The world can be full of wonderful surprises.

I mean, just yesterday, I discovered a slice of pizza down the side of my couch.

Mmm.

But that's nothing compared to digging up an ancient rock, only to find a power plug built into it.

Or discovering some super saucy ancient relic on a very serious dig site.

With that said, it's time to take a look at a few weird accidental discoveries

and the stories behind some everyday innovations that you've probably never even heard of.

You're listening. You're listening.

You're listening.

You're listening.

You're be amazed.

In 1998, electrical engineer John Williams went out hiking in the mountain wilderness in rural North America.

He was hoping to simply enjoy the scenery,

but instead he discovered something

that took his breath away.

And I'm not talking about the altitude.

After digging up an oddly shaped rock from the ground,

Williams was shocked to see that a three-pin electrical connector

was embedded in it. Curious, he tried to pull the plug out of the rock,

sort of like a modern-day version of King Arthur pulling a sword from a stone.

But unlike Arthur's sword, the electrical connector wouldn't budge.

So was this mysterious object artificially manufactured?

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