40 Super Weird Objects People Found In Their Homes After A Deep Clean

Now, for about 50 percent of our readers, this image won’t make immediate sense. But the other 50 percent are currently wearing a wry smile. Because what this quarancleaner found while rummaging through her old tat is, in fact, a retro gem. Training bra on the bottom, current bra on the top. That’s one hell of a graduation.

No, your eyes do not deceive you. What you’re looking at is a real pair of earrings. And yes, they do contain what appears to be teeth. Jewelry made from fallen teeth? Gross. And or ick. Also, someone report this person immediately - they need some serious help. Because where do you get a matching pair of teeth for earrings? We’re praying they belong to the wearer. Please God let them belong to the wearer. Earrings made from a strangers teeth somehow seems so much worse.

Isn’t this what everyone has been dreaming of during lockdown? Having a normal tidy round and then bam! A bag of money just appears. Yes, this actually happened. A man found hundreds of dollars while doing some quarancleaning. Amazing right? But it doesn’t really make up for the $10,000 he’d lost earlier in the year. Still, a win’s a win.

One of the best things about clearing up is learning about who we were back in the day. And if you’re lucky, you might get some clues as to what’s going on with you now. Take this quarancleaner, for instance. They discovered a cell stash totaling 20 devices, and there’s something for everyone - sliders, clamshells, three Blackberries… What this person learned that day was that they have a serious phone addiction… And terrible taste in tech. Three Blackberries?

This is a blast from the past, right? When was the last time you saw an actual Blockbuster membership card? For those of us who perhaps aren’t aware, Blockbuster was Netflix before we had the internet. And that still included a ton of terrible movies that weren’t worth the rental fee. Blockbuster went out of business exactly ten years before this quarancleaner found their card, making them about 15 years too late to be of use. Thanks for the memories.

While clearing out their parents’ house in 2020, two sisters made an amazing and incredibly sweet discovery. A small box, packed full of envelopes and keepsakes. Upon inspection of the old documents, handwritten on delicate Air Mail paper, it became clear that the letters were in fact love letters. Missives sent back and forth between their mom and dad, long before they became parents. As finds go this one is up there with the best of them.

These jeans, unearthed while cleaning in 2020 are super-special to their owner. And not just because they remind of a time when bootcut jeans were acceptable. No, according to Ashley Barnwell, they hold a special significance because her mom painted the incredible design. And not only that, they’re meant to resemble a Joni Mitchell album cover, a favorite of the then-teenage Barnwell. Gotta love a hippie mom.

One lucky quarancleaner found an actual piece of history during their frenzied tidy round. A Canadian newspaper from 1952, it’s front page announcing the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne. And they did it in incredible style. The portrait of the new monarch is absolutely stunning. The best part though is the incredible condition the paper is in, given that’s it just about 70 years old. Gorgeous.

When Karen-Eileen Gordon was having a clear-out in 2020, she discovered exactly why enforced cleaning was actually pretty great. As she posted to Instagram, “Sometimes, when quaran-cleaning drawers, a gem is found, LOL!!! These ancient clippies went in my hair IMMEDIATELY.” Because we should always be as confident as we were in middle school.

No, we’ve no idea quite how this quarancleaner ever misplaced this gigantic remote either. But misplace it they did until the big clear out of 2020. It’s got enough buttons to confuse an engineer, and appears to control some form of light display. But one fit for a BTS concert, not your nan’s back yard. Which is something we’d actually like to see. Seriously, though, how do you switch it on?

One quarancleaner came across this gem of a relic to a bygone era. Tickets to a 1983 ice hockey match with a politically inspired twist that Rocky IV definitely stole. A cold war battle royale, featuring the Philly Eagles against the The Soviet All Stars. Who won? Probably best not to ask…

Sometimes, though, rummaging around in your garage can lead to disturbing revelations. Like this birthday note from a clearly disturbed eight-year-old to his father. In which the young psychopath hopes all his dad's birthday wishes come true, cos, you know, you've not got many left old man. Happy Birthday indeed. Despite its disturbing contents, the birthday damnation was nevertheless kept in perfect condition. By parents who should have been far more worried.

Yes, before he became an action hero, Bruce Willis had a brief side hustle as a "singer," something many young people have no business knowing. Apart from this poor chap, who's had to go through it all on his own, having come across this vintage “gem.” Let's protect the young people and never speak of this again.

This, as far as we’re concerned, is one case where perhaps things should have stayed hidden. A box containing a scary collection - yes, enough to be called a collection - of straight razors found in one quarancleaner’s basement. We can only pray that whoever owned them was just a really, really meticulous barber.

When you think of found WW1 memorabilia, you’re probably seeing uniforms, helmets, boots, that sort of thing. You’re probably not thinking about six pounds of unexploded ordnance that suddenly appears in your back yard while you’re clearing up. Unfortunately for one quarancleaner, that’s exactly what happened. We can’t guarantee that they didn’t use it to finish the job on the yard.

Remember DVDs? Those little shiny things that used to hold just one movie? How quaint was that? Remember when Netflix used to do DVDs by post? Us neither. And, as this quaranclean find proves, even their customers forgot. They really should have just asked Blockbuster. Thank God they invented streaming.

So much to unpack here. First of all, canned broccoli? But not just canned broccoli. No, it’s dehydrated, canned broccoli. Apparently, bought just in time for the Y2K disaster-that-never-was. Which goes a long way to explaining why it remains unopened over two decades later. What it doesn’t explain, though, is why they’ve still got it. It’s not like you just forget where you put your nuclear bunker, you know?

We’ve probably all had experiences like this over the last year or so. Unexpectedly coming across pictures of a lost loved one that make you just.. stop. And while there are many wonderful examples of exactly that situation all over the socials, few beat the pure joy found in this photobooth strip of Zelda Williams and her late, great father Robin Williams. You’re welcome.

Is there nothing we won’t turn into jewelry? We’ve already seen teeth, but we draw the line at nuclear waste. Yes, women were once sold radioactive jewelry. No, really. It was made with uranium and is fluorescent in ultraviolet light. Yes, it's allegedly safe. And no, your Geiger counter wont like it. But your bank balance might. For reasons we can’t quite explain, uranium glass is very collectible.

You’ve probably heard some of you more, ahem, mature relatives bemoaning the rate at which tech moves. With this find, one quarancleaner has absolutely proved that slightly curmudgeonly point. We present in support of this argument, the contents of one forgotten backpack. It’s contents? One iPod Nano, one iPod Shuffle and a Gameboy Advance. Their absence barely noticed as newer iPod and Nintendos replaced them. We rest our case.

Now, we’re making no judgements here, but if you’re playing so much Uno that you need waterproof cards, you might need to talk to someone. Because finishing a card game is never worth getting drenched in Florida-style downpour. Even if you’re having the round of your life. Also, cards should be made of card, not plastic.

Maybe it’s just a sign of the times, but imagine clearing out your parents’ cupboards and finding the 2020 equivalent of Blackbeard’s treasure. So, so much sanitizer. When posting this quaranclean find to Twitter, the quarancleaner described the hoard as an “Apocalyptic stockpile.” And to be fair, they’re not far off. Also, those parents have the cleanest hands for miles around.

This find is an absolute beauty. A stash of what can only be described as the most Silicon Valley buttons the world has ever seen. We can claim them as ironic, but computer nerds were really like this back in the day. An important find, albeit with questionable content. Just like Silicon Valley.

No, your eyes do not deceive you. That is, in fact, a suit made entirely from duct tape. Which raises so many questions. How did they move around? Was it comfortable? But more importantly, how exciting is their life? Because who makes a suit from duct tape, wears it to Prom and then completely forgets about it?

This find is exactly why attics exist in the first place. So your relatives can have a high old time wading through the treasure you’ve stashed in it. One quarancleaner was clearing out their parents upper floor and came across this absolute beauty. Is it real? Is it repro? Who cares? Because it’s finally fulfilling its purpose, standing proudly on display. And classing up the joint massively. Lovely stuff.

You can just imagine the conversation, can’t you? A bunch of suits brainstorming ways to keep board games relevant. And they came up with this crazy solution. Yes, believe it or not, they actually made board games more complicated with the addition of playing videos at the same time. Providing the tape with all that unseen Darth Vader footage actually survived. We strongly suspect it didn’t.

It’s lovely when grandparents give thoughtful gifts, isn’t it? Memories you can cherish forever. This quaranclean find, though, definitely doesn’t qualify as a lovely gift. A chill-inducing so-called medical kit dating from the 1920s, given to an adoring grandchild for use as part of a school project. Fantastic historical find? Sure. Appropriate school project material? Er… Nope.

Ah, to be young. When one quarancleaner came across this strange object, they were completely mystified by its presence. There was only one solution - ask the Twitterverse, “Anybody know what it is?” Sadly, no one replied, but for those of you who really don’t know, it’s how we took pictures before cell phones were invented. No, really.

Even Colin Farrell has forgotten about this particular extravaganza. One very unfortunate quarancleaner discovered they actually owned a giant poster featuring a bald, leather clad Daredevil (read: hideous) era Farrell. It's what nightmares are made of. Well they are for Colin Farrell anyway. And obviously the owner of this vinyl monstrosity.

Firstly, we didn’t think successful musical types had any idea where to buy this much paint, never mind hoard the stuff and then completely forget about it all. Also, did he finally use some of the paint to write Celt on that skip? That’s his deposit gone.

There’s no way anyone could have predicted just how prescient this pin would be. Socially distanced, clearly locked-down, this is what the world looked like in 2020. And now everyone gets the inherent joke contained within. If that’s not a beautiful summing-up of the 18-months from hell, we don’t know what is. An amazing find.

This is one of those finds that’s questionable in a lot of ways. Firstly, these Fluke multimeters were stashed behind a wall. Secondly, they’re apparently worth a few thousand dollars. No, we don’t know what they are either. Or why they were hidden behind said wall. And we’ve no idea why this quarancleaner was in the wall in the first place… Still, nice to have found some money.

Imagine buying chocolate so special that it came in an opulent, velvet covered box that it would last a century? The box, not the chocs. We're looking at you Hersheys. Because back in the day, that’s exactly how chocolate was sold. We’re not saying that we should go back a 100 years, we’re just saying we deserve velvet-covered chocolate boxes, that’s all. And thanks to this quaranclean find, we know it’s possible. We’re still looking at you, Hersheys.

Produced in the 80s, this gross novelty looks more like something from a 40s horror movie. The wigglin' hand apparently shook and crawled exactly like a disembodied appendage should, as long as you had batteries and the will to watch it quiver. In 21st-century reality, though, it's a creepy reminder that the 80s are best dead and buried. Along with this so-called toy.

This might be one of our favorite quaranclean finds. Just when you think humanity can’t possibly get any more sophisticated, here comes a blast from the classy past. Hands-free binoculars for detailed enjoyment of sport while also holding a drink and a hotdog. That’s what we call innovation. It’s also what we call glasses.

When this poor, clearly traumatized quarancleaner came upon the ungodly mess that is… whatever that is, they were clearly overcome. Not only had they owned - and kept - this… toy? But now they had to decide whether to hang on to it. Only Instagram can decide. We really hope they came down on burying it at a crossroads.

An old-timey breathalyser to ensure those a little worse for wear wouldn't drive home. We've no idea how it works, though, and we're mostly sober, so God knows how those with a few gins under their belt ever worked it out. Thankfully, they’re a little easier to use now. Because drunk people aren’t great with machines. Which is why the law exists in the first place, right?

Who knew this message of sharing and dairy would end up being so out of date so fast? We’re sure this library book about enjoying an ice-cream with friends was exactly the message about kindness that kid’s should have been getting, pre-2020. Nowadays, though… Not so much. In a 2021 world, maybe just don’t mention the ice cream?

Somehow, these fragile bits of plastic used to be where we stored all our important files back in the day. A whopping Four at once if that label is to be believed. We can't understand how this many survived at all, never mind all at once in this quarancleaner’s home. Perhaps they’re just very, very careful?

No, you read that right. Back in the day, if you were lucky enough to be sawn in half by magician P.T. Selbit, he gave you a little saw-shaped trinket as a memento, and we presume, a thank you. He was the first to ever perform the trick, which explains the little favor. But we bet David Copperfield never gave out gifts.