You might remember lucky packets as a child. You never really knew what to expect when you opened them. And that was all part of the fun. Same goes for Christmas crackers or wrapped gifts. With those things, the element of surprise is expected. But sometimes, the most unexpected items can hold a "gift" we never even knew was there.
Like finding money hidden in a mattress, an engagement ring in your glass of champagne, or a snake in your car engine. People have been sharing their most surprising discoveries after they opened or broke something by mistake. Some are super cool, some are oddly satisfying and others are just plain strange. Bored Panda has compiled a list of our personal favorites. Keep scrolling and don't forget to upvote the ones that left your jaw on the floor.
#1 This Natural Heptagram In An Amethyst Geode Found In Mexico
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#2 Found A Busted Rock On My Lawn So I Pulled It Apart And Found This Little Guy Inside
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#3 Secret Message Inside My Dog's Squeaker Toy
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#4 Found These Beautiful Colors Hiding Inside A Piece Of Wood
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#5 Came Across This Tree With Neatly Stacked Bricks Inside Of It
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#6 The Inside Of This Tree Looks Like A Fish
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#7 I'm Changing The Door Knobs. The Previous Owner Put A Fake Spider Inside The Keyhole. Nearly Gave Me A Heart Attack
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#8 This Chinese Toy
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#9 Cut A Log & Found A Tiny Star Inside
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#10 The Inside Of This Maple Tree Had A Maple Leaf Pattern
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#11 Found This Rock Within A Rock On A Beach Walk
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#12 Malachite Nodule Cross-Section From China. The Near-Perfect Growth Patterns Resemble Rings In A Tree Trunk. You Never Know What Treasures Are Hidden Within A Rock Until You Slice It Open
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#13 One Of My Parents' Chickens Laid An Egg Inside An Egg
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#14 The Inside Of A Pine Cone
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#15 A Guy In New Hampshire Was Cutting/Splitting Up A Tree That Fell Near A Ballpark And Found This
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#16 Inside A Saguaro Cactus
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#17 One Of My Chess Knights Broke And Revealed A Dice Hidden Inside It
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#18 Mini Crab Found Inside Of Mussel Shell
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#19 Cross-Section Of A Telecom Cable
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#20 This Peeled Aloe Vera Leaf
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#21 The Inside Of A 70s Pinball Machine
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#22 Cross-Section Of A Maple Tree That Had Been Tapped Into Over The Years (New Hampshire)
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#23 Found Something Growing Inside My Fire Agate
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#24 Inside A Wind Turbine Blade
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#25 My Daughter Asked If We Could Take Apart One Of Her Used Insulin Pumps So She Could See Inside It
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#26 The Inside Of The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Empty
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#27 Inside Of An Air Mattress
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#28 My Antibiotic Capsules Just Had A Whole Pill Inside
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#29 What The Inside Of A Gas Pump Looks Like
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#30 My Girlfriend's Vitamins Have Tiny Beads Inside Them
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#31 A Bullet That Got Stuck In A Tree A Long Time Ago
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#32 The Inside Of A Sunflower. You Can Already See The Seeds
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#33 This Is What The Inside Of A Bowling Ball Looks Like
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#34 What The Inside Of A Pool Table Looks Like
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#35 Natural Cross-Section Of An 8-Foot-Tall Sandstone Concretion In Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada
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#36 When I Opened My Ruko I Found A Bunch Of Signatures On The Inside
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#37 The Inside Of An IKEA Kallax Bookshelf
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#38 Cross-Section Of Agave Americana Mediopicta Alba
Pretty bizarre to see that there are distinct white lines that continue inside the plant where the chlorophyll lacking white section meets the outer green sections. This cut is about an hour old, so it looks fibrous as it begins to dry out.
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#39 There’s A Mushroom Growing Inside My Potato
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#40 What The Inside Of A Golf Ball Looks Like
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#41 Just Opened Up My Broken SD Card To Find It Contains A MicroSD Inside
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#42 The Inside Of My "Genuine Leather" Watch Band
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#43 There Was A Piece Of Hose Inside This Log I Split
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#44 The Inside Of An Escalator
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#45 A Cross-Section Of A Fiber Optic Cable Being Laid In My Neighborhood
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#46 My Sliced Agave Cupreata Experiment. Here's The Full Plant Exposed And Then Transplanted Into A Pot After A Few Days Of Drying Out
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#47 Cross Section Of A Screw In Wood
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#48 Cross-Section Of An Old Hot Tub
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#49 Inside Of A Redbox Machine
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#50 The Inside Of A New Modern Bidet Toilet
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