Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Some People Have a Rainy Day Fund...

...and some prepare for the whole monsoon:
MUMBAI, India — A court-ordered search of vaults beneath a south Indian temple has unearthed gold, jewels and statues worth an estimated $22 billion, government officials said Monday.
The Rainy Day Fund "is believed to have been deposited at the temple by the royal family of the princely state of Travancore...Some of the vaults under the temple have not been opened for nearly 150 years, temple officials have said."

Clearly le local royal didn't let their kids out on long enough leashes. Any self-respecting six-year-old in my old neighborhood would have into the basements and had half the loot stashed under their beds before Mom called them in for graham cracker snacks.

They are still poking around: "On Monday, searchers started to unseal “Section B” of the vaults, a large space that was expected to reveal another sizable collection".

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