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Be Amazed

Bizarre Discoveries Found in Unexpected Places

Be Amazed

Be Amazed

Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The world is a strange and mysterious place, but depending on where you look, it can get a whole lot stranger. I mean, I was horrified to find a raisin in my chocolate chip cookie yesterday! But as odd as that was, it’s nothing compared to finding a piano on top of a mountain or watching a giant Lego man wash up on a beach! With that said, let’s take a dive into some of the most bizarre discoveries found in unexpected places.



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0:00.0

The world is a strange and mysterious place, but depending on where you look, it can get a whole lot stranger.

0:07.7

I mean, I was horrified to find a raisin in my chocolate chip cookie yesterday.

0:12.6

But as odd as that was, it's nothing compared to finding a piano on top of a mountain,

0:18.3

or watching a giant Lego man wash up on a beach.

0:21.8

With that said, let's take a dive into some of the most bizarre discoveries found in unexpected places.

0:30.4

You're listening. You're listening. You're being amazed.

0:38.4

When an ordinary Californian couple went for a walk across their property back in 2013,

0:43.9

they had no idea their lives were about to change forever.

0:49.7

They were taking their dog out for a stroll when all of a sudden they spotted something peculiar glinting on the ground.

0:57.2

Curious, they began digging, probably thinking they'd found an old dollar or two.

1:01.9

But what they actually uncovered was 18 cans filled to the brim with more than 1,400 gleaming gold coins.

1:10.4

Shocked, a couple gathered them up and went to get them evaluated.

1:13.6

It turned out that the collection of $5, $10, and $20 coins were minted between 1847 and 1894,

1:21.6

meaning they were worth a staggering $10 million in today's money.

1:26.6

I could buy so many cookies with that. It also made it the large-old. a staggering $10 million in today's money.

1:29.5

I could buy so many cookies with that.

1:32.5

It also made it the largest coin hoard ever found in the United States.

1:35.1

But why was it in their backyard?

1:37.7

And just who had tried to hide it?

1:40.1

Well, some people believe famous outlaw and robber

1:43.0

Jesse James hit the stash there after a successful

1:46.0

heist back in the 1800s, but he never managed to retrieve his treasure.

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