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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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#1
Woman Adopts Elderly Dog From Shelter And Finds Out It's Actually Her Lost Childhood Puppy
#2
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”
#3
We're Remodeling Our Bathroom And Our Contractor Just Sent This
TTorrest Author 2 years ago
Inspired by this pic I left a Ziploc bag with photos and a "Greetings from the 2020 quarantine" letter in the sheetrock of the ceiling during our basement remodel. It's gonna be a loooonnnng time before someone sees it LOL.
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Kim Blizzard 2 years ago
Growing up my mom changed the contact paper in the bathroom several times (stick backed, not "good" wall paper). She would let me draw on the walls before putting the new stuff up. I can only imagine the next home owner thinking they would take down the old paper and finding my artwork lol
Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago
I had a boyfriend who had carpeting in his bathroom. It was so gross. Not his fault…it was a rental.
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Id row 2 years ago
I'm redoing my bathroom and found newspaper in the wall from 1974! That's the last time it was done and it so needed it. I should have put something in like this because the re-do is awesome and I can't imagine anyone wanting to change it. I gutted everything including the windows, walls, floor and ceiling.
E C 2 years ago
The folks from 1974 probably thought the same thing ... "Can't imagine anyone wanting to change this!" (Hopefully, they weren't talking about shag carpeting on the toilet seat or a mirror ball suspended from the air vent!) ❣︎
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Sean Simpson 2 years ago
It’s like a really fun Easter egg time capsule. I hope the new people add their own bit to it.
M. A. McKnight 2 years ago
I saw some post that the father was carpeting a room and then, as a joke, had his wife and daughter lie down on the hardwood floor. He traced their prostrate bodies with a white marker, then put the carpet down. Go ahead, rip the carpet up!
E C 2 years ago
Right?! Like ... get yer sh*t together, Mr. and Mrs. Shinseki, before ya go puttin' yer "John Hancock" on everybody's walls. ❥
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Lolabean 2 years ago
This is nice! I think my (now ex, though not cos of this lol) fiancé painted a penis before the new wallpaper went up in our (now my) bedroom. I have a vague recollection of doing a heart with our initials in, ugh.
E C 2 years ago
He left a 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗸 on the wall?! How very ... 7th grade of him! ♥︎
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Bonniebluebutler 2 years ago
When my dad and I remodeled my bathroom, we removed the medicine cabinet and found a message from the original contractor...just his signature and the date, "1937". We replied that we had worked together to restore it and left the date. A nice tradition!
E C 2 years ago
Never thought of it that way - a "tradition" - but that's 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 ... and definitely nice. ♡︎
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Deborah Joanne 1 week ago
Back in 1967 the next door neighbours son in law, prior to decorating, painted a picture of my mother, then aged 27 as a cartoon nude . .. and wrote her name under it....she's 84 and still lives next door. . .I wonder if any subsequent neighbours know she's the same 'Kath'...😁
bob bruce 2 years ago
When we redid one of our rooms we found a note from the guy who did the ceiling in the 70's, along with a $0.50 pick 3 lottery ticket. I really wish I could find results that old, because it would be wild if he tucked it away as a good luck token and it turned out to have been a winner.
Suzanne Clark 2 years ago
What a neat idea. It just makes me want to see the before and afters.
Ruth Scheidler 2 years ago
What a FUN couple! We wrote something like that, not as clever, before we remodeled our kitchen, and left some info. Didn't even think of adding a photo!
SlowTV Missouri 2 years ago
This makes me want to hide messages in my house. "There is $1000 cash hidden in the wall somewhere in this house"
Mary Peace 2 years ago
The similar posts I've seen before, it's usually, "We redecorated and I put this that looks like a skeleton or an axe etc, and a thing with loads of blood on it, for the new people to find." But thank you, I much prefer this one.
kicij46697 2 years ago
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kelly 2 years ago
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#4
Woman Loses Engagement Ring In Garden Finds It 13 Years Later On A Carrot
#5
While Tearing Up Their Carpet, My In-Laws Found A Giant Monopoly Board
MagicalUnicorn 2 years ago
that's pretty cool, but if they keep it like that, family fights guaranteed!
#6
This Silver Pendant I Found Metal Detecting Is Dated 227 Years Ago Today
#7
After 30 Years Brothers Return To Chernobyl To Find An Old Toy Friend Waiting (1986-2016)
#8
A Very British Response, Cheers Jon!
#9
This "Bookmark" I Found In An Old Shakspeare Book Is A Voting Ticket From The Civil War
#10
After A Construction Company Caused A Local Reservoir Level To Sink 10 Feet, A 600-Year-Old Buddha Carving Was Found
#11
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
#12
A 54 Million Year Old Gecko Trapped In Amber
#13
My Dad Finally Found His Missing LED Zeppelin Tickets... 44 Years Too Late
#14
Found This In The Crawl Space Above My Bedroom!
#15
Tearing Down An Unused Chimney Only To Find 25 Generations Of Stacked Up Birds Nests
#16
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
#17
Found An Over 100 Year Old Time Capsule In My Backyard!
kristina law 2 years ago
I absolutely love stuff like this! So cool to uncover items from the past.
#18
I Might Have To Do This One Day
#19
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!
#20
Found On Facebook
#21
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
#22
Remodeling The Kitchen And Pulled The Microwave Off The Wall. He Never Gave Up Hope
#23
Found These 110(?) Year Old Crayolas In The Back Of A Family Secretary Desk. The Pack Still Has The Crayons
Bunzilla 2 years ago
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!
#24
These Medieval Ruins Randomly Found Under A Schools Gym Hall
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
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.)
#25
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
#26
Found A Drawing Of A Robot In A Chemistry Book From 1918
#27
103 Years Ago Someone Lost Their Coin Purse
Beaver boi🦫🇺🇦 2 years ago
I have some coins like this found in an old cellar hole in the woods. 1897, 1899, and 1903.
#28
This Carpenters Pencil Is The Oldest Known Pencil In Existence. It Was Found In The Roof Of A 17th-Century German House
#29
My Great Grandmother Kept A News Paper Of When America Landed On The Moon. Just Found It Today
#30
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”
#31
We Were Cleaning Out Our Aunts House Who Had Just Passed Away And Found This. My Great-Great Grandfather’s Enlistment Paper To WWI
#32
This WWII Newspaper Of Germany’s Surrender Found In My Grandparent’s Attic
Julia Atkinson 2 years ago
Let's not overlook the fact that Mrs Larry MacPhail's divorce was also front page news
#33
This Old McDonald's Coupon I Found In My Grandfathers Things
#34
Found Two Bottles Of Guinness In The Attic. 1874 I Think
#35
First Boot In 17 Years, All On 90’s Equipment
#36
My Uncle Found A Bag Of Volcano Ash From Mount St. Helens With A Note Tucked In The Back Of One Of His Cupboards
T. D. Bostick 2 years ago
Numismatist here: absolutely do NOT polish old coins with volcanic ash. That will definitely make them worthless.
#37
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
#38
This Shoe Was Left In The Window For 2 Months & It Shrunk
#39
Lady Found A Message In A Bottle From 1926 While Diving
CaptainDinosaur 2 years ago
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."
#40
My Mother Found A 4th Birthday Card She Forgot To Pass On To Me... I’m 26 Now
#41
This Book From 1892 I Found Inside A Hole In The Wall In A Rental Flat Post Image
#42
A Vancouver Elementary School Just Unearthed A Time Capsule After 50 Years. In It Was A Letter From Then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Cadena Norton 2 years ago
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
#43
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"
#44
My Grandpa Gave Me A $2 From 1953
#45
Found A Marriage Certificate From 1895 In A Flooded Cabin We Renovated
#46
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”
#47
I Was Digging Around In An Attic In St. Paul And Found Some Soap From 1874
#48
Found Old Newspapers Used As Insulation In The Wall Of A 130 Yo House
Maximum Ride 2 years ago
That's crazy! It would be cool to read the articles. Like a little time capsule.
#49
My Roommate Bought A Pair Of Pants At The Thrift Store And Found This In One Of The Pockets
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Poultry Geist 2 years ago
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 :)
Kristin Ingersoll 2 years ago
Like a little shout out from kid you to grown up you. I love it!
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Thais Amaral 2 years ago
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!!!
Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago
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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Madeleine Flowers 2 years ago
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.
Dani Alexander 2 years ago
History is absolutely astonishing. Hope to find something like the things on this list one day
Lady Fos-Boss 2 years ago
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!
Agent 8433599 2 years ago
I currently have a gas receipt for about $100. It will be cool to rediscover in a few decades
Goth mouse (they/them) 2 years ago
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
youtube viewing only yea 2 years ago
This thread made me not buy anything more than I have now
DeeDee Borick Burlington 2 years ago
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...
bill marsano 2 years ago
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."
bill marsano 2 years ago
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago
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.
Alex Foster 2 years ago (edited)
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.
xivik2481 2 years ago
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/
xivik2481 2 years ago
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/
kicij46697 2 years ago
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
kelly 2 years ago
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/
Poultry Geist 2 years ago
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 :)
Kristin Ingersoll 2 years ago
Like a little shout out from kid you to grown up you. I love it!
Load More Replies... Thais Amaral 2 years ago
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!!!
Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago
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... Madeleine Flowers 2 years ago
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.
Dani Alexander 2 years ago
History is absolutely astonishing. Hope to find something like the things on this list one day
Lady Fos-Boss 2 years ago
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!
Agent 8433599 2 years ago
I currently have a gas receipt for about $100. It will be cool to rediscover in a few decades
Goth mouse (they/them) 2 years ago
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
youtube viewing only yea 2 years ago
This thread made me not buy anything more than I have now
DeeDee Borick Burlington 2 years ago
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...
bill marsano 2 years ago
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."
bill marsano 2 years ago
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."
Izzy Curer 2 years ago
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.
Alex Foster 2 years ago (edited)
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.
xivik2481 2 years ago
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/
xivik2481 2 years ago
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/
kicij46697 2 years ago
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
kelly 2 years ago
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/
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