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TIL Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and author hid a treasure chest (gold nuggets, rare coins, gemstones etc) in the Rocky Mountains worth around $2,000,000. It was found approximately a decade later, in 2020. Before that several people went missing searching for it.

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