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humor Cloud Desk Europe 2026-08-17

Belgian Construction Workers Strike Gold While Digging Sewers

An 18-year-old summer worker and his crew accidentally unearthed 49 gold bars and a mountain of coins worth over $10 million while digging a sewer pipe in Belgium. Local authorities seized the loot for a sprawling legal custody battle, proving that Europe’s bureaucratic misery still beats doing actual manual labor. Back here in Baja, the only gold we care about is the amber sunset hitting a double-overhead wave while we ignore our emails entirely.

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