The narrator shares the top 10 most amazing treasures found by accident, including:
1. The world's largest pearl found by a Filipino fisherman in a giant clam.
2. The Uncle Sam diamond, a 40.23-carat diamond found in Arkansas.
3. A treasure trove of Atari games dumped in a New Mexico landfill.
4. The Dead Sea scrolls, ancient texts discovered by Bedouin shepherds in a cave.
5. A Caravaggio painting found in a French family's attic, worth $150 million.
6. A valuable Chinese bowl purchased at a garage sale for $3 and sold for $2.2 million.
7. The Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian artifact found by a French soldier in 1799.
8. A collection of rare comics, including Action Comics #1, discovered in a great aunt's home.
9. The terracotta army, life-sized soldiers found by Chinese farmers in 1974.
10. A treasure of gold, silver, and ornaments worth millions found in the Hanuman Dhoka Palace in Nepal.
These accidental discoveries have shed new light on history, art, and culture, and have changed the lives of those who found them.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The world's largest pearl was found in 2006 by a fisherman from the Philippines.
2. The pearl weighs 75 pounds and is estimated to be worth almost $100 million.
3. The pearl was kept under the fisherman's bed for 10 years before its value was discovered.
4. The Uncle Sam diamond was found in 1924 by W.O. Basham in Arkansas.
5. The Uncle Sam diamond is the largest diamond found in the United States, weighing 40.23 carats.
6. The Uncle Sam diamond was sold in 1971 for the equivalent of $880,000.
7. A large number of Atari video game cartridges were dumped in a New Mexico landfill in the 1980s.
8. The cartridges were discovered in 2014 by Joe Lewandowski, the owner of the refuse company that disposed of them.
9. The cartridges were sold to collectors for almost $108,000.
10. The Dead Sea scrolls were discovered in 1946 by a group of Bedouin shepherds near the Dead Sea.
11. The scrolls are over 2,000 years old and are written in four different languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean.
12. The scrolls are the oldest known Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible.
13. A Caravaggio painting, "Judith Beheading Holofernes," was discovered in 2016 in a French family's home.
14. The painting was valued at $150 million.
15. A 1,000-year-old Chinese bowl was discovered in 2007 at a garage sale in New York.
16. The bowl was sold at auction for $2.2 million.
17. The terracotta army was discovered in 1974 by farmers in Xi'an, China.
18. The army consists of over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, and 670 horses.
19. The army is believed to have been made around 2300 years ago.
20. A collection of over 345 comic books, including rare issues, was discovered in 2011 in a deceased great aunt's home in Virginia.
21. The collection included Action Comics #1 and Batman #1.
22. The collection was sold for a total of $3.5 million.
23. Treasure was discovered in 2011 during renovations at the Hanuman Dhoka Palace in Kathmandu, Nepal.
24. The treasure weighed over 661 pounds and contained coins and ornaments worth over $233,000.
25. The palace site is believed to contain more secrets and treasure that have yet to be discovered.