If you were watching Blue Peter in 1998, there’s a small chance you might remember the presenters burying a time capsule under the Millennium Dome.
It was filled with ’90s relics suggested by viewers and was supposed to be dug up in 2050, assuming something terrible hadn’t happened and we weren’t all dead by then.
Given that, it’s probably a good thing some builders accidentally dug up the capsule 33 years early, because lots of terrible things keep happening and we’re definitely all going to be dead real soon.
Some workers were laying cables under the O2 when they found the time capsule, which had been buried by then-hosts Richard Bacon and Katy Hill, and pretty hastily busted it open.
Inside were classic ’90s artefacts such as a tamagotchi, a Spice Girls CD, a Tellytubby, a football from the World Cup, and a photo of Princess Diana.
Builders have damaged a Blue Peter capsule containing Spice Girls CD; Tamagotchi, Roald Dahl book… 😱😱😱😱😱
— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) February 2, 2017
The Sun reports that the builders didn’t realise it was a Blue Peter capsule when they opened it, and that when it was found “a bloke in a forklift squished it with the machine’s teeth”.
The capsule, which also included stamps, coins, and for some reason, an insulin pen, is going to be reburied and dug up (again) in 2050 when hopefully the contents will feel a little less fresh in the memory.
https://twitter.com/chris_mandle/status/827096720987344896
A time capsule buried by Blue Peter in 1998 was accidentally dug up 33 years early.
They found a Nokia 3310 with two bars of battery left.
— Toby Tarrant (@tobytarrant) February 2, 2017
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This article originally appeared on JOE.co.uk.
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