15+ Odd Discoveries That Were Right Under People's Noses All Along

By that, I mean, you could essentially tell its age from how many layers of pavement was resting under the surface all along.

Apparently, we're looking at 108 years of repaving here.

Apparently, whoever left it here had also left "never judge a bug by its cover" written underneath it. That run also revealed a similar rock that looked like a penguin with "ice to meet you" written on it.

It's hard to tell how long they had been there or who put them there, but they'll probably be landmarks in that area if they aren't already.

I can't say I usually read my buttons so I'd likely never notice it said "ya filthy animal" if I owned this.

It's a neat little Easter egg.

For instance, it turns out that each Canadian passport is secretly hiding an array of colors that are only visible if you shine a black light on it.

That has to be the most aesthetically pleasing way to thwart counterfeiters I've ever seen.

Since it was once the administrative building for the East German Secret Service, that stamp resembles an official marking that employees here would have once stamped on legal documents.

It says "received on" with a dotted line where the date would normally go.

But while it's conceivable that someone would move that ladybug rock we saw earlier, this "pregnant tree" seems like a much more permanent fixture.

As the uploader put it, "Just noticed I've been wiping my butt with rabbits and grass this whole time."

They weren't really clear on how they felt about this revelation, though.

Instead, it appeared that a sock had managed to get stuck in just the right place to gum up the works all along. At least that seems like an easier (not to mention cheaper) fix.

I'm guessing this has been like this for a while but I'm curious as to whether the pipe was always green or whether someone painted it like this just so they could add Mario to it.

I just want to know who deserves the credit for this.

Apparently, this one gives you the option to buy a can of Vienna sausages that's paired with a packet of crackers.

I wonder how long those have been sitting there.

At least, it's obvious now because somebody discovered this whimsical little spider engraved in it. I wonder if they ever expected anyone to notice.

Apparently, the uploader's dog ate this two years before this was taken, but only threw it back up the day before the photo.

So either she managed to eat two completely different golf balls or this one was hiding inside of her for all that time. Either way, those are pretty incredible circumstances.

They thought the walls around them were made of brick and that the graffiti was authentic, but it turns out that it was all just really convincing wallpaper.

In that case, I bet these tags don't even mean anything.

According to one commenter, those who find stones like this (they don't always feature a bee drawing) are expected to search their town with the word "rocks" next to it on Facebook and post a picture of where they found it as this person did.

Then they're supposed to hide it somewhere else. This encourages people to explore more of their towns.

As this tweet explains, that seems to be the case for this ancient Roman roof tile that finally broke off in modern Vienna. It may have taken longer than they expected but whoever made this was right.

I doubt most of us would notice that this only fills our bottles 2.8 times over but the precision is appreciated nonetheless.

And honestly, I have my doubts that they're the first to find this but I also think nobody wanted to go to the trouble of breaking the bottle open to see what the note says.

Especially if it just turns out to say, "Ha ha, you wasted a lot of time doing this."

And by that, they mean that this crab has been laying in here for the entire four years they've had this shell.

If that's the case, was it dead when they found the shell or was it crawling around their house at night until fairly recently? We may never know.

Although it seems like it would be hard for such a place to exist under our noses, it really is just set up in an alley in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

And I hope that most people respect these wishes because the world can't afford to lose something so charming.

Considering this tonic seems to have a very high percentage of alcohol and some ether and chloroform in it, I don't think it so much cures what ails you as it does zonk you out so much that you forget you were even sick.

And yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if someone would get in big trouble for selling this now.