Crazy Relics that People Found In Their Homes During Renovations

Express Mail Slot

This is an old-timey mail slot in an older apartment building. The building was built in 1929, and back then residents would put their mail in this slot that would send it down to the mailroom in the basement. It's cool that the building decided to keep this!

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The More You Know

  • There was a flying dinosaur the size of a giraffe.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • The first commercial airplane flight lasted 23 minutes.
  • Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.
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