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40 Times People Had No Idea What They Were Looking At, But The Internet Knew What It Was Right Away
The internet is a veritable treasure trove of knowledge. And there are hundreds, and thousands of detectives online, all willing to give you a helping hand. The subreddit ‘What is This Thing’ is overflowing with amateur and professional detectives, and experts who help others identify the unusual, peculiar and weird things they came across. This online community’s combined wisdom and pursuit of the truth are second to none.
This is why Bored Panda compiled a list of the most bizarre and interesting things, along with the subreddit’s guesses of what they are. Scroll down, upvote all the finds you liked, and don’t forget to leave a comment about what you thought each thing was. And when you’re all done, take a look through Bored Panda’s other lists about the strangest finders keepers here and here.
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#1
I Found This Ring In My Backyard While Doing Gardening. After Cleaning It, It Doesn't Look Like A Normal Ring. Any Ideas ?
Answer: It's a Georgian/early Victorian mourning ring. The initials belong to the lost loved one.
They were typically made from gold (18k+) and enameled in black. Yours looks like it was made around 1820s-40s.
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Why the downvote? Memento mori is the medieval Latin Christian theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits.
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Hermalyn Iaukea 6 years ago
Very nice find. What are you planning on doing with it once you find out about it's background & it's worth,!?
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#2
What Is This Big Hole That Is Usually Found On Milk Cartons?
Answer: It’s a pressure relief hole. If you dropped it, instead of exploding, the hole would pop out.
JinxBox 6 years ago
Useful development would be serving milk in an ecological package! Looks like hard plastic. Must be US?
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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
California has them in waxed paper cartons, but only up to a mid-level size—after that it’s plastic, similar to the above.
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Rhianna Dalton 6 years ago
Not in Australia, either; I remember seeing it in the US though.
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Will Tiernan 6 years ago
Presumably it would also be useful if the milk was put in the freezer? Then the expansion would not cause a leak.
Candace Fitzpatrick 6 years ago
Where I live we can buy our milk in bags. If I drop it, it just jiggles!
Rebecca Henderson 6 years ago
I miss those. Are you Canadian? We get them in waxed cardboard, plastic jug like above without the indent, & I’ve heard the bags in certain provinces. Prior to being 23 I lived in Ontario & we had the bags then. 56 now.
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#3
Found At Myrtle Beach, Sc. What Is This Thing?
Answer: that’s a broken megalodon tooth.
Louise Stange-Wahl 6 years ago
Kind of beat up, but knew what it was right away. Best place to find a BOATLOAD of them is in the Cooper River in SC---you have to dive in really soupy water and run your hands (with gloves of course) and sift the sand and you would be surprised! Also great for very old bottles! Here is a photo of a few of ours. Carcaridon...c69af4.jpg 
wusah 6 years ago
I think it's the idol the Bradys found in Hawaii. Let me know if you get that reference
The ‘What is This Thing’ subreddit is very large: more than 1,170,300 people (and counting) are part of this community. Which just goes to show just how many people are drawn in by a desire to figure out modern mysteries about vintage things. Or how many Sherlock Holmes and Castle enthusiasts actually prowl the streets at night, looking for cases to solve. You never know, your own neighbor could be one of these everyday heroes, helping others figure out answers to questions that won’t let them sleep at night.
#4
This Weird Wrapped Car. The Lights Were Wrapped In Cloth. Serial Numbers All Around. Anything Significant Or Just Tacky?
Answer: It obscures the car while being test driven, so the yet-to-be-released models are not photographed and published. The random "wave" patterns effectively hide the body contours and lines.
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Yes, but the photo's won't be of any use because you can't make out how the car will look in real life. There will also be a lot of styling done before the car goes into production. It's to keep competitors from stealing design idea's or improvements. Just when Audi first came out with the DLR-led light strips in the headlights. They were the first and now all the competitors have stolen the idea.
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Joseph Brzezinski 6 years ago (edited)
We see these in Michigan, around Detroit, all the time... I didn't realize people didn't know what it was...
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
I lived in Ingolstadt (Audi), Stuttgart (Porsche/Daimler) and Cologne (Ford EU HQ). My Sister lives in Munich (BMW). It also took me a while to realise not all people see this all the time :D
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Jeff Requier 6 years ago
To a camera its hard to tell, but in person it looks Exactly the same as the competitors vehicle
Claire 6 years ago
When going skiing several years ago we saw several cars wearing covers that looked like onesies. Later we ran into one of the engineers. Turns out they were testing a new hybrid engine for a car company and needed to test in cold conditions. They looked so cute, I wished I'd been fast enough to take a picture.
Louise B 6 years ago (edited)
This reminds me of when I young. My dad worked as in car sales, so he got to use the demonstration cars. This was in the 80s, so if a particular model hadn't been released they just covered the name badge with masking tape - not quite as sophisticated as this technique, but pretty effective, and definitely cheaper! Also, this makes me feel old!
Christine Temple 6 years ago
Living practically next door to Ford development, I see these cars all the time.
#5
Scanning Family Slides From 1964 - This Was Over My Parent's House In Texas. What Is This Thing?
Answer: it's a residue of a rocket launch. It's called Twilight effect. It was done right at sunset so the sun lit the vapor/exhaust trail from underneath.
PandasDelights 6 years ago
Yea... they changed the source of the light just to trick us :oP
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Louise Stange-Wahl 6 years ago
Have seen this before..and some things that are equally strange...after all, we aren't too far from Roswell NM!
#6
This Was Found By A Cleaner Hidden Under My Dresser In My Bedroom (She Told Me Very Discreetly About This Which Has Me Concerned), I’ve Tried To Google It To No Avail. What Is This Thing?
Answer: voice recorder, doesn't transmit using wireless though so whoever placed this thing, will be back. If this was in your home, chances are there are cameras as well.
Foxxy 6 years ago
Creepy, time to search every nook and cranny for any more voice recorders and any possible video recorders. I wouldn’t be able to sleep until the house was searched inside and out.
Nikki D 6 years ago
I need more information! What did she do? Did she find any cameras? Does she have any idea who would have access to her like that? Was she able to listen to what was recorded?
Koalamonster 6 years ago
I lived in a rental briefly with 4 other girls and 1 guy. We were planning on having a big party because 4 of us had birthdays that were close together. We had a calendar on the wall in the living room and had written "party" on the day it was planned for. Our lanlandlord crossed it out and wrote no. Which was weird enough- but we wrote it on there again but one of the girls got nervous and took the calendar down, put it in her room. When she pulled it out after the party is when we saw he'd apparently been in her room to cross out party and write no on it again- he's a creepy guy. He has a big red windowless van, and had a bunch of women's shoes in the back. Said they'd been "left behind" at places. He tried to give a pair to one of my other roommates. He's not allowed to list his rentals with the university here anymore.
Koalamonster 6 years ago
Just for clarification there was work being done on the kitchen so it was expected that people would be in sometimes, but we were always supposed to know when they'd be in and they were only supposed to be in the kitchen obviously. Because of this we got SUPER cheap rent- obviously turned out not being worth it, seriously if a house seems too cheap and nice there's probably something not great going on. I woke up one morning and wrapped myself in a blanket to go smoke a cigarette on the porch- wasn't super dressed, hence the blanket- and the landlord and 3 construction worker guys were just in the kitchen. Unannounced. Not great.
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Loreta Wang 6 years ago
I want your cleaners contact number! That's one awesome detailed cleaning!
A. Sherlocat 6 years ago
Wow, good point. That cleaner was kind, thorough, and discreet! I'd love to hire her. :)
Load More Replies...Some of you might be thinking that my talks about mom-and-pop internet detectives are a bit far-fetched. But, the interesting fact is, that there are plenty of amateurs who have solved major mysteries! For example, BBC Future writes how Carl Koppelman got fired from his job at Disney and became a detective in his spare time.
#7
Saw This Cat In Texas First Thought It Was A Domestic Cat But When We Got Closer That Seemed Less Likely. What Is It?
Answer: Black bobcat.
Mascha Claessens 6 years ago (edited)
Wow, its sideburns gave away that it's a lynx/bobcat right away, but a black one... wow, so pretty!
Iris Engler 6 years ago
From the look I thought about a bobcat as well but did not know black ones exist. Cool
Sharon Hyatt 6 years ago
It's a very rare mutation in some animals called 'melanism.' ie, Black Panthers are melanistic leopards. and jaguars.
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Magpie 6 years ago
Do bobcats come in black? There are a few types of domestic cats that have no- or very short tails. I don't know, I am asking sincerely.
Catlady6000 6 years ago
It's a genetic quirk. Just like albinos have an absence of melanin, some have an overload. Can't remember what it's called
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#8
I Saw This In My Yard. Is This Just A Type Of Worm? Or Is There A Parasite On It? (I Saw It Breathing/Have Some Sort Of Heartbeat, So It’s Alive)
Answer: that's two worms making more worms.
Нико Нико 6 years ago (edited)
Hermaphrodite means that one organism has both male and female reproductive organs. Garden worms are hermaphrodites (they have both spermatozoides and eggs) but that doesn't mean that one worm can reproduce by itself. So that there is bigger genetic variety the times when the spermatozoides and the eggs are ready for fertilization is different thus two worms must meet and exchange spermatozoides with one another and use those to fertilize their own eggs.
Anne 6 years ago
I think that was part of a kid show long time ago. They threw off a slice and that became a new worm.
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Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
Life would be a lot simpler if we were all hermaphrodites like worms
#9
Found This Small Kettle Years Ago. Tried Searching For A Similar One But Have Always Come Up With Nothing. Anybody Have An Idea Why This Has This Unique Shape?
Answer: a portable men’s urinal for bedbound patients. It is used to pee when you cannot get out of bed.
Nora AlMeida 6 years ago
To think that, that person had been using it as a kettle for years...
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Luckily, he hasn't. He's been keeping it as a decoration on a shelf. I was part of the original Reddit discussion.
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Michele Ottone 6 years ago
I am afraid I have to correct the answer. It's name is "pappagallo" (parrot). The "padella" does exist as a device, it is used to collect feces of hospitalized people who cannot leave their bed to go to the toilet. The "padella", as one can imagine, has a flat convex shape and a handle that allows to be used without getting your hands too close to the edges of the container.
Miguel Rosas 6 years ago
why would they call it a parrot if its a urinal??
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Max L. 6 years ago
Actually, that's called "the parrot", somewhat later than the era the pictured object was made, they were began to be produced in plastic and have a shape which resembles more a parrot than a kettle. For other more serious consistency matters, there is the other tool, much bigger which shapes actually resembles a pan and that's how it is called. Nurses and hospital workers worldwide were much relieved when a specific cleaning machine was invented.
Leekier 10 months ago
Here they’re called bed bottles and bed pans respectively. Bed bottles are for men if necessary but women use bedpans
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#10
4in By 4in Scissors. Uncomfortable To Hold, In Either Hand, Two Or Four Fingers. What Is This Thing?
Answer: they're childrens' training scissors. Like for pre-schoolers. The extra holes are so a grown-up can co-scissor and help the kid.
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
Lol, co-scissor. We definitely need to add that word into the dictionary.
Brandy Bryan 6 years ago
The green rubber handle means it's for left handed people. I'm left handed but couldn't use these as a kid. Hated when they tried to make me!
Chantel Atwell 6 years ago
Am I old? I knew what those were for. And I'm only 32. I've seen them in person at school, too.
Adrienne Early 6 years ago
I'm 36 and have never seen 4 holed scissors. 🤷
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And as an Early Childhood Special Education teacher....yes some kids need physical help to cut.
Steve Cruz 6 years ago
"co-scissor" sounds like it could land one in the Sex Offender Registry.
#11
What Is This Random Structure I Found In The Middle Of The Forest?
Answer: a WWII one man bomb shelter.
TwiceRice23 6 years ago
It's just a bomb shelter. It would be "scarier" without them....
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Erik Granqvist 6 years ago
They were used as shelter for sentries and people giving artillery directions.
Zlatko Pančić 2 years ago
What do you mean people who gave instructions to the artillery. Iam Interested because I was a member of the 155mm howitzer crew.
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Virgil Blue 6 years ago
Feels like these inspired the one man shelters in Fallout 3. Those were obvious deathtraps one would only use in desperation too.
Bunzilla 6 years ago
"Nuclear protection on a budget!' Pulowski Preservation shelters. They were in Fallout 4 too.
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M O'Connell 6 years ago
Your looking at the door, the hinges are on the left.
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#12
Found In My Dads Room, Really Hoping Its Not A Sex Thing. What Is This Thing?
Answer: it goes over shoes to give grip on ice. They are called yak tracks.
Not Your Average Potato 6 years ago
That's the first thing that popped into my head when I first saw it. And I still can't picture anything else
Load More Replies... ScorpioViking 6 years ago
Got the name right but not it's correct area of function. It only works on packed snow for traction purposes, definitely not ice; I've gotten a dislocated left shoulder as proof. Only spikes or something of equal sharpness will do on ice.
#13
In A Multi Storey Car Park. Is It A Passage For Rats? There Are Also Small Holes In The Floor And Ceiling With A Tiny Ladder Connecting Them
Answer: Secret Industry by John Pym: The stairwells and lift lobbies of multistorey car parks are not usually areas where people pause to admire the architecture, so John Pym used this to his advantage. The model walkways and ladders replicate their full-scale counterparts and are a playful way of suggesting an alternative, unseen service industry at work within the building. Superficially mundane, some people may use the car park for years without being aware of their presence, while others will notice straightaway. The artist sees it as a reward for those who look more closely at their surroundings.
Georgia Valentine 6 years ago
Now I'm going to have to check all of the car parks in Bristol to find these.
Kanga9ine 6 years ago
Hell. I like the idea that tiny little people who parked their tiny little cars needed a way to get to street level to work at tiny little desks and serve tiny little plates of food. And that explains all the tiny little Starbucks cups I've seen in every big city I've ever visited.
Adam Hart-Dyke 6 years ago
I confused John Pym with Hank Pym and thought this was an Ant-Man reference
#14
Looks Suspicious But Has Several Interchangeable Sized Tips And Appears To Have A Purpose. What Is This For?
Answer: It's a snowman kit.
Mica Fiverline 6 years ago
There is such a thing?! Like... Rocks an a carrot weren't good enough, you had to have plastic versions?! DAFUQ???
Beans 6 years ago
I guess they bought it for the plastic pipe, which is now gone... the rest is unused, lol.
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#15
Found In My Aunts “Treasure” Collection. Seems Like A Heavy Metal Weight Inside. What Is This Thing?
Answer: This is a "tracker pebble" used for tracking longshore drift. The pebbles have a serial number, are buried in a location and then refound further down the coast in the shingle by metal detector.
Foxxy 6 years ago
When I first saw the image I thought it was a used Pears bar of soap lol. I would say it’s unlikely a pebble seeing as there is something metal inside. Now this is just a guess but I am thinking it may be some kind of resin casing the metal cylinder. But again this is just a guess.
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Nicklas Linder 6 years ago
I'd have said it's one of the stones from Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom... 😂 😂 😂 I'm such a nerd!
Debby Marengo 6 years ago
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pebble+transmitter&form=HDRSC2&first=1&cw=1129&ch=507
Kanga9ine 6 years ago
So. Crazy Aunts in the Attic, and Ape S#*t Crazy Sisters like me, really do exist. What a relief to know. Because everybody always talks about having one of their own even crazier than your interesting aunt. We sometimes just have or do things that some folks never are curious enough to find out there's more they don't know about us than who they think we are. Glad you know your aunt may just be a little more than what you think.
#16
This Purple Sky In Southern California Seen At 1:30am And Lasted For Only About 5 Minutes Before Fading Away. What Is This Thing?
Answer: the glow is related to a commercial cannabis growing operation. That's the color of grow lights.
A B C 6 years ago
I actually doubt that explanation here. Why would it only last for five minutes, if it were growing lights?
Stacey Grant 6 years ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/not-northern-lights-greenhouse-glows-1.4924468
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Jessica Temple 6 years ago
Going legal Jan 1st in Illinois, looking forward to these purple skies :)
Davo gifman 4 years ago
Just a guess, but it looks cloudy,or foggy an perhaps the clouds, or whatever system disappeared after a few minutes. But like I said it's just a guess.
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Clock In Assisted Living Facility
Answer: Bedsore prevention. You would refer to the two hour intervals as a turning schedule.
Catlady6000 6 years ago
Actually reassuring to me. A competent staff knows the importance of reminders. There is too much going on to keep track of everything without them
Leslea Freeman 6 years ago
It is these hours that suppositories are given. It is suggested that the patient be in the Simms position, which is on the left side. Not sure though why left position isnt used throughout the night tho.
Load More Replies... Id row 6 years ago
Why twice as much right than left? You'd think it would be 3 and 3, not 4 and 2.
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
It is better for the human heart for the individual to sleep or rest on the right side rather than the left.
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Danny Ruiz 4 years ago
I never knew anything about bedsores until I ended up in a hospital after a car accident where I could only use my arms to move. Within a week, the bottoms of my arms were raw from lifting myself and moving. I actually had burns on the bottom of my arms that began to scab.
#18
My Friend Just Moved In To A New Flat And This Is Her Neighbours Garden. What Is This Thing?
Answer: a Voodoo altar
Iggy 6 years ago
Might I suggest some voile curtains to let the light in and keep the nightmares out?
A. Sherlocat 6 years ago
@Stanley Yao - Peter Bear is referring to those gorey, realistic-looking figurines of a tortured, crucified Jesus Christ. Very popular with Roman Catholics.
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Chances are, if you go to the neighbor and express an interest, they will be happy to explain all the symbols and meanings.
Flash Henry 6 years ago
Some of y'all should research the various vodun religious practices, they're not all heathens making voodoo dolls and cursing people. The film industry created that stereotype.
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
That is exactly how I decorate my virtual home. Rule #1: everything goes as long as I have it. Rule #2: put them down as symmetric as possible. Guess someone take that approach to real life.
#19
This Just Trundled Across The Road In Front Of Me, Zoomed Down The Sidewalk Before I Could Get A Better Look At It. Spotted In Melbourne Australia. What Is This Thing?
Answer: it's an automated delivery, possibly for food.
PjandBolt 6 years ago
I think that it won't open until you pay from your phone! So no one will ever steal ur food! #FoodForLife
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Mita Ghosh 6 years ago
That thing must be highly secured with a deafening alarm and immediate call-the-police software installed, if someone tries to rob it.😂😂
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
Pretty soon, 90% of humanity will be useless. And unlike in the old utopian SF books, it doesn't mean we will all live a life of leisure and peace. It means 90% of the people will be poor and miserable. It's the reason I didn't go into AI when I got my Bachelors in computer science. The world of robotics and AI should require a great deal of thought on ethics, morals, and the future of mankind. I didn't think I was up to the task (age 29, 21 years ago). I realize now that most people have no ethics or morals or foresight, and/or think that if something can be done, it should be done, human society be damned.
Lululoohoo 6 years ago
We have many of these in the Bay Area, specifically Silicon Valley area
#20
Silver Capsule Camouflaged Inside A Wooden Container Hanging In A Tree In A Public Park. What Is This Thing?
Answer: it's a geocache. Judging by the size, it'll likely only have a list inside for people to sign that they found it.
Azure Adams 6 years ago
A small geocache and a well camoed one too. It's a fun hobby to get into. Check it out
ZombieGirl 6 years ago
Geocaching is so much fun yall! Look into it if you haven't heard of it before. Its all over the world
Lish 6 years ago
It's super fun!! I started doing it with my kids finding bigger ones with trinkets and things, but had such a good time, my friends and I head to find those tiny ones with only the log to sign.
Load More Replies... Kanga9ine 6 years ago
Put some famous guys name on it and see it end up on tv. I finished a post card in some restaurant that someone had addressed, stamped and started. They forgot to take it, so I finished it by making up the most outrageous vacation that would have the recipients almost begging to see those home movies. Then I mailed it.
Moo Moo Futch 6 years ago
I started looking in to this as I'm out and about a lot around a city in southern UK. I never found anything though no matter how hard I tried.
Ana B. 6 years ago
Something like this happened to me too when I was like 12 years old... I found a pharmacy drug container in the woods, covered in camo tape, and I was so scared I had found someone's secret illegal drug stash. Then months later I discovered geocaching and realized what it actually was...
#21
What Is The Purpose Of This Mirrors? I Came Across Them In Trosa, Sweden, Near The River. They Are On Almost Every House
Answer: In Denmark they are called a "gadespejl" It is an old invention, basically a mirror that made it possible to view the street from the comfort of your couch.
Mel 6 years ago
In Sweden, it's called a "Skvallerspegel" (gossip mirror). Spying on the neighbours without their knowledge is the best way to get new things to gossip about. ;)
DP von Icecream 6 years ago
I think in many countries we make use of Granny/Granddad CCTV ;-)
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Meike Henneman 6 years ago
It can also be a safety measure...this way you can check who is standing on your porch or something before going to the door.
Cindy Snow 6 years ago
Wow a while culture of most neighbors. In Poland they call them Buttinskys
Panda Kicki 6 years ago
I grew up near Trosa, it is really fun to sit in the rooms and spy a bit. But the tourist hoard often look in as well. Windows are full of greasy nose-prints along the main street. Odd fact, Trosa means "panties" :D
Sally Lake 6 years ago
We have these on apartment windows in Amsterdam too, for seeing who's at your door without the aid of an entryphone. Often accompanied by a pulley system for opening the front door without having to go downstairs.
Blue Cicada 6 years ago
I saw a video of a homeowner who put up a mirror so the dog could see the street, and watch the people.
Sanne H. 6 years ago
In Dutch, it's called a "spionnetje", i.e. a "little spy". The name says it all. It can usually be found at houses where old people live.
DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Dacht zelf dat het meer met gluren of koekeloeren te maken had ;-)
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misteriosa 6 years ago
This is fancy and kinda classy, back here they just glue car's side mirror to get the job done xD
María Hermida 6 years ago
I thought people I'm Spain were the biggest gossips, but I can see I'm wrong!
Rasmus Hansen 6 years ago
From Denmark and my mom wants one of these "Gadespejl" desperatly :)
#22
Found This While Beach Combing In The Olympic Peninsula. I've Never Seen Anything Like It. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Squid eggs.
Janelle Collard 6 years ago
I like your answer better than the "real" one!
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Jessica 6 years ago
I wouldn't if I didn't know what it was out of fear it would sting me
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#23
Noticed This Weird Urinal In A Brauhaus Bathroom In Cologne Germany. What Is This Thing?
Answer: it's called a Papst (german for Pope). It's for puking.
Hans 6 years ago
These were (sometimes are) typically found in fraternity houses with very traditional practices. Boozing is part of the rules, and you essentially drink until you puke, as everone drinks at the same time. After puking, you return to drink further. Sounds ridiculous and out-of-the-time, but these organizations sometimes even sustain the tradition of fencing without protection for the face...
Hans 6 years ago
I realize this is a very German thing. The Wikipedia articles have no English counterpart: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauken https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studentische_Fechtwaffe But at least here is some more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studentenverbindung
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SykesDaMan 6 years ago
I knew this one from BP! The post was titled something like: "That's how much we love beer in Germany"! :D
ju Hel 6 years ago
A Brauhaus is german for a brewery with a pub inside. So most guests drink the beer, and some (sometimes a lot) drink too much.
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Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
What's more alarming is how damn clean everything is. Proud to be German! And notice the handlebars, hahaha.
wandile dludlu 6 years ago
Hahaha... obviously the country that drinks so much beer would have a puking station.
#24
Took This Picture From My Airplane Window On Trip From Dc To Las Vegas. Any Idea What It Is?
Answer: a mineral mine. It's the world’s largest lithium deposit.
Laura Zaini 6 years ago
was thinking the same, a very large nude palette :)
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Martti Laurson 6 years ago (edited)
Looks like a guinness world record for largest water colors.
#25
What Is This Fish With Strange Writing?
Answer: The Lucky Iron Fish. I recall hearing that iron deficiency was a serious problem in developing countries due to improper diets that consisted of mostly pastas and rice, which are a poor source of iron.
The solution was to boil chunks of iron with food to increase the iron content but many were skeptical and hesitant to cook with chunks of metal in their food. The iron was shaped into a 'lucky fish' that would provided addition health benefits when you boiled water with the fish in it.
Magpie 6 years ago
If you are rich enough to have cast iron frying pans these work well for vegetarian / vegan.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
Rich enough? Cast iron pans are cheap in America.
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Catherine Todd 6 years ago (edited)
What people seem to be missing in the comments here, is that a POOR COUNTRY does not have $5 or $20 for a pot to cook in. They may be cooking in a discarded tin can. I live in one of the poorest countries in the world, in Guatemala, and people here still go into the forest to scrounge for wood to cook with, every single day. Or find wood in the river and let it dry on their tin roofs of their one room hut, walls of which might be covered with cornstalks to keep out the rain. Real poverty does not have an extra $5 laying around. They might be living on $1.00 per DAY for the entire family. Fresh greens are expensive also. This "iron fish" isn't being used in the United States, Canada, or first world countries.
Peko 6 years ago
No more than stainless steel or cast iron cook ware does, which is none.
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UndyingBisexual 6 years ago
I remember learning about these I think I was scrolling around youtube and found this. no clue why I remember this, this was like 5 years ago
#26
What Is This Signs Purpose?
Answer: It means do not scare the flamingos. Many people would cross that sign to scare them so that they could fly and get a picture.
Zenozenobee 6 years ago
Particularly after scrolling the post about horrible tourists....
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Kaisu 6 years ago
It's so annoying when people terrorise animals just to get a good picture for social media : (
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
It’s beyond annoying—it’s a form of bio-terrorism.
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RaroaRaroa 6 years ago
I think they need to change the sign. That would just mean "no flying flamingoes allowed" to me.
Katinka Min 6 years ago
This could go straight to the post about obnoxious tourists. I wish the a******s would just stay at home and terrorize their neighbours instead of rampaging through the world and destroying it in the process.
#27
All-Wood Things Seen With Someone's Trash Set Out For Pickup, About 1 Foot High. What Is This Thing?
Answer: we call em bee hotels, like many people already mentioned, it is for 'solitary' bees (solitary because they don't love/work/do in hives, but clearly, they live close to one another in this setting) although it can also attract many other animals. These things help the ecosystem.
Daniel 6 years ago
As was already mentioned for solitary (as opposed to colony/hive) bees, such as bumble bees. Yes, very important for the environment.
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Melissa McGuire 6 years ago
It's a bee hotel. Wood cutter bees are big here in Colorado. Sometimes butterflies use them to shelter from a storm, but usually it the bees who shelter over night.
Joannie Goulet 6 years ago
I recognized this one instantly. It's very common for people who garden to have a version of it in their backyard.
#28
What Is The Purpose Of This Chain?
Answer: it is a rain chain, an alternative for traditional downspout of a gutter system.
Rosesinmyhair 6 years ago
There should be some beautiful bells attached to this so when it rains you get an extra lovely sound.
L McN 6 years ago
It is useful in places where you get a lot of warming up and then freezing at night. The ice forms on the chain, which you can more readily access to break the ice. This keep the weight off of the gutter system, and prevents the gutter system itself from becoming an ice dam.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
That really has to make the whole leaf-clogging thing a much smaller problem. What a fascinating option!
Neon Petra 6 years ago
Kinda unrelated, but they have stuff like this in Japan but there are small cups on it. I think they're called kusari-toi or smth.
Tom Champagne 6 years ago
I like this idea. I'm going to remove my downspout and try this so my downspouts don't freeze in the winter here in New England
#29
What Is This Paintball Gun Looking Thing Being Used By Police In A Real Life Drug Raid?
Answer: Pepper Spray Paint Ball gun. Technically it is a paintball gun, however the paintballs it fires have pepper spray powder inside of them. It's less than lethal defense.
Clinton Yew 6 years ago
Either type of bullets it still gonna make you feel like dying but you won't
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Robert O 6 years ago
Yes, it shoots OC (oleoresin capsicum aka the active ingredient in pepper spray) balls, like paintball ...balls. The PROBLEM with these is that the balls do not always fly straight when fired, they may curve and arc. Sooo if you are hoping to pop one on the chest of a suspect, it may curve towards the face and eyes, thus the possibility of someone losing an eye. In paintball games they always wear eye protection.
Miguel Denyer 6 years ago
Pepper ball gun... it fires "paintball" type projectiles that contain a chemical called PAVA II... a very potent form of irritant... you do not want to get hit with these things ;)
Sean-and Kuttner 6 years ago
When I was in the army we used something similar that was a visibly half and half ball of paint and metal pellets similar to bird shot. It was used to prevent mobbing when we would pull security for food distribution.
#30
What Is This Weird Half Truck And Why Is It Pushing A Flatbed Trailer? Is There Any Sort Of Advantage Of Pushing Rather Than Pulling It?
Answer: Float Plane Mover. This truck's job is to move planes up and down a boat ramp into the water. Backing up an ordinary truck+trailer combo down a boat ramp is not easy. With this vehicle, the driver can look straight forward down the ramp rather than in his rear-view mirror, and since the steering wheels are at the back it's easy to align the truck's bed with the plane. Most trucks only load at a boat ramp once in a while, since this one does only that, it makes sense to design it specifically for that job.
Catherine Todd 6 years ago (edited)
Michelle Line, I wondered the same thing, and looked up this video! The flat bed "mover" part has wheels in front, so the half-size truck has the other two wheels. Very strange looking regardless, but works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIl_7smuS3M
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Manuel Castro 6 years ago
Notice ; It was a 4 wheel drive truck, they kept the front drive and weighted the bed.
#31
It’s Been Submerged In Water For Years Near A Creek Where I Live. Can’t Google Because I Don’t Know Where To Start. What Is This Thing?
Answer: The Quester, the private submarine built to salvage the Andrea Doria, now in need of salvage itself.
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
So, I guess the Google search term will contain the word, irony.
Catherine Todd 6 years ago (edited)
In Coney Island Creek, Hulk of a Yellow Submarine Sticks Out, by COLIN MOYNIHAN, Nov. 9, 2007 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/nyregion/09submarine.html
#32
My Mother Left Bleach In Her Sink For About A Week While We Left On Vacation, And We Came Back To This. Is It Mold?
Answer: the bleach oxidized the metal parts of your sink.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
Why on earth would you leave bleach in your sink for a week?
Afdera Samassa 6 years ago
Mama don't bleach I'm in trouble deep Mama don't bleach, I've been losing sleep
Cathy Baker 6 years ago
That's not too weird to leave in a sink on vacation, but for a week, a bit extreme for such a short time. When I close up my parents' condo in South Florida because nobody is going to be there for months, I put vegetable oil down the sink drain to keep the disposal lubricated. I also dump bleach in the toilet and put saran wrap over it, then put something heavy on the closed lid because rats have been known to infest apartments by way of the toilet.
#33
20 Years Of Research And Reddit Is My Last Hope! What Is This Thing?
Answer: The Black Drum fish fossils. The Black Drum had a short deep body with a high arched back, but a flattish belly. The jaw teeth were small and pointed, but the throat was armed with large, flat, pavement-like teeth with which the drum crushed shellfish, for food. This characteristic separates it from the weakfish and the king fish.
DE Ray 6 years ago
The description above left out possibly the most distinctive thing about the drum fish - they're freaking loud! Several of them grinding those throat-teeth together can get loud enough to rattle your brain in your head, and they do it for hours.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Kill me now! My youngest brother used to grind his teeth in his sleep and it would wake me up on the other side of the house.
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Seth Stephens 6 years ago
Oh my gosh me too. I had to scroll past as quickly as possible. That stupid picture of the lotus plant in the girls boob several years back gave me a terrifying condition I never had before
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Looking at the picture I first thought it may have had something to do with a turtle. Never would have guessed it was the inside of the fishes mouth.
Lana Jig-maker 6 years ago
And the second trypophobia trigger in this list for. Lol I am not safe.
#34
What Are These Perfect Sets Of Beach Holes? Flip Flop For Scale
Answer: the remnants of a scientific clam survey.
UndyingBisexual 6 years ago
I thought it said beach hotels and now I'm slightly disappointed but also pleasantly surprised at the words "clam survey"
Serena DuBois 6 years ago
I remember being on a clamming party once where one giant clam was enough to make a good sized chowder. Bodega Bay in central California north of San Francisco. A horse [something I can't remember] clam. Ixd come prepared with onions, potatoes and canned bacon. The problem was digging out the clam, but it was worth it.
#35
We Had A Party The Other Night And Found This On The Kitchen Counter In The Morning. It Has White Powder In It And The Cap Just Comes Off, It’s Not Secured In Any Way. Bottle Cap For Size Reference. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It’s a refill container for a marking tool used in sewing. The tool dispenses a fine line of powdered chalk when drawn across fabric. I have some in several colors.
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
Now, why would someone bring a container that can make fine white powder line to a party. I just don't understand.
Elsker 6 years ago
Maybe there was a seamstress at the party and it dropped from her sewing kit
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A B C 6 years ago
Well, you CAN have Chalk powder in there, but considering the perfect size and them saying it's been a party... You know where this is going. I mean come on - "hey, let's go over to the Walters', you done with your make-up?" - "almost, almost. You got everything? Keys, wallet? Did you pack the sewing Chalk?" - said noone ever.
#36
What Are These Blue Tubes That I Keep Seeing In Berlin?
Answer: to transfer groundwater to rivers because of the water level. Since the early 1990’s the groundwater level in Berlin has been rising. Due to lower water consumption the abstraction of groundwater has diminished and the city now has to cope with an extraordinary high level of groundwater.
Lina Maverick 6 years ago
The missed information: they do this for big constructions sites and move it away, when done with work.
Stephanie Nott 6 years ago
When I was in Berlin walked around for days thinking it was some type of art installation 🤣🤣
Maria Quittenbaum 6 years ago
Those pipes are meant to be there only temporarily. They will be taken away, once the foundation of the building site is finished. Underground would be too much effort.
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Linda Robinett 6 years ago
I remember that people tunneling under the Berlin Wall had problems with ground water.
Justin Alva 6 years ago
Patton Oswalt actually does a joke about them. They pump struedel, according to him.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
“What Are These Blue Tubes I Keep Seeing in BERLIN?”
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Bit Into A Mcdonald’s Double Quarter Pounder With A Cheese And Noticed A Chemically Flavor. Opened It Up And Saw This. What Is This!?
Answer: Former employee, it’s more than likely from their gloves they use to put the meat on the grill.
#38
Falling Out Of The Sky? What Is This Thing?
Answer: contrails from a passenger plane. Being close to sunset, the vapor clouds are taking on the same color as any other cloud would have under the same late-day sun.
Jaykob Cole Plascencia 6 years ago
When I read it was a passenger plane I was like well they're dead and then I read the rest and was like oh
Rebecca Henderson 6 years ago
I thought, well it looks like a flaming arrow to me, but I knew I wasn’t right, still looks that way to me.
#39
Found Under A Bed. What Is This Thing?
Answer: small scale meth making device.
Lazy Panda 6 years ago
I really hope a parent didn’t find this under their kid’s bed, that would make it worse
Clinton Yew 6 years ago
Well... better discover early and have them went to rehabilitation before too late...
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Catlady6000 6 years ago
It's called "shake and bake." And yes it is dangerous, those bottles can explode at any time. Just imagine, a mobile meth lab driving down the interstate
Nora AlMeida 6 years ago (edited)
That person said they found it under [a] bed; so it could be someone else’s bed (maybe their sibling’s bed; or during sleepover, who knows).
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Empty Gel Container In A Sealed Coca-Cola Bottle. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Ibuprofen.
Foxxy 6 years ago
How?? And surely the Ibuprofen or if indeed it is a tablet would have dissolved.
Mandii M 6 years ago
This was a reddit post. The OP agreed it was an OTC medication and that he likely accidentally "backwashed" it into the bottle while he was using his soda to take the medication. He apologized. It was easily solved once he remembered he took medication the same morning.
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bpanther 6 years ago
The plate pattern is called "Old Town Blue" from Correll...think it's discontinued. It was the best !!
Load More Replies... StrawberryParfait 6 years ago
No, it is not. Are we just guessing now? What a lazy answer. Who would know what the chemical composition of this is without getting it analyzed?
Tara Trainor 6 years ago
Hmm, not sure I believe that. It surely would have disintegrated!! Looks more like some weird tracking device.
Bill Wallner 6 years ago
Decades ago, I found a rolled ointment tube in a soda bottle. Sadly I had already opened. Fortuitously, I had not drank from it. I suspect a prankster at the bottling plant.
Id row 6 years ago
Coke can dissolve a penny, you think it's not going to dissolve a gel cap? Those things melt at the slightest presence of water, let alone being submerged in phosphoric acid, the main ingredient in all soda. I'm not buying this explanation.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Coke will NOT dissolve a penny, that is a myth, at the most it will clean it and it will look new and shiny.
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Found This In A House Built In 1930's. Colored Part Made From Glass, Handle Is Brass And Screwed Into It. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Candle cover, possibly home made. You'd have a glass or metal tray with a candle or two on it, put this over it to diffuse the light and make it prettier. They'd slowly snuff the candles as the flame ate up whatever oxygen was under the dome, so it was kind of like a night light that would 'turn itself off' after a couple hours.
#42
Found In The Yard Of My Old House (Agra, India). What Is This Thing?
Answer: They are Portuguese Terracotta figures from the 3rd to 4th century.
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
3rd to 4th century? Roman imports in India? That's awesome. I love such long distant trade in the ancient period.
Monday 6 years ago
It didn't have to be in an ancient period. Those could easily have been brought over in modern times. Just because they're from the 3rd to 4th century doesn't mean they arrived in India during that time.
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What Is This Thing? Found It Clearing Out My Great Grandfather's Loft
Answer: MG-42 that can fire 1200 rpm. This is an exceptional original WWII fully functional German MG42 light machine gun. These were probably the most feared WWII German weapon on the battlefield. They were mass produced, highly effective, had a high rate of fire and were easily transported by the average German soldier and they were the corner stone of every German Infantry company. These MGs were actually a wartime improvement over the early fully machined MG34, in that they utilized new and innovative mass production techniques of stamped steel parts that were welded or riveted and combined with limited machined parts. Together they allowed the German factories to manufacture well over 400,000 of these MGs during WWII.
Bonnie Blue Bird 6 years ago
I bet his Great Grandfather had some fascinating stories to tell .
#44
Just Moved To New Apartmant, Found This In The Living Room. What The F Is This?
Answer: this is an antique Turkish-style bell brazier. Referred to as a mangal. Typically used by nomadic peoples of the Middle East for heating and some cooking, since you cannot have a hearth in a tent. Instead, you burn charcoal in a specially designed brazier, which contains the fire and radiates the heat. This one is compact and plainly decorated, with a short base to hold the fire bowl and a simple cover. This style is known as a suleymaniye brazier, for the district in Istanbul in which is was popularized. Other designs feature a taller decorative base, a tray to catch sparks, and elaborately designed covers. It may have come with a pair of tongs.
#45
Found In Grandfather's Basement. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Ocarina! Musical instrument, you blow into it.
Foxxy 6 years ago
I didn’t even know Ocarinas were a real thing, I thought it was just something created for the game Zelda.
Phil Boswell 6 years ago
That's the solo instrument in the classic "Wild Thing" by the Troggs. Fun fact: ocarinas come in different keys, and the one they used for that song wasn't in the same key as the rest of the song…
Lorraine R 6 years ago
Also featured in a musical number in the film "Call Me Madam".
Load More Replies... The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
I remember seeing 'sheet music' for this instrument on Pinterest and being very confused. Now i know what it is!
Stan Shimonko 1 week ago
Received one this year as a Christmas present from my son and family.
#46
Bony Marine Skeleton Found On A Beach Near Charleston, Sc. About 3.5 Feet Long And Slightly Leathery In Some Places. Dog For Scale. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Sturgeon. Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae.
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
Sadly sturgeons are endangered due to them being killed for caviar. 85% of sturgeon species are at risk of extinction. By eating the caviar you are killing the breeding fish to harvest the fish eggs and because of this they can’t get their numbers up.
Samantha Lomb 6 years ago
You can actually massage the caviar out of the fish. I've seen videos of them doing it in Russia and it looks like a bad sex act, but the fish is alive at the end of it making caviar sustainable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1t0t4Atbe0
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Louise Stange-Wahl 6 years ago
They are ancient fish and what Foxxy said is true. Like the giant catfish in Asia, the Nile perch and N American paddlefish, the giant fish you see in the old photos of incredibly huge fish are becoming less and less. Some species are doing better, but the truth is, the days of these incredible beings are numbered.
#47
A Local Bar Found This Giant Wheel Beneath The Floor While Renovating. Any Idea What It Is/Was? The Space Was Formerly A Garage
Answer: turntable for rail cars. They would bring in the cars and rotate the wheel until it lined up with a short section of track. Then they would move it to there and work on it while being able to move additional cars to other “spoke” rails to be worked on.
Mangoes'nRum 6 years ago
Apparently such devices were also used to rotate vehicles through narrow corners, before motor vehicles became commonplace and horse carriages/ carts were still the main means of transport. TBH, that turntable looks too small to be for rail cars..
Rissie 6 years ago
Exactly. It's too small for anything on rails. Also, there's no rail visible on this wheel either.
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Leodavinci 6 years ago
For rail cars? Only if the area was once part of a railroad operation. Since it was once a garage, it's more likely it was used for cars. Seen these used ion auto related environs... garages, dealerships, etc.
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
Not rail cars. These were covered with a round cover of wood, and were built for motor vehicles. You drove in, it could be turned around so you didn't need to back out. The house across the street from mine was built in the 1920s for a doctor and this was so he could rush out for emergencies. In a garage, you might make a quarter turn of this platform and drive over into the lot or building for repairs.
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
Doesn't have to have been for rail cars. Most likely had a wooden cover, and it was so you could drive a car in, and turn it so you wouldn't have to back the car out. The house across the street from us that was built for a doctor in 1926 or so has this.
Andrea Climo 6 years ago
Actually, this was probably for automobiles, not trains. Very old cars didn't have a reverse gear, so some garages had these turntables used to turn the cars around so they could get back out of the garage.
Azar Attura 6 years ago
TOO COOL!!! Use it to rotate obnoxious bar patrons away from people they are annoying!!
#48
A Ring My Sister Picked Up Of The Ground In The Woods, The Writing Is All Around It And There Are Two Pool-Green Jewels On Either Side. Anyone Have Any Idea What The Symbols Mean?
Answer: OM MANI PADME HUM - Indian mantra (Sanskrit). The blue green stone is most likely turquoise. Turquoise and silver are common combinations in Tibetan jewelery.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
As someone who has studied Buddhism for 19 years now, I love it!
#49
Found This Door At An Empty Hospital Floor That Leads To The Patient Room. What Is This Smaller Door Used For?
Answer: The small door swings the other way from the main door. The main door swings into the room so as not to impede traffic in the hallway. The small door swings opposite so that if patient barricades themselves into room staff can gain access.
Foxxy 6 years ago
They have these at my dentist, it always worries me that some smart a*s or kid will unlock the small door and walk in on me whilst doing my business.
#50
This Shower Knob Marked With An H Is Behind The Bathroom Door. We Just Bought This House And Have No Idea What It Is For. Water Rushes Through Pipes When We Turn It On But Have No Idea Where The Water Is Going
Answer: heated floors in the bathroom.
Azar Attura 6 years ago
Your next door neighbor -- you're flooding their kitchen. Shame on you.
#51
On A Kitchen Cabinet, Above The Sink. The Piece Only Swivels Side To Side. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It is a recipe card holder... It swivels down to clamp on the card (or sheet of paper), so you can read your recipe and not worry about getting it dirty or stealing counter space away from you cooking efforts.
Cassie 6 years ago
I was on this one and I'm not convinced of the answer. I asked the people who said they had one if they could show how it works and nobody provided a demonstration. I'm not entirely convinced that's what this is. Others answered that it's one of those ball towel holders, but those don't pivot open. The OP said this appeared to be designed to pivot open. Neither answer makes sense.
Magpie 6 years ago
I suspect there is something like rubber backing on the front part, which would provide friction, enough to hold paper.
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#52
My Friend Sent Me This, Was Found In An Oil Mine. What Is This Thing?
Answer: a thrombolite fossil.
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
Ok since I didn't know what a thrombolite was, I looked it up and basically it's a colony of a type of photosynthetic bacteria called cyanobacteria (bacteria that pretty much started photosynthesis and oxygen I think). They basically collect sediment bits and cement this layered structure together in shallow water and there are still some around today. Thrombolites are different from stromatolites because they have a more honeycomb shape vs the stromatolites flat layered shape. Please correct me if I'm wrong, since I just looked it up I'm still not super clear, but there's a good video called "What are Thrombolites | Lake Clifton" on YouTube too.
#53
Found At An Estate Sale, No One There Knew Anything About Its Origin. Was Thought It Was Made From Baby Teeth But Had It Inspected By A Dentist, They Are Adult Teeth. Stored In It's Own Small Leatherette Case. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It's a voodoo charm used to protect the owner from evil magic. A gris gris bag. However, the practice soon changed, and the gris-gris were thought to bring black magic upon their "victim." Slaves would often use the gris-gris against their owners and some can still be seen adorning their tombs. During this period, there were also reports of slaves cutting, drowning or otherwise manipulating the gris-gris of others in order to cause harm. Although in Haiti, gris-gris are thought to be a good amulet and are used as part of a widely practised religion.
F. H. 6 years ago
I'm a dentist and those are plastic teeth for dentures, if that is any help to you.
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Foxxy 6 years ago
That is creepy as, don’t see how this was used for protection from evil. This is evil in itself lol.
Kaisu 6 years ago
Voodoo isn't evil, it just has that reputation because it was originally mostly practiced by the black population and of course everything they did was seen as wrong
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BusLady 6 years ago
So someone will find it in their backyard in the future and wonder "What is this thing?"
Load More Replies... Chicago Kitty 6 years ago
I'm terrified to ask, but what material is the bag made of that is holding the teeth? It looks like flesh...gaaagggffhhh!
#54
Hit And Run Tail Light. What Car Model?
Answer: Acura RL MY2004
Anne 6 years ago
I know Reddit has solved quite a few hit and runs already by just posting tiny bits of the cars involved. Its amazing. (I wouldn't know a toyota from a honda.. or any other type really..)
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#55
This Little Brown Sack On The Bottom Of A Cup?
Answer: roach egg.
Clinton Yew 6 years ago
double burn the ash after the fire dies just in case!
Load More Replies... SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
Eww some things I would rather classify as "misplaced kidney bean" rather than finding out...
John Braines 6 years ago
Actually strictly speaking it's not AN egg, but an egg case holding a number of eggs. The number varies with the species. However they are ready to create an infestation!
BusLady 6 years ago
At least this will cut down the roach population a little bit. These eggs will never get hatched.
Load More Replies... Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
And out comes hundred tiny roach baby. Please burn it with fire.
#56
It Is A Fairly Strong Magnet I Found With A Metal Detector. Found In A Person's Yard In A Small Town. It Is Really Smooth. What Is This Thing?
Answer: that's 1 out of 2 rattle magnets. Used to have them in school. You throw them up in the air and they make a crazy loud rattle.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Does anyone know what type of metal/element it is? It's on the tip of my tongue.
#57
Weird Sealed Pouch Inside A Baggie Filled With Some Sort Of Gel And Some Metal Oval With Raised Lines On It. Randomly Appeared Inside Someones Backpack In New Zealand. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It's a reusable handwarmer, 'pop' the metal and the gel with begun to crystallise creating heat then simmer it in hot water to reset.
Anne 6 years ago
That's the weirdest part of it.. Maybe it had discolored and they didn't recognize anymore?
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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
I thought the thumbnail was part of the mystery
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For a moment there i thought the NAILS were the item in need of clarification
BusLady 6 years ago
Those nails are sharp enough to put someone's eyes out.
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Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
Simmer in hot water to reset? What? HOW? Where can I get some of these for my husband who works outside at his job in the winter? We've never seen 'reusable' kinds..
William Bonner 6 years ago
I've seen larger examples of this at a scuba diving shop. Large enough to wrap around the small of one's back, underneath a wet suit. Helps to keep one warm when diving in cold water. There are lots of similar devices on Amazon. Search for "reusable heat packs with activation disc".
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Eniko Bata 6 years ago
The first one I knew. It’s also useful if your ears are in pain or sinus: I put them in a sock and hold them on the painful area. Helps a lot.:)
#58
Medical Devices? But For What Kind Of Surgery?
Answer: the drills in the kit are called trephines, and sometimes the word "trephination" is used for this variation of the procedure. "Trepanning" is more of a catch-all term referring to surgery in which a portion of the skull is removed.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
People still do practice trephination on themselves with Home Depot drills and such. Apparently they believe you have to "let out pressure" in the head. There is no chance you can convince me to drill a hole in my skull.
The Cute Cat 6 years ago
If you have head injury that cause intra-cranial (inside of skull) bleeding, then doctor should use this to puncture your skull to relieve the blood out. Usually now days doctor will use some kind of electric drill almost same like being use by carpenter.
Valerie G. 6 years ago
Looks like something one would bring to Rick on P**n Stars, just so he could bring in an "expert" to tell us all about it.
#59
Was My Grandmother’s. A Small Ivory Ball With Ivory Nails Poking Through. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Chinese Ivory, Spiked Balls. These devices are termed "ladies pleasuring balls," and that they were used, or originated, in China for this very purpose. How widespread their use, or how actual, is up to the viewer's imagination.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
Meh, we're all randy little monkeys dragging our butts on the carpet at some point in our lives.
Load More Replies... Clinton Yew 6 years ago
More like a ball for you to throw at someone you hate for pleasure than self-pleasuring...
Michał Jastrzębski 6 years ago
ladies pleasuring, and spikes. Not the two things that should go toghether in a sentence, lol
Danielle Renee 6 years ago
those spiky things don't sound too pleasurable...but each to his own.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
What's more confounding is how they got the spikes into that thing!
#60
My Parents Saw This Rubber Looking Thing Strapped To A Truck In A Parking Lot And Haven't Been Able To Identify It. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Art, "Molecule 2", By Mario Martinez (Mars-1).
#61
My Dad And I Buy Foreclosed Storage Units. We Have Had This For Two Years, Taken It To Multiple Experts, Google Searches Galore, But Still Cannot Figure Out What This Is. What Is This Thing?
Answer: the spectrometer for mineral exploration. A Sharpe A-3 Magnetometer (serial No, 220), This instrument, which can be used either as a self-levelling, self-orienting dip needle or as a vertical force magnetometer was used as a vertical force magnetometer for this survey. The instrument was designed to have an accuracy of approximately plus or minus 50 gammas at levels of moderate magnetic force, but its accuracy is dependent upon the magnetic range in which it is being used. For readings of 100,000 gammas above the base control reading its accuracy would be plus or minus 1000 gammas. For a reading of 3000 gammas above the base reading, its accuracy would be expected to be within 30 gammas.
Clinton Yew 6 years ago
I think I would just call it a broken time travel machine and trick my kids saying I'm a time traveler from the future : p Make up a story like I was sent back in time but the machine broke and this is the only pieces I manage to recover from the crash.
Magpie 6 years ago
I *think*; when searching for minerals to start mining. It would ID stuff.
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I found it unlikely that they consulted "many" experts but none can guess it's a very specific tool for a specific field.
Danielle Renee 6 years ago
well, experts as in other people that buy random things
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#62
Does Anyone Have Any Info On This Nazi Dagger I Received From My Grandfather?
Answer: Nazi Diplomat Dagger.
Mangoes'nRum 6 years ago (edited)
Nazi diplomats were called the Wehrmacht. Their motto - "Do as der Fuhrer says or Die!".
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Benderong 6 years ago
Letter openers look like daggers, not the other way round
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Cesar Grossmann 6 years ago
For when you need to diplomatically stab someone's back but you are a Nazi.
Dana Nørgaard 6 years ago
I mean, it's a beautiful dagger, but maybe have someone remove the swastika and put something else on it lmao
Mario Bokulić Boki 6 years ago
This is a valueable item, often ww2 soldiers took spoils of war back home. Display it in yout living room proudly and please dont cover up the swastika, thats like the worst advice u can get.
#63
Found In A Garden Back In 1959, Still Haven't Been Able To Identify What It Is
Answer: It's a broche or pin featuring Napoleon.
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#64
Can Someone Please Explain What Is Eating The Fish In This Video?
Answer: these are nassarius snails. They are scavengers and when they smell the dead fish, they pop out of the sand to eat. They will make short work of that fish, by the way.
Jason Liaw 6 years ago
Uh, I wouldn't want to be treading around in that sand any time soon. 0-0
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
I'm glad at least it was dead - I thought at first it was alive and getting parasitized.
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#65
A Concrete Thing On An Empty Property. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It's a hot tub upside down. I's a concrete hot tub.
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
My family was never hot, or even remotely warm, in the tub.
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#66
What Is This Thing That My Friend Found In The Water?
Answer: this is a figure of the Santerian Orisha Olokun. One hand holds a snake, the other a mask. They typically come off because these figures are kept in water 100% of the time. If you found this in the ocean, then this is more evidence towards that as Olokun is tied to the ocean. This was probably disposed of ritualistically and replaced with a new one.
ispeak catanese 6 years ago (edited)
Yeah, this is something that probably shouldn't be touched by anyone outside of the religion.
#67
Found Inside The White Of An Egg. Are These More, Future Eggs That Unfortunately Got Inside Another Egg? Did The Chicken Lose All Future Eggs? A Parasite?
Answer: Those are lumps of calcium deposits, like what the rest of the eggshell is made of. They’re harmless if they’re on the outside of the egg. I occasionally get eggs from our chickens that have shells that are “grainy “ or bumpy rather than smooth.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
I mean... if you don't know what it is then why are you letting it touch your skin?
#68
Antique From The 1800’s, Have To Figure Out What It Is For A School Project. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Antique Soap Saver. Small scraps of soap were put in the cage and when people did dishes by hand the soap saver was swished though the dishwater to made suds.
Bored Moogle 6 years ago
I thought it was a popcorn popper. You put the popcorn in the "cage" and hold it over coals. rustic-vin...6335-1.jpg 
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
I actually said popcorn popper before I looked at the answer. My grandfather had one when I was a little girl.
Load More Replies... Rosesinmyhair 6 years ago
We used to have this when we were young. I loved the smell of the yellow soap in it.
Carol Taylor 6 years ago
we had one in our kitchen growing up..used before liquid dish-washing soap was invented..
#69
These Things Hanging On My Apartment Ceiling? At First There Were ~3, 6-9 Months Later There Are 12
Answer: They are Clothes-Moth cases for the larvae.
Martti Laurson 6 years ago
I get it if you have couple of them if you move in, but if you notice 9 months later you have more, then I assume you are just too lazy to clean your house.
Magpie 6 years ago
No these are NOT to do with cleanliness The house was just built in a migration zone.
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Elsker 6 years ago
Because you want to know what they are before something bites your fingers off when taking them away
Load More Replies... Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
In the wild these moths lay their eggs in birds nests. The birds fill their nests with animal furs which the larvae eat and keep them warm with their bodies. It sounds super cosy. Unfortunately your house is also warm and filled with animal fur (woollen clothes) and this can make them a terribly expensive pest.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
So, if a person has nothing made of wool (allergic), these won’t be a problem?
Load More Replies... Magpie 6 years ago
Or you could do the kind thing, Stuff your wardrobes / shelves / draws with lavender / cloves / cinnamon /citrus peels in little cloth bags ( or any combination) to protect your clothing. You might be able to re-locate the cases out side.
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
Very true there are non-lethal precautions to take in the first instance.
Load More Replies... Azar Attura 6 years ago
Let them stay there and you'll eventually have Stalactites. That will ALL hatch.
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
Damn right. Kill them or lose all your wool and silks. Moths can be very destructive pests.
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A Knife I Recieved From A Friend. His Grandparents Had Owned It. Seems Pretty Old And Rustic! Any Ideas?
Answer: an early 20 C. Moroccan Koummya dagger.
#71
Walking The Dogs When One Of Them Bought This To Me. 2 Aa Batteries Inside It, Black Plastic And Doesnt Appear To Have Any Function. What Is This Thing?
Answer: remote controlled female sex toy.
Foxxy 6 years ago
Okay I don’t know if the proportions of the leg and the device is out of whack but if it isn’t, wow. That’s one hell of a ummm vibrating bullet.
Danielle Renee 6 years ago
well, it doesn't have to be for a female depending on where one puts it.
Lazy Panda 6 years ago
What is it with dogs and vagina related things? You seem to hear all these stories of dogs fetching female ‘toys” or women’s underwear
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
Dogs do love sniffing crotches. I imagine its an extension of that.
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#72
Found At Luzon In The Philippines, Taken At 5:30 Pm. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Cloud iridescence or irisation is a colorful optical phenomenon that occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon
MARIAN JESSICA VILLANUEVA 4 years ago
I live in philipines!! Ive seen it with my dad that one time!!
#73
This Tank Looking Thing On Top Of An Office Building In Atlanta, Georgia. What Is This Thing?
Answer: boom for window washers (and, presumably window replacers) to access the windows.
#74
My Brother Found This (Missile?) In The Woods In Tennessee. What Is This Thing?
Answer: The MGR-1 Honest John rocket. It was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal.
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
I just watched a video about how many nukes the US has lost through accidents or mislabelled warheads. A really worrying number! Most in the sea but one or two on land and never recovered...
Elizabeth Rolando 6 years ago
Call police because these can and have been known to still explode.
Drake Hansen 5 years ago
So you found a nuclear weapon just sitting there in the woods?! I wouldn't go near that thing...
Magpie 6 years ago
You might get into legal trouble if you did. ... I'd call someone. I don't know who to call so I would just call police.
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These Two Notched Yellow Hooks Made Of Plastic, Found In A Geocache
Answer: tick remover tools. Used to help get ticks off your pet (or yourself).
Kristy P 6 years ago
Pet stores, eBay, Amazon. I prefer the "tick key". It's flat metal ^ easier to use:-)
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Panda Kicki 6 years ago
Oh,yes. We have plenty of ticks in Sweden and leaving house summertime is like "Keys,wallet,phone, tick remover, check!"
#76
Found This Weird Screw Looking Thing Whilst Hiking In The Alps. What Is This Thing?
Answer: the fuze from a Swiss "7,5 cm Befestigungs-kanone 1939 L 30" a Swiss fort gun. The fuze itself it's what's known as a "Doppelzünder", or in English, a "combination fuze" or "time and percussion fuze". The round thing in the middle of the image is the delay setting plug, where you can choose between the percussion and time delay settings, where "VZ" is "Versögerung-Zünder" (Delay fuze) and MZ is "Momentan-Zünder" (Percussion fuze).
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Love that this one made it in here, since I'm the one who made the identification. I'm an artillery expert.
#77
What Is This Thing?
Answer: the dam on the Elbe near Dvůr Králové called Les Království". It’s placed on a hillside because it’s an emergency spillway. If the water behind he dam gets too high it’ll flow into that and keep the water levels from rising further.
Silvia John 1 month ago
Why isn't there a grate or net over it? Otherwise, an animal or person could fall in.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
That's where you throw the brats when they won't stop misbehaving!
#78
What Are These Emergency Doors In Amsterdam Schiphol Airport? Do They Open An Exit To Another Dimension Or Something?
Answer: AFAIR, to the left and right, there are movable/extendable walls that connect to these doors. They can "reconfigure" the space, probably to modify the extend of different security areas like Schengen/non-Schengen.
Sylvia Haak 6 years ago
These doors have nothing to do with Schengen or Non-Schengen. In the ceiling there are firebarriers and they will close a area to contain a fire. These doors can then be used to leave that area of for emergency personel to come in that area.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
Are there that many risks for fires? Or are you referring to potential bomb threat types of fires?
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A Shadow In The Sky?
Answer: Shadow of a contrail. The plane is probably above you. The shadow is being cast on the low level haze, you can see it in the distance ahead.
#80
Found This In My Backyard, Is It Like A Hatch? (Tennis Racket For Scale)
Answer: Septic cover.
Martti Laurson 6 years ago
I first read tennis racket for sale and thought what a good idea. While asking internet a question, sell your stuff at the same time.
#81
Found On The Streets Of New York City (Chelsea). What Is This Thing?
Answer: it's an art car, or more specifically these days, a mutant vehicle.
Mr. Re-in-act-ment 6 years ago
That's a nope, this is where you vroom on home far away from whatever thing from chopping mall comes out of there
Darby Horgan 6 years ago
Kind reminded me of the "Kill Dozer"! If you have never heard of it I highly suggest looking it up! Totally bad a*s!
#82
Literally Any Explanation Will Do. What Is This Thing?
Answer: a giant snowblower.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
Heh heh heh, my dirty mind!!! You KNOW when they were building that thing, that the entire crew was in guffaws over it! I mean, LOOK AT IT!!!
Hard 2 Guess 6 years ago
Engineer knew exactly what s/he was doing. I bet while drawing that design they must have giggled a lot.
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What Is This Tool On Swiss Army Knives?
Answer: It's like a needle for thick material, like canvas. It's called a sewing awl.
#84
What Is This? I Passed It On My Way To Work And Usually There Is A Cover On It. It Has The Days Of The Week On It And It’s About 6ft Tall
Answer: we had these on the walls of each fire station in my city. Those were for recording water pressure in the municipal water system at various points in the system.
#85
Found In Some Old Stuff. Can Be Opened To Reveal This Piece Of Paper. What Is This Thing?
Answer: A prayer neckless. You put a prayer in it and carry with you for various reasons.
Cheeky chicken 2 years ago
Just stumbled on this article 3 years later and your comment made me snort laugh x
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pepper 2015 6 years ago
It's a Talisman worn by some sects of Muslims. It's not necessarily a necklace as it can be worn on hand/arms too.
Murmur Plopslop 6 years ago
*Muska or Cevşen , it's a (believed in) protective prayer you need to carry with you.
#86
What Is This Thing? Entirely Matte Black And Had A Police Escort
Answer: It's called a package wastewater treatment tank. They use them typically in areas without access to city septic systems and where the ground won't pass test for a typical septic tank.
Oaklynn Emberly 6 years ago
I got the horses in the back Horse tack is attached Package wastewater treatment tank is matte black Got the car that's black to match .. Sorry, couldn't resist.
Cat_Goddess 6 years ago
FINALLY found out what this is. I bet this is the same one since it was in upstate NY. When it went through my small town, cops wee following it and stopping it. People had their mouths agape! lol
Beans 6 years ago
Probably because it is a wide load for the road, they often escort trucks like that for safety reasons.
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Anyone Know What This Is From? My Grandmother Recently Passed And We Are Going Through Her Memories. She Stole It From Paris When She Visited, Yes Stole Lol. Believe It Was From A Game Of Some Kind
Answer: It’s a pétanque (boule) ball. It’s a game similar to Bocce ball. Players throw metal balls like this at a small wooden ball and score points by getting closer than their opponents. It’s a pretty popular game, if you live in or near a major metro area you can probably find a group that plays near you.
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
Maybe it just accidently fall into her purse. Yes, you know, like a baseball at the game.
#88
Found On My Patio, Approximately The Size Of A Walnut. Minimal Blood Around It And No Other "Pieces" Found. Located In North Texas. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Looks like a rabbit’s stomach, filled with grasses and herbs. Animals often throw up the stomachs of their prey. Could have been dropped by a bird.
Ben Smith 6 years ago
Not for the predator that needed a meal. Would you rather it starve?
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Mom Found This Bullet On The Beach About A Year Ago, How Old Is It And From What Type Of Gun?
Answer: this is a pre-1980 .50 BMG bullet. You can tell because the bullet in question does not have a boat-tail heel, which was a recent development in firearms from the 1980's forward. Most likely fired from a M2 Browning Machine Gun, as these guns would most often see action in the Navy. Although the GAU-19 might be a possible contender, it wouldn't be, because the GAU-19 only fired 50cal with a boat-tail. If you look at the grooves on the bullets, it exhibits a 8 lands and grooves right handed twist, matching the original design of a browning machine gun barrel.
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
Its from a heavy machine gun, the type the US and her allies used between WW2 and the 1980s. They were usually mounted on vehicles or boats
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#90
Found These Glass Goggles In The Wall Of Our 100 Year Old Home. What Is This Thing?
Answer: old safety glasses. Some had interchangeable lenses - clear for eye protection or dark tint for brazing. Neat intrinsic thing but aren't worth anything.
#91
South Korea - I've Tried Googling "Sponges In Plastic Baskets On Sticks" - No Luck. What Is This Thing?
Answer: the object in the picture is a leftover of a hwahwan (화환). It's basically an oversized bouquet, used in some "big personal events" in Korea. "Big personal events" being weddings, funerals, opening of their own business, etc.
A group (a company, club, or even just a circle of friends) that has ties to the affected person(family members of the deceased, the bride/groom, etc) orders these hwahwan to congratulate or show their support as a group. Sometimes ordered by an individual if they can't personally come to the event.
After ordering, the hwahwan will be delivered to wherever the event's taking place at a specified time. You can often see dozens of these in a line near weddings, funerals, or newly-opened shops.
#92
These Weird Green Things We Found In Our School Fountain. They Move Around And Have Pinchers. What Is This Thing?
Answer: water beetle larvae.
Claire Armstrong 6 years ago
Hey, that reminds me of these weird insect type things we found at my aunt's. They were in old buckets that had sand in the bottom of them (no idea about the sand) and filled with rain water. They were tiny black things, elongated, no discernable parts on them. No idea what they are. Wish I'd got some pictures of them now. My uncle turned the buckets upside down to get rid of them!
#93
Found This In Apple Maps. Something On The Top Level Of My Parking Garage At Work. What Is This Thing?
Answer: a spider crane which is very common in construction where there are tight areas to have to bring machinery through like a multi level garage.
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
For reals?, looks like a butterflied dead deer that has its spine and flesh exposed with blood stains surrounding it on the ground.
Ceredwyn Ealanta 6 years ago
I had exactly the same thought, which sounds coincidental, but it JUST LOOKS LIKE THAT.
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liam dexter 2 years ago
SPIDER CRANE? i almost fainted, until i learned it wasn't an actual animal. i mean, SPIDER-crane? THIS BIG? BIG ENOUGH TO BE SEEN ON APPLE MAPS? Who wouldn't faint?
Azar Attura 6 years ago
Huge large larval form morphing into a hungry four legged bug that will suck the cars out of the parking area and...then...….
Claire Armstrong 6 years ago
OK, I just read that as 'a spider which is very common in construction.....' and was like WTF!! I mean, you can tell it's fairly big in the picture! My heart did all sorts of freaky things at once at the thought of this giant spider lol
#94
Me And My Brother Found This In Our Grandpa's Garage (In France). There Is 3 Parts. Do You Have Some Information?
Answer: an artillery shell. The rings on top are for timing the detonation of a round. Looks like a 105mm.
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
WRONG! Whoever got this from reddit pasted the wrong explanation, It's a Russian 107mm shrapnel from the "42-line field gun M1877", captured and reused by the Germans on the Western Front in WW1. And yes, the correct answer was in there as well.
L McN 6 years ago
Ok, so the answer didn't specify which army, nor which artillery. 107mm is close to 105 which was phrased as a guess, so they were fairly consistent there. And the dials on top are for timing, regardless of the weapon that fires it. And, this is either artillery or tank fired, in which case it is still artillery. So, how was the original answer wrong? It just was not nearly a specific as you wanted....
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Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
HOLY SH*****************T! Get a bomb squad to take it away!
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
I've always been astounded by Belgian farmers who rake up artillery shells every year and just leave them in a metal bin in the middle of them farm until they have enough for the military to come and collect them. Its like "No biggie, just another capsule of decaying high explosive with a dodgy detonator"
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
It was empty. OP showed pictures of the inside.
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Red Ruffensor 6 years ago
This guy and his brother are lucky to not be in little bitty pieces now.
#95
Really Weird Chiansaw That Was In The Shop Today, Any One Know What It's Used For?
Answer: It's a bow bar chainsaw, used to push into brush and limbs.
#96
I Found This While Fossil Hunting At Lyme Regis In The UK, Looks Like A Clam Or Something?
Answer: It's a steinkern, a fossil that it's formed from sediment entering a hollow structure, of a rather large bivalve.
liam dexter 2 years ago
no, it's a stinkern. a stinky thing that was made stinky by something else.
#97
Bought This At A Estate Sale, The Owner Wasn’t There So I Couldn’t Ask Him What It Was But It Looked Really Cool. What Is This Thing?
Answer: a Korean scroll box.
Jason Liaw 6 years ago
Maybe it's like French Fries? Not really French? \(o-o)/
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I Believe Mercedes Dated 98/99, Anyone Know Which Type? Hit And Run
Answer: a Mercedes W202, an older C class model.
#99
Found This In My New Apartment Kitchen, What Is This? It Says Something With Radioactivity. Could This Be Dangerous?
Answer: a tube of Strontium 90. It has quite a lot of uses, but I can't ID exactly what that format is from. Depending on where you live there may be rules and regs about disposal, you'll have to check with your local council/equivalent.
Megan Curl 6 years ago
Honestly, I would have liked to know more about the “quite a lot of uses.”
Cassie 6 years ago
It's used in radiotherapy to treat certain cancers and can act as a tracer in medications. It's also used in radioisotope thermoelectric generators in Russia and in the US.
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María Hermida 6 years ago
If it says "something with radioactivity" DON'T TOUCH IT!!!! For God's sake! Don't open it either!
Claire Armstrong 6 years ago
I'd have been hysterical with the word radiation! Honestly, that scares the c**p out of me! Radiation and Botulism! Oh and Anthrax
#100
What Are These Yellow Things Coming Out Of This Lizard's Stomach? This Is The 6th Lizard I've Found Like This So Far This Month
Answer: this is Sceloporus occidentalis and those look like dessicated eggs to me. S. occidentalis will lay 3-17 eggs per clutch so this is within the correct range. I'm seeing tiny lizards everywhere at the moment and July is the upper range of the laying season. It's possible/ unlikely that the lizards in your area are becoming eggbound, dying and are exploding when they decompose, but more likely you have a cat near you that enjoys killing lizards without eating them. The tail here has been severed recently (if it was an older wound you'd see a black regrown stump), which suggests that it dropped the tail to escape from a predator. Gravid lizards are heavier and will probably be easier to catch than a lizard that isn't carrying eggs.
Foxxy 6 years ago
And this is just one reason why cats should remain indoors or have an enclosed cat run.
Neon Petra 6 years ago
Amen! We have a serious problem here in Australia with cats killing birds.
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#101
What Is The Porpuse Of These Floors? They Have No Windows, Only This Clylindrical Thing On Them, There Are More Throughout The Building
Answer: mechanical voids to get extra height to the building. City zoning regulations have put restrictions on them. Tall buildings would typically need a plant room every 25 storeys or so (of which one may be rooftop). Because of the way planning floorspace typically works though there's no real limit until now on building more mechanical plant rooms (unlike normal floors) so more space is being put in them than necessary to help with some other issues like here they are a bit open to help reduce wind loading and also just to increase the height of the building because higher units sell for more money.
Steve Wall 6 years ago
Also let's wind pass through without causing too much turbulence being it's a square shape. Saw this last night on a mega skyscraper documentary. The twin towers had them but were more discrete.
Donna Cheung 6 years ago
These floors in buildings also act as fire barriers. In case of fire, residents may have no way to go all the way down or to the rooftop (with the skyscrapers being so tall), so they could escape to those levels if needed.
Sinkvenice 6 years ago
Never mind trying to identify what's in the picture, what I want to know is, how on earth this person is going through life thinking 'porpuse' is the correct spelling! :-D
#102
Found This Jar Filled With Red Liquid, Tied To A Tree In The Woods In France, What Is It Used For?
Answer: thick black liquid with a strong smell is used to attract wild boar. You smear it at the bottom of the tree and wild boar rubs their body against it, giving the hunter time to set up a good shot.
Piper Smythe 6 years ago
You have to be careful and act quickly, though. They arrive within three to five minutes
F. H. 6 years ago
Not in Europe. Never. You'll sit for night after night.
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#103
Whats This Elastic Band Under My Shoe's Velcro Strap?
Answer: It's for when you don't strap your shoe. You can fold the Velcro strap in and let it just hang open and show off the Nike brand Logo.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
How narcissistic of Nike! And who wants fugly velcro straps unless you are like 2 years old?!
#104
Found This Thing In The Street Years Ago And Have Never Been Able To Figure Out What It Is. What Is This Thing?
Answer: I found a item similar (I would rather say identical): It looks to me to be part of a mechanical calculator, more specifically the pick-up gear assembly. The arms should be attached, then the outer “teeth” will engage appropriately with buttons or display figures.
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
Looks like a heavy metal swa..... Someone else name the elephant in the room please.
Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
A heavy metal Swastika. Wow. You are right! It COULD be just an 'art' piece someone made..... who knows!
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#105
Saw This In The Work Break Room. What Is It? Why Would It Be Illegal To Use It?
Answer: It is a base for a pneumatic control. Likely a thermostat for a heater, although there are other possibilities if its in a larger building that would have a more complex control system.
#106
What Are The Blocks For On The Back Of These Shoes? Blocks Were Attached To Both Shoes. Saw A Man Wearing Them
Answer: It is the A-COLD-WALL* and Nike collaboration, ZOOM VOMERO 5. The actual box is an oversized heel counter, which is there to reinforce the heel cup of a shoe and increase support. As for the reason it is that size, the lead designer at A-COLD-WALL* says it expounds on his interest in brutalist aesthetics.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
I think this means it's ugly shoes as the result of a Nike/ColdWall collab and there is no purpose other than being **cue electric guitar** EXTREEEEME!
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Bmo 6 years ago
Go on reddit where these all came from and you can see them daily.
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DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Great post! Never knew my German neighbors had a specialized "urinal"for puking!
nothingxx 6 years ago
I only got 40! I thought they would stop cutting posts
Load More Replies... Bmo 6 years ago
Go on reddit where these all came from and you can see them daily.
Load More Replies... DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Great post! Never knew my German neighbors had a specialized "urinal"for puking!
nothingxx 6 years ago
I only got 40! I thought they would stop cutting posts
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