Usually means: Accidentally discover or encounter something.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (stumble on)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, on.
verb:  (intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.
verb:  (intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To meet somebody by chance.
verb:  (intransitive with on as adverbial particle, figuratively) To continue with difficulty in one's endeavours; to struggle on.

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