty good article. For a long time I had a traffic cone that my friend stole hidden in my closet. I have an opium jar my grandparents got in China- it's actually quite pretty.

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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

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Salty.Hag 1 year ago

I have two fur coats my grams gave me. One is chinchilla the other is white fox, which tears my heart to pieces but I won't get rid of them.

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Dagnirath 1 year ago (edited)

I have 3 pins from the 3rd Reich I won at auction. I also have a glass vial containing a piece of asbestos.

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

I own a pendant which is a large, sharp canine tooth on a bit of leather. It's quite old and allegedly it's a lion's tooth.

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RoanTheMad 1 year ago

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PotatoNinja5000 1 year ago (edited)

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

I have a piece, not very big….from the Berlin Wall. Came down November 1989. And I like to think that David Hasselhoff stood on my piece when he sang. Lol

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dReZ bEeZ 1 year ago (edited)

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Sunny Day 1 year ago

Well, *I* have a 1.5" fingernail clipper with the little nail file still intact. Don't you dare tell TSA!

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Impasta (she/they) 1 year ago

can we get 100 downvotes for xidaci7?

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Melissa 1 year ago

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Amanda Wise 1 year ago (edited)

I have an empty covid vaccine vile. I found it left behind at work which was weird because I do not work in a medical setting whatsoever. I couldn't resist taking home a piece of pandemic history

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LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago

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memyselfandI 1 year ago

I have a mini alpaca made of real alpaca fur, I’m pretty sure the fur is attached to real skin. It’s adorable and super soft.

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Little Wonder 1 year ago

I found a stash of ivory figurines when clearing my aunt's house. I have it all in a box, I think I'm going to bury it.

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Monica Hosky 1 year ago

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Red Ruffensor 1 year ago

We own a piano with ivory keys.

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Lisa T 1 year ago

We have a Hitler youth knife.

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dReZ bEeZ 1 year ago

oh yes. I went to high school with a guy that had kept all his nail clippings in a jar.. I wonder if he still collecting them.

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JoMeBee 1 year ago

Ghosts. Two investigations done with a crazy amount of intelligible EVPs and some video evidence. We even got a document saying we are certified as haunted!

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Heze Alii 1 year ago

I have a block of asbestos on my shelf sitting inside a degraded metal can from 1942. Then again, my ceiling also has asbestos in it.

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OneHappyPuppy 1 year ago

I probably shouldn't add to this list... But yeah, I have several illegal and some downright dangerous stuff hanging around my parents' place

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Gotta tell !!! Spill the beans Pup ! Lol

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GenericPanda09 1 year ago

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GenericPanda09 1 year ago

Put the above comment in completely the wrong place... xd

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