TIL the 1987 movie Million Dollar Mystery was promoted with a real contest in which $1 million were hidden in an undisclosed location that the winner would correctly identify. 14-year-old Alesia Lenae Jones won the contest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Mystery?wprov=sfti1
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