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Opportunities don’t come knocking on your door all the time, so when it does, we should make full use of it.
However, for this 33 year-old Indonesian man, the opportunity of becoming a millionaire came falling through the roof instead!
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Josua Hutagalung found a steaming hot meteorite just outside his house one afternoon and to his amazement, he later found that the 2.1kg space rock is worth around 1.85 million US dollars!
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The coffin maker told local media that the rock landed while he was working a few months ago. The rock is actually estimated to be around 4.5 billion years old!
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According to sources, the meteorite is said to be an extremely rare variety. Josua’s sons told him not to sell the rock to which he first agreed, believing it’s a sign of good fortune for his family and village. He sold a small fragment of it that broke off. However, by mid-September, he decided to sell off the rock to three separate dealers, who later sold them to collectors.
Josua also added that he’s planning on using a portion of the money to build a church in his community.
He hopes that this sudden stroke of luck is a sign that he’d have a daughter soon as he’s always wanted one.
This story is unbelievably interesting. All the best to you, Josua!
By: Piravina Ragunathan
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