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Sometimes people just show up in your kitchen walls.
exploration

Found: A Man Stuck in the Walls of an Apartment Kitchen

He scared his neighbor.
Sarah Laskow January 11, 2017
The Astoria was hiding historic ketchup underneath its floors.
food

Found: Historic Ketchup, Buried Under a Music Venue for More Than a Century

Also, marmalade, pickle, and mustard jars.
Sarah Laskow January 10, 2017
An Emirates flight in Muscat.
animals

Found: A Snake on a Plane

The airline won't say what kind, but it did cancel the flight.
Sarah Laskow January 9, 2017
A US-made grenade from the same era.
museums

Found: A 90-Year-Old Live Grenade Sitting in a Museum Closet

The museum called the bomb squad.
Sarah Laskow January 6, 2017
A fossil groundcherry, Physalis infinemundi.
food

Found: An Ancient Groundcherry That Proves Nightshades Are Older Than We Think

The family of tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers could be millions of years older than anyone realized.
Sarah Laskow January 5, 2017
food

Found: Unexplained Poems Left on the Shelves of a British Grocery Store

One was about bread, the other about deer.
Sarah Laskow January 5, 2017
gold rush

Found: A Mysterious Jawbone With Gold Teeth

The teeth revealed its location.
Sarah Laskow January 4, 2017
weapons

Found: A 2,300-Year-Old Sword, Still Shining

A sword from China's Warring States period was found in a Xinyang tomb.
Sarah Laskow January 3, 2017
The 1.5-billion-year pool.
Timmins, Ontario

The World's Oldest Pool of Water

It's 2 billion years old!
museums

Found: Viking Jewelry Sent to a Museum by an Anonymous Donor

The simple packages also included two Bronze Age axes.
Sarah Laskow December 29, 2016
An ordinary nutcracker that probably won't explode.
news

Found: A Hand Grenade Disguised as a Nutcracker

A man in Shaanxi had been using it to crack nuts for decades.
Cara Giaimo December 28, 2016
There could be a garden just beneath the waters.
news

Found, Underwater: One of Canada's Earliest Gardens

It's around 3,800 years old.
Eric Grundhauser December 23, 2016
news

Found: A Glimpse of the World Under Antarctica's Ice

It's surprisingly warm down there.
Sarah Laskow December 22, 2016
nature

Found: An Egg With No Yolk

Otherwise known as a "fart egg."
Sarah Laskow December 21, 2016
monsters

Found: A Lot of Terrifying Creatures From the Deep Sea, Thanks to This Russian Fisherman

Here is your nightmare fuel, forever.
Sarah Laskow December 20, 2016
found

A Year in Discovery: The 58 Greatest Finds of 2016

From bog butter to a ghost octopus, here's an interactive map of the year's best discoveries.
Sarah Laskow December 20, 2016
games

Found: The Original Ad for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo was getting ready to bring its gaming system to the U.S.
Sarah Laskow December 20, 2016
A newly discovered photo believed to show Grynszpan survived World War II.
holocaust

Found: A Photo That Might Prove This Famous Jewish Assassin Survived the Holocaust

His actions were used to justify Kristallnacht.
Sarah Laskow December 19, 2016