56. Student Buys Flea-market Sofa, Finds Venetian Painting Inside Location: Berlin, Germany Year Discovered: 2018 Est. Value: $27,630* Students often hit up thrift stores as a way to find cheap furniture. One lucky…
©WaterFrame/Alamy We’ve all made some unexpected discoveries before. Maybe you found $20 in a coat pocket you didn’t use, or you stumbled upon a surprise family heirloom in your basement…
16. Terracotta Warriors Discovered in Pit Around Secret Tomb Location: Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Year Discovered: 1974 Est. Value: $4.5 million per warrior* In 1974, Chinese workers building a well discovered thousands of…
31. Atari’s “E.T.” Video Games Unearthed from New Mexico Landfill Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico Year Discovered: 2014 Est. Value: $5-$10 million* This story is a shocker with a lot of twists and…
43. Couple Finds Medieval Well Under Their Living Room Floor Location: Plymouth, England Year Discovered: 2015 Est. Value: Unknown A British couple was attempting to find out why their living room was…
46. T-1A Jayhawk Entered Service: 1991 Retired: N/A Cost: $4.1 million* The T-1A Jayhawk is currently used for training in the Air Force Joint Specialized Undergrad Pilot Training. Only students who have been…
31. F-35A Lightning II Entered Service: 2015 Retired: N/A Cost: $77-$101 million* The F-35 Lightning II is a group of single-engine, single-eat, all-weather multirole combat planes that perform both strike mission and…
16. Air Force One Entered Service: 1990 Retired: N/A Cost: $660 million* Air Force One is the traffic control call signal for the USAF aircraft, which carries the president. The idea of…
Mil Mi-24 @militor / Twitter.com | ©Fasttailwind / Shutterstock The defense industry is one of the most profitable trades in the world. In America alone, the total sales from the…
97. Roopkund Lake, AKA Skeleton Lake Est. Value Today: N/A Year Disappeared: Unknown Year Discovered: 1942 Roopkund is a super-high-altitude lake that you can find in the Himalayas. It is nicknamed “Skeleton Lake”…
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