Jam-Packed with Stuff
It looked like someone had been living down there for years! There were tons of papers, old objects, and supplies in the basement. The owner of the building assumed that it was just an old storage area...
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Crazy Relics that People Found In Their Homes During Renovations
The More You Know
- It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
- Beavers have transparent eyelids so they can see underwater.
- The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
- An exotic dancer was busted by the IRS for failing to pay income tax on 1 million dollars in income she received in exchange for sex, from a single man.