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 Came Across This Tree With Neatly Stacked Bricks Inside Of It

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#3 Secret Message Inside My Dog's Squeaker Toy

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When a South African woman bought a loaf of bread and left it in the refrigerator, she wasn’t expecting much. Except to be able to take the bread out and make herself a sandwich as and when needed. Nombulelo Mkumla had purchased the bread at a local store on the 27th of August. The first two days eating it was rather uneventful. As far as daily bread goes.

But on day three, things took a rather unusual turn. ‘On the morning of August 31st, I took the bread out of the fridge to make toast and noticed something disgusting and scary,’ she said, during an interview with a food magazine.

#4 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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#5 One Of My Parents' Chickens Laid An Egg Inside An Egg

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#6 The Inside Of This Tree Looks Like A Fish

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When Mkumla opened the bread, she found something she totally was not expecting. But she couldn’t figure out what it was. So she took a photo. “I sent it to my friends, and one of them said, ‘Yi mpuku leyo tshomi‘.” Translated to English: “That’s a rat, my friend.”

Yes. You read it right. A rat. Or rather, pieces of rat remains, had been baked into her store-bought bread. Talk about finding "interesting" things inside of something else. Unexpectedly.

#7 Found This Rock Within A Rock On A Beach Walk

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#8 This Chinese Toy

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#9 Found These Beautiful Colors Hiding Inside A Piece Of Wood

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Mkumla didn’t want to believe it at first. But soon, her denial faded. And disgust took over. “The rat scenario made sense – it’s possible the rat got into the bread at the factory, and no one noticed," she said. Her video of the discovery didn’t take long to go viral after she posted it on Facebook. People shared it. International media reported on it. And soon, the bread supplier had issued a statement.

#10 The Inside Of This Maple Tree Had A Maple Leaf Pattern

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#11 Mini Crab Found Inside Of Mussel Shell

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#12 Found A Busted Rock On My Lawn So I Pulled It Apart And Found This Little Guy Inside

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PepsiCo South Africa responded to the incident by calling it an “isolated occurrence”. The already outraged public went into overdrive. The woman claims she had received a call from a representative of the company. But it was a call that left a bitter taste in her mouth.

Here’s what she said they said: “I sincerely apologize for what happened to you. It shouldn’t have happened, but you must understand that it gets hot where we bake our products, so things like this are bound to happen.’ Yes, I admit that your bread had a rodent. We are putting measures in place to prevent this from happening again. Don’t worry; it won’t affect you health-wise.” We might beg to differ.

#13 A Guy In New Hampshire Was Cutting/Splitting Up A Tree That Fell Near A Ballpark And Found This

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#14 Inside Of An Air Mattress

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#15 The Inside Of A Pine Cone

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#16 Inside A Saguaro Cactus

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Mkumla definitely isn’t the first person to find something unexpected inside her food. Here are some other equally indigestible moments. Some are shocking, some are surprising. There have been stories about people finding anything from bandaids, to frogs, to teeth and even needles in the food they worked so hard to buy.

#17 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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#18 Cross-Section Of A Telecom Cable

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#19 One Of My Chess Knights Broke And Revealed A Dice Hidden Inside It

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She's also not the first to find a rodent in her meal. As this magazine reported, "Matt Jones was eating at a Subway in Lincoln City, Oregon with coworkers back in 2015 when he said one of his coworkers opened up his sandwich and found a dead mouse between the spinach and cheese."

#20 Cut A Log & Found A Tiny Star Inside

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#21 My Antibiotic Capsules Just Had A Whole Pill Inside

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If you ever watched the movie Forrest Gump, you might remember the scene where he says his momma told him that “life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Personally, we'd prefer the surprises to stay out of our food...

Have you ever opened, or bitten into something, and found something unexpected? Let us know in the comments.

#22 There’s A Mushroom Growing Inside My Potato

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#23 A Bullet That Got Stuck In A Tree A Long Time Ago

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#24 My Girlfriend's Vitamins Have Tiny Beads Inside Them

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#25 The Inside Of An IKEA Kallax Bookshelf

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#26 The Inside Of A 70s Pinball Machine

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#27 The Inside Of The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Empty

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#28 This Peeled Aloe Vera Leaf

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#29 What The Inside Of A Golf Ball Looks Like

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#30 Inside Of A Redbox Machine

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#31 Inside A Wind Turbine Blade

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#32 What The Inside Of A Gas Pump Looks Like

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#33 Cross-Section Of An Old Hot Tub

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#34 The Inside Of A Sunflower. You Can Already See The Seeds

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#35 A Cross-Section Of A Fiber Optic Cable Being Laid In My Neighborhood

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#36 What The Inside Of A Pool Table Looks Like

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#37 Inside Of The Coke Freestyle Machine

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#38 My Daughter Asked If We Could Take Apart One Of Her Used Insulin Pumps So She Could See Inside It

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#39 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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#40 The Inside Of A Bathroom Stall Door

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#41 The Inside Of My "Genuine Leather" Watch Band

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#42 This Is What The Inside Of A Bowling Ball Looks Like

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#43 There Was A Piece Of Hose Inside This Log I Split

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#44 Found Something Growing Inside My Fire Agate

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#45 Cross-Section Of An Undersea Cable

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#46 The Inside Of A New Modern Bidet Toilet

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#47 Cross-Section Of A Maple Tree That Had Been Tapped Into Over The Years (New Hampshire)

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#48 The Inside Of A Japanese Subway Ticket Machine

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#49 The Inside Of A Metered Dose Inhaler

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#50 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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#51 Natural Cross-Section Of An 8-Foot-Tall Sandstone Concretion In Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada

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#52 The Inside Of An Escalator

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#53 Husqvarana Training Chainsaw

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#54 My Carbimazole Has A Tiny Pill Hiding Inside Of It

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#55 When I Opened My Ruko I Found A Bunch Of Signatures On The Inside

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#56 The Inside Of An IKEA Coffee Table

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#57 Boeing 737. I Took This Picture Back In The Summer

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#58 Just Opened Up My Broken SD Card To Find It Contains A MicroSD Inside

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#59 I Broke This Stick Of Polystyrene In A Random Place And Found A Single Grey Pellet Inside

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#60 The Inside Of The Wheel Well For A B737

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#61 Daughter's Pill Has Four Pills Inside It

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#62 Cross Section Of A Screw In Wood

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