Unless you have been living in a hole for the last week, you should know the latest news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting their first baby! The announcement was made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and ever since, the public, including many A-list celebrities, have gone Royal baby-crazy. With many celebrities posting tweets about the couple’s revelation, news spread fast. But the timing couldn’t have been better for the expecting couple, who embarked on their Royal tour in Australia just hours after the news became public.

The tour gave Prince Harry the opportunity to speak out and address the pregnancy. Alongside his stunning wife during a press stop, he spoke out, “It’s great to be back in Australia, and especially even more so, this is my wife’s first trip here, so I’m very excited to show her this incredible country of yours.” He then added, “We’re both absolutely delighted to be here and to see you serving beer and tea at an afternoon reception in true Aussie style.”

Despite his friendly attitude and complementary nature, the ears of Australia really wanted to hear him talk about the new news! Finally, the expecting father addressed the elephant in the room and said, “We also, genuinely, couldn’t think of a better place to announce, uh, the upcoming baby, be it a boy or girl, so thank you very much.”

Although Meghan did not address the audience at the time, it was reported by the Daily Mail that she was overheard talking with Australian TV personality Eddie Woo who told her about his own kids. She reportedly replied,  “We’re ready! We’re excited to join the club.” However, she has a long time to go until she joins that club, as she is supposedly around 12 weeks.

The excited couple did not go home empty-handed. During their time in Australia, they receieved a stuffed kangaroo and a pair of tiny ugg boots, very stereotypical baby gifts from the country. The couple was thrilled by the gifts. “Thank you, that’s so sweet,” Meghan said on receiving the toy.

One of the most difficult parts about losing a loved one is deciding what to do with their belongings. Sifting through a lifetime’s worth of items can be overwhelming, it can also bring many dark secrets to light. For many people, finding these once-secret collections can really change the way they see their loved ones. From the hilarious to the macabre, check out some strange belongings people have found after a loved one’s death, proving that there are some secrets we just can’t take to our grave.

Not only do onions add a unique flavor to dishes, but they also may have additional benefits – at least according to this couple that had been storing the pungent bulbs around their home for years.

The most interesting part of this post was just how common it is across cultures to keep onions in the home. From bringing good luck, to warding off the common cold, these bulbous kitchen staples are said to have a variety of uses way beyond just cooking.

We often write down the things we want to remember or the things that matter the most for us. For this poster, they have no idea why their grandfather kept a list of 100 names, with 87 of them suspiciously crossed out.

While most people would assume that it was some sort of hit list, others had a more benevolent view of the list – perhaps it was a list of men the grandfather had served with in the army and may have passed away.

Since ancient times, it seems that lice, those blood-sucking pests, have been plaguing humans, particularly children. Because of how easily lice infestations can spread within schools, most school nurses must be well-versed in identifying and recording the tiny pests.

This poster was in for a surprise when she stumbled upon her grandmother’s well-kept catalog of lice in every part of their lifecycle – a discovery that probably left her feeling itchy all over.

When it comes to startling discoveries, it’s typically the people you least expect. For this poster, they never suspected that their devout Christian grandparents would be involved in all types of occultism.

The discovery of daggers, human hair, and suspicious powder must have been confusing for the poster, considering that most Christian belief contradicts most of these dark practices. Even more puzzling is the question of where that hair came from – talk about creepy.

If you work in an office, there’s a good chance that you will spend the majority of your day at your desk. Desks can be where you do business, eat lunch, sneak in some zzz’s, and can even be a makeshift bank.

This poster was amazed to find out that hidden amongst the usual office supplies was a valuable collection of coins. To think that they almost gave the desk away for free!

It’s never fun to drag sand into the house, but in the case of this commenter, it could actually be deadly. They discovered that the jar of sand their family patriarch had kept for decades was actually highly radioactive.

While the site of the United States’ first nuclear test was actually New Mexico, sites in Nevada have also played an important role in nuclear research and development. Luckily for this poster, the radioactive sand was safely disposed of.

Social security fraud is a serious problem – While most stories involve less than truthful paperwork, hiding a cadaver in a freezer in order to continue receiving social security payments is a chilling reminder of how low people can go when it comes to defrauding the government.

Unfortunately, while this case is disturbing, it is far from unique. Surprisingly, no one dared to ask why this person needed to keep a separate freezer in the garage – perhaps some questions are better left unanswered.

It’s never a good idea to go through someone’s drawer, especially their nightstand. Going through the drawers of a pathologist is probably not the best idea, especially for the squeamish. Pathologists study the causes and effects of injuries or diseases by analyzing samples of tissue, cells, and body fluids.

It’s no surprise that some pathologists may take their “work” home with them. This poster learned not to go through drawers the hard way when he came across what he believed may have been an appendix.

Barns can have many uses – serving as a place to put tombstones, however, is certainly a new use. This poster could not understand why his grandparents’ barn was being used to house several crosses and a tombstone.

Grave crosses are often placed near the graves of someone of the Christian faith to symbolize their connection to their faith. Grave crosses and tombstones often exist where a person lost their life or was buried, which raises more questions – what exactly happened in this barn?

While being the child of a doctor can have many benefits, some of the cons can be having random body parts or questionable items lying around the house.

Cadavers are often used by medical students for training and educational purposes in order to gain a better understanding of the human body. Practicing on, and studying, a real human arm provides vital information for medical professionals. For this poster, stumbling upon his surgeon father’s collection of cadaver arms must have been a startling way to start the day.

For many people, the thought of being out on the open seas is an inviting contrast to the humdrum of everyday life. For the former owner of this home, the allure of the sea inspired them to build their very own sailboat.

Because of the large size of the ship’s hull and mast, it seems strange that someone would choose to construct this sea vessel in a home, or why they chose to build it in a clandestine basement. Unfortunately for the builder of this impressive ship, it seems that the boat never made it to the water.

It is often an exaggerated sense of confidence in one’s skills, or a desire to save money, that inspires people to attempt to do things on their own. While many people have no qualms about doing their own hair or nails, most people wouldn’t dare attempt doing their own dental work.

Dentistry is a complex branch of medicine involving years and years of study and practice. We’re not sure why this person decided that this extensive study was optional, or even how he managed to acquire surgical tools.

Few people know that the film used to process traditional x-rays actually contains more than vital answers to medical issues – the film also contains traces of the precious metal, silver.

The number of silver particles in one x-ray may be very small, but if someone were to acquire hundreds of pounds of x-ray film, they may be able to extract a large amount of the metal. Being a precious metal, silver continues to be a valuable investment as the price of the commodity continues to go up.

The attack on Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor naval base was one of the most devastating military strikes in U.S. history, resulting in the death of thousands, and the United States declaring war on Japan.

At the time, the best form of communication with those on the mainland was a telegram, which charged per character resulting in this short, but powerful message, a poster discovered in his grandfather’s belongings: IMOK (I’m okay), sent the day after the devastating attack.

For many children losing teeth can be a financial gain if they’re lucky enough to be visited by the tooth fairy. For one poster, what started out as a joke, soon resulted in a disturbing amount of baby teeth in their grandfather’s home.

By the time a child is around three years old, they have 20 baby teeth, which will fall out when the child is about six years old and be replaced by permanent adult teeth. Considering the fact that the grandfather had ten grandchildren, that’s a lot of teeth!

Passports are an important document that verifies the identity and citizenship of the holder, and entitles them to travel to and from a foreign country. While some people may hold various passports, it is not typical to have multiple passports with multiple names.

This poster must have had many questions when he found three passports containing three different names, all belonging to his great-grandmother. It is possible that the person changed her name legally, but as one commenter suggested, she could have been involved in some sort of espionage activity.

Getting married is a special time for many people, it’s not uncommon for couples to save mementos in order to remember their special day for years to come.

This person’s grandmother decided to save a piece of Turkish Delight from her wedding day… for the next couple of decades. Turkish Delight is a popular confection often flavored with rosewater and topped with powdered sugar. The fact that the grandmother held this candy close to her heart for more than half a century really is the sweetest part of all.

The mysteries behind courtship have perplexed us for centuries. Unique courting rituals have existed since the dawn of time, with every generation believing they have the answers to finding true love.

The father of this poster hoped to bestow his knowledge of the opposite sex upon his fellow disco-going brethren with this handy guide. The funniest part of the reader sharing his cringe-worthy find was the interest of other Reddit followers wanting to know what was in the guidebook. Some things never change.

In the 1950s, the island of Cuba welcomed some of the most glamorous and famous celebrities of the time. The island was also a frequent destination for many American businessmen who worked in various industries across the island.

All of this changed with the Cuban Revolution which occurred in 1959 – the same year this photograph was taken. It wouldn’t be surprising to know that the person who took the photo was actually part of the American government hoping to recover any American assets, and not someone selling baby powder.

The Rolodex, a now-defunct contact information device, was more than just a way to store numbers – it was the marker of how established you were in your line of business.

This poster was surprised to find the personal contact details of Ray Douglas Bradbury, author of the dystopian classic novel, Fahrenheit 451. Another tab revealed the contact information of famous voice-actor Charles “Daws” Butler who voiced Yogi Bear and other classic cartoon characters. It can be assumed that whoever owned that Rolodex lived a very interesting life.

Some people have difficulty reading their own handwriting, but what about messages that they didn’t consciously write? Automatic writing is believed to be a psychic ability that results in a person writing words without actually being conscious or aware of what they have written.

These messages are traditionally believed to be the words of spirits or other supernatural forces being brought to life by the hand of an actual person. Though widely discredited by scientists, some still believe in this powerful form of spiritualism.

Chicken soup is often purported to have almost medicinal properties, with many cultures having their own versions of the comforting broth. While some bowls of this soup have the ability to heal, others may leave you feeling sick.

This poster knows he made the right choice when he politely declined a bowl of his ex’s family member’s soup. You have to wonder how this woman had time to strain the chicken broth two to three times, 4,000 times. Even over the course of four decades, that’s a lot of soup!

This poster was nervous, and rightfully so when he came across a metal box covered with warning labels and the name of a chemical element. Inside the box was one of the most radioactive elements, radium.

Because of its ability to produce a low-level light, the radioluminescent element was once used to paint watch faces, and for deck markers on ships to prevent sailors from falling overboard. Discontinued in the 1960s, the metal is now known to cause a myriad of health problems including cancer and anemia.

Working in hospice can be a difficult task, made even more difficult when one of your patients hides their important identification documents in birdhouses placed around their home.

While it is natural that some people would prefer to keep their valuables close to home, the secret compartments within secret compartments can be seen as going a bit overboard. The woman who passed probably had no idea that her birdhouse banks would rustle that many feathers.

After a loved one passes, their assets are sometimes sold in estate sales. These sales can be a great opportunity for those looking for valuable jewelry, or artwork, at a discounted price. While these estate sales can be a place to find treasure, they can also be a place to find some truly horrifying things.

This commenter thought they had struck gold when they found an expensive-looking jewelry box only to find that it contained several hundred nail clippings. Not the kind of treasure they had expected.

It’s hard to imagine coming face to face with a deer standing close to seven feet tall, but thousands of years ago, a species of giant deer once roamed across Europe. Frequently called the Irish deer, this now-extinct species had a set of antlers spanning twelve feet across.

The remains of these gentle giants are now frequently found in bogs and lakes across Ireland, which may be where the poster’s great grandfather found his specimen. Weighing more than a ton, the remains of this animal are quite the sizable inheritance.

Originating in Great Britain, the act of preserving the top tier of your wedding cake is an ongoing tradition in which couples save the cake in order to serve it on their first wedding anniversary or child’s christening ceremony.

While this tradition is still carried out by many couples, few couples save this piece of their wedding cake for decades. Even stranger was that the wedding cake tier was being kept in a closet instead of the proper food storage space, a freezer.

The holiday season is a magical time of the year for many people. Between the ornate decorations, to spending time with loved ones, it’s no surprise that many people find this time of the year to be their favorite.

For this Christmas lover, they hoped to recreate that festive time – every day of the year. While the idea of enjoying presents and a beautiful Christmas tree could be appealing, we can’t imagine how much the electricity bill must have been for all of those lights!

Ouija boards are flat boards printed with the letters of the alphabet, words, numbers, and other symbols. By placing their fingers on a small piece of wood or plastic, the piece moves across the board, spelling out a message.

It is believed that the piece is being guided by spirits or other supernatural forces. Naturally, a game like this would be frowned upon by most “staunch Catholics” – no wonder the family was creeped out, and confused, after finding it in their religious great-grandmother’s house.

Oreo cookies are one of America’s favorite snacks. While some people may argue over which part is the best, the cookie or the cream, we can’t get enough of the sandwich cookie.

This poster learned which part their family member enjoyed most when they came across a jar of just the cookie part of the Oreo. While coming across a sight like that can lead to many questions, most people would wonder – what exactly was she planning to do with these undesired parts of the cookie?

Stumbling upon discounted precious gemstones can be a dream come true for jewelry aficionados. For this commenter’s father, the sapphires he purchased were too good of a deal to pass up.

While the father sadly went to his grave not knowing the true value of the stones, his family was able to get a second opinion, and some beautiful jewelry out of what was once considered a mistake. This story goes to show just how important it is to get a second opinion.

During the Victorian era, a new hobby gained popularity – collecting, and preserving bird eggs. These eggs were proudly displayed or studied by ornithologists, scientists who study birds. In fact, there is an entire branch of ornithology that focuses on the study of bird eggs called oology.

While this hobby may have gone the way of most historical pastimes, the eggs are still highly coveted. Unfortunately, this trade has had negative consequences on endangered species. For this reason, the poster decided it would be better to dispose of the eggs.

While learning some facts about your great-grandfather can be interesting, some can be just disturbing. Learning that your family member was once a hitman for the notorious prohibition-era gangster, Al “Scarface” Capone, can be quite a shock.

This poster shares that his great-grandfather helped the gangster carry out his many crimes and murders, even keeping newspaper clippings as proof. The amazing part is that according to the poster, his family had no idea about his double-life.

Often the punchline for many jokes, kleptomania is a serious and widely misunderstood impulse control disorder. Unlike ordinary theft, kleptomaniacs typically steal items that have little personal use or monetary value.

While we don’t know the actual diagnosis of this person’s grandfather, the poster assumes he was a kleptomaniac due to his compulsive theft of hotel products and toiletries. Luckily, they were able to donate some of the stolen items to help others in need.

One of the hazards that come with cleaning up a unit after a tenant is coming across some very questionable items. For this Reddit poster, the former tenant left some seriously creepy items including a burial ground for animals, and a collection of teeth. Even if there was an explanation for this discovery, finding these items are enough to fuel most nightmares.

The idea of coming across multiple headstones in a home is frightening enough, let alone knowing you have your very own pet cemetery in your backyard. This creepy discovery, along with the small box of teeth, should have had that renter packing his bags.

It could be argued that decades ago, it was much easier to keep a secret. Without social media or computerized data systems, it was very common for family members to have no idea about the personal details of even their loved ones specifically in matters of adoption.

As online genealogy websites have gained popularity, more family secrets have been revealed as in the case of this poster. These genealogical resources have helped many people discover, and reconnect, to their heritage – something older generations could only dream of.

Some family members find out amazing things about their loved ones, only after they have passed. This widow learned, unfortunately too late, that her husband was once a brave fireman.

It is possible that the military veteran did not want to worry his family further, and decided to hide his risky profession. Whatever his reason was, we can assume that his family would be proud to know what a brave man their grandfather was.

Never underestimate a person’s ability to keep a secret, even one involving one of the most important moments in history. This person’s grandmother maintained her coverup of being a nun, while actually playing a heroic role during World War II.

The biggest giveaway was a calendar page marking D-Day, a day that changed the course of the Second World War. While her family will never know if she was actually in Normandy on that fateful day, it can be assumed that her bravery helped save the lives of many.

For most people, opening a bank account is a simple procedure. For many immigrants, who may be in the country illegally, opening a bank account can be very difficult. For this reason, many people without bank accounts must resort to more creative solutions when it comes to safeguarding their money, like this woman.

Unfortunately, the woman in this story was never able to use the money she had been saving up. This story is a sad reminder of how difficult life can be for illegal immigrants.

While some people choose to leave their money in a savings account, others choose to invest their money in stocks. While the stock market can be a volatile place for your money, it can also be very profitable.

While this woman never got a chance to capitalize on her wise stock market investments, it is very interesting that she had the foresight to invest in a conglomerate such as AT&T Inc. Considering that AT&T is considered the world’s largest telecommunications company, it’s no surprise that those decades-old stocks are worth so much today.

One of the downsides of going through items left behind after a loved one has passed is finding something that was supposed to remain a secret. Accidentally uncovering a family secret can be a difficult thing, in an already emotional situation.

This Reddit poster found out that he had a half-brother while going through some photographs his father left behind. In a separate thread, the same poster updated other users with information on Brian’s whereabouts. Sadly, Brian declined to meet the poster or have any interaction with him.

People growing up during the Great Depression have often expressed how the severe economic collapse changed their approach to savings and to money. Those witnessing rampant unemployment or seeing the value of their stocks be depleted may have felt the need to turn to more unconventional ways of storing their money.

This woman decided to take her financial security into her own hands. By hiding money in nondescript places around her home, she was able to safeguard her fortune for decades.

Aladdin may have had his magic carpet, but for this poster, the rugs his family member left behind have their own benefit – they were full of money.

Although it’s not quite understood why the person’s grandmother chose to hide thousands of dollars in a brand new rug, perhaps the grandmother chose to hide the money in the least obvious place she could find. Whatever the story behind her choice, we’re sure the poster is happy they didn’t sell the rugs.

When most people think of their older family members, it may be hard to imagine them as young and wild partygoers. For this poster, learning that his great uncle rubbed shoulders with some of Hollywood’s most glamorous women was an interesting surprise.

For some people that work in show business, meeting celebrities is just part of their everyday workday. While it’s fascinating to know that your family member was close to such legendary figures, for the person it was probably just another night in Hollywood.

Most pet owners would consider their pets to be valuable members of their family. It’s no surprise that when those pets pass away, their owners would try to honor their memories in a sentimental way, as this poster would soon discover.

The man, an animal lover, decided to honor the memories of his three pets by creating a carefully crafted memorial. Thankfully, the discoverer of the shrine decided to continue the powerful bond by placing the urns of the cats alongside the urn of their loving owner.