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30 Times People Had No Idea What They Were Looking At, But The Internet Knew What It Was Right Away
Say you find a coin. Say you have no idea if it's worth a million dollars or less than the leaf of grass you picked it up from. What should you do? Take a picture of it and post it on a subreddit called "What Is This Thing?" And it goes not just for coins. This community easily identifies missiles, slugs, nipple pumps; pretty much any thing they lay their eyes on. The subreddit is home to over 894,000 members and the number is constantly growing as well. Continue scrolling to broaden your horizons and upvote your favorite entries!
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#1
What Is The Point Of Such A Device?
Answer: USB charging condom. This way you can plug your phone into a random USB port and be sure that no data is exchanged. Only the power pins are passed through to the phone. Also called a sync stop.
Bill 6 years ago
Some people have to WORK for a living. Most Mechanics' hands and nails are stained
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Kim Bush 6 years ago
The toughest man I know shoes horses for a living. The last thing he is worried about is dirty fingernails.... And believe me, what gets under his nails is not grease or oil from a car's engine. He has never worked in an office and there isn't anything anyone could ever teach him about how to be respectful to another person. It is what's inside a man.... It's sad so many of you don't know that
Ellie Ragsdale 6 years ago
When will I be mature enough to not laugh about calling it the "charging condom"? XD
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#2
I Found This Little Guy Under A Stair In A Parking Garage At The Mall. The Clothing Is Made Out Of Thread And His Hair Is Made By What Seems Like Glue Dipped Into Dirt. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It is a worry doll. You tell your worries to it, and put it under your pillow at night. It's supposed to take away your worries while you're sleeping.
Caitlyn Marquez 6 years ago
I had a bunch of those, and I reanacted the Salem witch trial... when I was 9... my parents still have pictures of me making a lego gallows.
#3
Found This In House I’m Tearing Apart In A Book Like Someone Wanted To Keep Them Don’t Think It’s Real Money
Answer: Its money from the Philippines when it was occupied by Japan in 1941.
Bill Taylor 6 years ago
Currency is not worth much unless it is a rare bill where only a limited amount were made (think less than a thousand), even then it needs to be in unfolded pristine condition.
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Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
Curious. Why is it in English if it's the Philippines occupied by Japan? (No judgement or suspicion, just genuinely curious)
Kristine Arante 6 years ago
Because the Philippines was under the U. S. government when the Japanese invaded just hours after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
They may not be worth a lot in terms of money, but in other ways, I find them extremely valuable. What a great tool to pique your interest in reading up on WW2 history, for example. I would definitely keep them. I wonder how they came to be in that book, in fact, there may well be enough of a story around these bills to write a whole novel.
MARIAN JESSICA VILLANUEVA 3 years ago
Where do you all live? And i want that money( just joking)
David Viesta 6 years ago
First I read the "Pesos" and was like: "Come on man, don't you know that’s the currency of ... Japan? Wait, what?"
Joemer Caraballe 6 years ago
Philippines was colonized by the Spaniards long before the japanese occupied it in WW2
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Perser Brago 4 years ago
That has got to be worth A lot of money because that is what 70 years old.
#4
Found A Rock On The Porch Of My New Home, Flipped It Over And Saw This. Is That A Fossil?
Answer: Yup, that's a fossil. Tree trunk impression.
Troux 6 years ago
You must be joking...this is a pattern from a modern steel grate. https://cloudfront.zoro.com/product/full/Z2B1Gyfo5oy.JPG
Mascha Claessens 6 years ago (edited)
Nope, it's Lepidendron, truly a fossil! Found one of these myself. It's from the Carboniferous era. :) 640px-Lepi...Museum.jpg 
(this one's not mine)
I know it really looks like a steel grate imprint, but compare it to this picture. I remember this from my paleontology course.
Victor Manteca Hierro 6 years ago
That's an impression of the trunk of a lepidodendron, a tree-like plant related to ferns, that lived during the carboniferous period.
Mascha Claessens 6 years ago
This should be higher up. :) It's lepidendron, indeed, from the Carboniferous era. Found one of these myself during my paleontology course during my biology undergraduate program. >300 million years old. Truly amazing.
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John Gordon Jr. 6 years ago
i seriously think this is mine! I thought my daughter had it!!! I broke the fossil off a larger rock at McConnell's Mills State Park, in western Pennsylvania . The summer I was a surveyor there, 1972 or 1973. This piece was sticking out of the side of the hill.... I must have left it on the porch when I sold my home. 4921 Killington Dr. Harrisburg PA 17112!!! It’s quite precious to me!!! Help!!!! John Gordon, 717-503-2169, docjagordon@gmail.com I now live in Lewisburg PA, 1 1/2 hour north.
Caitlyn Marquez 6 years ago
I found an amonite (probably spelled wrong) in my back yard when digging a pool!!!
#5
Found This White Fuzzy Thing In My Basement, Mother Freaked Out. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Spiders infected with fungus look like this.
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
“Oh look, a cotton ball! Oh- OH! IT HAS LEGS! ABORT MISSION! ABORT!”
Alia G. 6 years ago
Wait- is it still alive? That would be horrifying to see walking around. Poor little guy
Michelle Vincent 6 years ago
Omg! I cant even imagine that! Mental image of it chasing me through my house has me shook. Lol
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Lars Lasersson 6 years ago
Bet it started out as regular athlete's foot and look at the poor fellow now.
comboplush 6 years ago (edited)
Spider fungus. Spider. Fungus. Two words don't need to appear together in my life, thanks.
Gabrielle Daylano 6 years ago
I really hate spiders, but this looks so sad and creepy at once. Poor spider.
#6
Anyone Know What Those Round Impressions Are Called, And What Are They For ?
Answer: Old windows were made of glass spun out into flatness. That's the center of the spin.
New windows are made of glass floated on a pool of molten tin, which makes very flat panes without any annoying bullseyes.
EDIT: this is also the source of the myth that glass is a liquid and flows over time. See the center pane of your picture? Someone took the time to get a "good" pane for the center of the window, without any bullseye - put your best pane in that spot, obviously. But the glass is still of uneven thickness, getting thicker closer to the bullseye. So people look at panes like that, with thicker glass in one part, and decide that "hey, the glass must have started off perfectly flat and flowed over time". But no. The glass flowed when it was molten (1500 degrees C!) and does not flow at room temperature.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
Your explanation seems every bit as feasible to me.
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Nicky OldfieldDesciple 6 years ago
They are called bull's eyes in the UK and are found in windows hundreds of years old. Windows in the 16th and 17th centuries were very expensive and to make them flat as you would see them in Stately homes was even more expensive. The cheaper version seen here is glass made with out the glazing process of flattening them. You see them still in very old cottages and pubs in England.
The Dutches 6 years ago
I guess the flat one in the middle is of a later date to replace a broken one.
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Père Noël 6 years ago
It's not a myth. When any liquid cools, its initially agitated and disordered molecules end up adopting a crystalline structure, ordered and frozen. But the molecules of glass, however, retain, a completely random structure, characteristic of a liquid.
Emma B 6 years ago
My uncle is a stained glass historian, artist, and restorer. He says that it true that over time glass will fall to the bottom do to gravity... but this is over decades, even centuries.
Load More Replies... Jim Hunt 6 years ago
GLASS IS A SUPER-COOLED LIQUIED. It DOES flow over time at room temperature, just so slowly as to not appear to move. If you have the patience, you can put a piece of glass under pressure, and wait a few years (or perhaps decades) and you'll see it flowing. There are some online examples of this. Your EDIT is wrong where you say "myth", because glass actually IS a liquid. Just a very cold one that is so viscous as to be brittle and appear solid.
Sand Castle 6 years ago
Bulls eye windows. Can cause fires if fitted the wrong way round as they act as a lens to concentrate the suns rays....happened to my husband's work mate!
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Not just grandma - can be born with cataracts. Been told I have early stage. :-(
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#7
Grandmother Received This From Her Friend After His Death. Nobody At The Senior's Center She Lives At Knows What It Is. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Opium pipe
Brad Smith 2 years ago
well if theres some residue ...uhhh nevermind..how much you ant for it?
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
It's made of carved ivory and silver and probably a couple of hundred years old. There are people who would pay a lot of money for an artifact like that.
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving China and the British Empire over the British trade of opium and China's sovereignty. The clashes included the First Opium War (1839–1842) and the Second Opium War (1856–1860). The wars and events between them weakened the Qing dynasty and forced China to trade with the other parts of the world. (Wikipedia) They also forced China to allow England to sell opium to the Chinese. Nice and civilized, right?
Ellie Ragsdale 6 years ago
The main cause was that Britain introduced China to opium (by lacing food with it) in order to force the Chinese to sell goods that Britain wanted. This caused the Chinese to sell whatever the British wanted, or get more people addicted to it, to get their next hit. So China basically popped a lot of money into buying opium. Also, opium kills people, either by having horrible convulsions from withdrawal, or by absorbing all the nutrients consumed, so the people would starve. And many civilians sold everything they had in order to get more opium, which made them more likely to starve. So opium weakened China, so it was made illegal until Britain forced China to allow people from another country to practice their own law in China. This allowed Britain to keep selling opium. That was an a*****e thing for Britain to do.
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Grazina Strolia 6 years ago
It's scrimshaw, probably on a walrus tusk. The utilitarian nature of the thing isn't relevant; the decoration is worth money!
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
It's elephant ivory. Old walrus tusks turn more yellow than brown. The carving is NOT scrimshaw because that would have meant it was done by an American sailor and scrimshaw is generally carved in three dimensions anyway. This is ...///... The silver work is definitely not from North America. The patina is black rather than the greenish bronze characteristic of European or American silver, which often has traces of copper in it. ...///... This is not cast silver, either. It's been cut and folded, hammered and shaped by hand.
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#8
This Sticker On The Inside Cover Of A Second-Hand Bible. Pretty Sure It Depicts A Partridge And A Fig Tree, Both Of Which Have Biblical Connections But No Idea What It Means
Answer: No Bush/Quail. 1992 election sticker.
David Viesta 6 years ago
It obviously means: Giant Egyptian birds are not allowed near small trees.
PeachPossum 6 years ago
Whaddayamean, no partridge in a pear tree? Aw, man, there goes my belief in the 12 days of christmas...
Load More Replies... Lila Launehase 6 years ago
It says "No Christmas caroling. *And a partridge in a pear tree*" :D
Nell Scannon 6 years ago
Don't park your Benson by a Bush or a Quayle might come and Dukakis on it.
#9
This Belonged To My Great Grandfather. What Is This Thing?
Answer: If it's legit, that's a really old Gibson, from between 1903 and 1933. It's going to be worth more than you think, so be really careful with it. Seriously.
Debbie A Neville 6 years ago
Send pics to either Heritage Auctions or SCP Auctions with a description and contact info. They'll help you from there. And do use extreme caution when handling. Even if you intend to keep it, you'll have more info.
Wes Giesbrecht 6 years ago
It's a cross between a mandolin and a banjo sometimes called a bandjolin.
Cody Eriksen 6 years ago
Saw this on like Auction Kings or Antiques Roadshow... yeah, it's worth a pretty penny
#10
Went Exploring In White Sands, New Mexico And Found An... Object. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Looks like it could be titanium - titanium spheres of similar size are a relatively commonly found space debris
Jamie Trie 6 years ago
Do you want alien face huggers? Cause this is how you get alien face huggers.
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
It definitely is a tank of some kind, from a spacecraft and these are commonly found as debris, because they almost always survive reentry unscathed. At 18 inches in diameter it's most likely a pressurization and purge tank from a Delta II second stage (see smaller spheres in this picture: Second_sta...20-10C.jpg 
). According to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, international law identifies a reentered spacecraft or portion of a spacecraft as belonging to the state responsible for its original launch, so this is still property of the US Air Force.
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Also, forgot to mention that White Sands, New Mexico is home to the White Sands Missile Range where they test all kinds of rockets, so it could be the result of one of those launches.
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Adam Cantor 6 years ago
If White Sands NM is anywhere near Roswell NM I'd say it's r2d2 buried in the sand and you must be near a downed x-wing fighter.
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
Pluto's Revenge: The Bastard Planet - Coming soon to a theater near you.
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What Are These Things And What Are They Doing?
Answer: They're European red slugs. And they're doing it.
Sworlay 6 years ago
In Germany we call them "naked snails", it is a common fear to step into them with bare feet. Also they like to munch on your homegrown salads and vegetables.
Nela Rothenbach 6 years ago
Haha, my grandma hated them (they ate her salats and vegetables in the garden), but she wanted them to die peacefully, so she put cups filled with beer in the ground. They drank the beer and drowned in it. Other people kill them with salt or cut through them....nasty.
The Dutches 6 years ago
My mother uses beertraps against snails as well. But the neighbours cat is a drunk.
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Debbie A Neville 6 years ago
Not that big. Just regular slugs. But yeah for you guys!
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Danish Dynomummy 6 years ago
In Denmark we call them "Killer Snails", because they kill a lot of our harvesting and Garden vegetables
Nora H. 6 years ago
No, the killer snails are brown. The red and black ones are harmless and not and invasive species like the killer snails. Their real name is Iberian Wood snail, they are from Southern Europe and didn't exist in Denmark before the 1990s, when we were "invaded" by them. These red ones are native and good guys :)
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Kim 6 years ago
Fun fact: they're called naked slugs in Dutch. Which I think is very appropriate since they don't have the 'house' other snakes carry on their backs.
Judith van der Lee 6 years ago
Homeless slugs / dakloze slakken would also be kind of fun
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My Girlfriend Found These In Her Dinner? Are They Seeds?
Answer: Pretty good picture of insect eggs.
Smerv 6 years ago
my last two braincells thought you joked, like Harley Quinn bug... oh well
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#13
Researching Plantation Houses In The 1700's. What Is The Thing Hanging From The Ceiling In This Dining Room?
Answer: Very early ceiling fan. The rope at the top would be pulled to create the back and forth motion to fan the air and keep flies away from the table during a meal.
Gaurav Ganguly 6 years ago
This was a standard design used by the colonists in the Indian subcontinent. It was also shown in the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai" where a Burmese slave had to sit outside in the heat and regularly pull the rope for his "employers" who could dine in peace.
Misty Miley 6 years ago
Actually it's called a fly shew. They're really common in plantations here in New Orleans and the surrounding area. They were used to keep the flys away while the homeowner's and guests ate. And sadly yes, they were generally swung by some poor enslaved child. Ceiling fan, while close isn't entirely accurate
Jane Price 6 years ago
AKA a Punkah. Originating in India, the operator would have been known as a Punkah Wallah
Nidi Tapoulal 6 years ago
the word Pankho (Pankha- plural) literally means FAN ....
Load More Replies... Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
At a museum in New Delhi, there is a stand-up hair drier using the same type of system.
Robert Avent 6 years ago
It is called a 'punka'. See https://www.vintagedesigns.com/id/rm/dining/punka/index.htm
Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago
Just go rent Jezebel with Betty Davis. You will see a great movie and you will understand what that is all about. (Then rent The Letter, because you can’t stop with just one Betty Davis movie)
#14
Circular Object On Top Of Car. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Bubbl, It's like an uber targeted toward kids or those with extra concerns around who the drivers are.
"Bubbl Investments, LLC was launched in August 2016 in the DFW area. It was founded by a group of Dallas-based individuals, including the former Dallas Deputy Chief of Police. Our rides are driven by off-duty or retired police officers who have been thoroughly vetted. All fleet and driver owned cars are regulated by the company. Bubbl accurately identified the need to provide a safe ride option especially for children, special need families, and seniors. "
Dianna Siever 6 years ago
Think "Domino's" sign on top of a car. Let's everyone know it's a "Domino's" driver. The bubble on top of the car lets everyone know it's a "Bubble" car. Now re-read the above description.
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BusLady 6 years ago
And easily recognized by children who can't yet read. Wonderful idea.
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Helen McNamara-Matthews 6 years ago
This is one of the best ideas I've seen in a LONG time!! Well done to those that thought of it. I hope it spreads
rick hctep (Rick45) 6 years ago
It's the ejection seat roof hole, it saves wasting a complete roof every time you need to get rid of an annoying passenger
Rob N 6 years ago
In this case that "annoying passenger" would be the driver. You sure you want to hit that button?
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#15
Bathroom Coat Hangers That Can Move Up Or Down. Why Would You Want Them Downward?
Answer: We call them anti-ligature. If the rest of the items in the room aren't also anti-ligature (door knobs, door hinges, tp dispenser, etc) then it doesn't make much sense to have it there. If everything else IS, then you're in a room designed for individuals that are a suicide risk.
Gemma Lees 6 years ago
I've been sectioned a few times and I've never had coat hooks, just things like windows that slide, press button showers where the water comes out of a hole in the ceiling, stuff like that. They don't tend to take belts or shoelaces as if you find any way of harming yourself despite all the anti ligature stuff and your shaving kit etc. being locked away, you end up on a 24 hour watch anyway. I honestly don't think many people realise how boring mental health units are. No straight jackets, people running about screaming in nightgowns or abusive guards who wear all white and carry round bunches of keys. Apart from sensible harm prevention, most people act exactly how they do at home. We wear our own clothes, muck about on our phones and watch TV.
BusLady 6 years ago
My son has been hospitalized many times for mental illness. He said the worst thing about it is the boredom. Thank you for sharing, Gemma.
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Bob Beltcher 6 years ago
It's so you can't tie a rope around it and hang yourself. Not being funny here.
Jodie Keenan 6 years ago
Yup. I had to go in last year. The door "knobs" were indentations you had to twist and that's what we had in the bathroom (which didn't lock). Really happy to be in a better place now!
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ , http://www.suicidestop.com/suicide_prevention_chat_online.html
I'm a Bad Dog 6 years ago
With the right combination, you might unlock a secret door... or receive a secret item/message
Magdalena🇸🇰 6 years ago
At first I thought it was made to open some secret doors or something..
danielw 6 years ago
I feel the sudden urge to go try every knobby-do-anti-suicide thing in a mental ward. I mean, chances are very high nothing'll happen, but when something does.... oooo.... "So... that's where the aliens hide."
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Eva Bryson 6 years ago
It actually looks like its upside down and would be switches to turn on or off.
#16
These Were Free Roaming At A Zoo So Didn’t Have A Sign/Info On Them. Thought They Were Hares But Walkedon All Fours And Hand Quite Long Front A Back Legs. What Is This?
Answer: Patagonian Cavy.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
I've never seen this animal before, looks like a mixture between a hare and a capybara
Sworlay 6 years ago
We have those in a park nearby. In the absence of a name we always called them deer-bunnies.
glowworm2 6 years ago (edited)
Exactly what I was going to say. They are also known as Patagonian cavy as well though.
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Sworlay 6 years ago
On first glance I read "I would tackle it!" and thought: "Nooo, whyyy?" :D
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Gonzalo Terán 6 years ago
It´s called "mara" down here in the argentinian patagonia. A big rodent that has two speeds while running. In standart speed, runs in 3 legs. To accelerate and escape, they put down the other rear leg and speed up. Pretty amazing to look at when that happend.
Sophie Warner 6 years ago
A mara! My son describes them as the lovechild of a hare & a guinea pig!
#17
I Found This Jammed In My Front Door Lock, It’s About 1.5” Long. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It's a tension wrench from a lock pick set.
Jodi Ellis 6 years ago
Holy S**t! If I found that in my door when I woke up, I would be seriously scared and installing cameras.
Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago
I’d install the “Acme Burglary Prevention Kit” that included a sledgehammer and a dynamite ciger.
Load More Replies... GiantSpaceTiger 6 years ago
Pretty crappy one, at that. The type of el cheapo picks that tend to come with that kind of pick are great big clunky things, they are not much use, luckily in this case. If anyone is concerned about people actually bothering to *pick* their door lock, as opposed to bypassing it in a simpler way, they should ask a locksmith to install security top pins, such as mushroom pins or spool pins. Also have a hardened anti-drill pin as the first top pin, for good measure. This service ought to be comparable in price to a simple rekeying of the lock, since the amount of work is only a little more.
jevais 6 years ago
I’ll get a Saint Bernard. Big dogs but look cuddly ! Are they good garde dogs?
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#18
My Sister Found This When Cleaning Out A Fish. This Was In The Mouth And There Was A Smaller One In The Stomach. Anyone Know What It Is ?
Answer: Tongue eating parasite (cymothoa exigua). Truly harrowing.
Eats the fish's tongue and then takes the place of the fish's tongue.
Rus Kus 6 years ago
My thoughts exactly.. why did I even open this thread?! Can't stop scrolling though haha
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Rus Kus 6 years ago
Thanks for the warning. I didnt listen to the other cpmmenter who said not to research what alabama hot pocket is and this time I will learn from my mistakes
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Tanisha Finlayson 6 years ago
This has to be the creepiest thing I have ever read. Nature is vicious at times
#19
Car Part Found In Bicyclist Hit And Run Fatality Today
Answer: 1988 chevy Silverado headlamp bezel.
People keep asking how I knew this....I've been a Maryland state inspector for a long time, and part of each car and truck inspection up until recently was a mandatory headlamp adjustment....If I had to guess, I'd say someone from the Hoppy brand headlamp aim checker company probably bribed some politicians a long, long time ago, which made it mandatory for each station to buy their equipment to perform inspections....Anyhow, I've done a shit-ton of headlamp adjustments, so right away I knew what that notch in the plastic was for....I first checked 1988 Ram 1500 trucks and by chance, there was a picture of a mid 80's Chevy truck.
Withnail 6 years ago
This lead to an arrest: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/reddit-sleuth-helps-police-identify-car-part-leads-to-fatal-hit-and-run-arrest
BusLady 6 years ago
Awful thing, to run from such an accident. Great that they found the driver.
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chi-wei shen 6 years ago
In August 2018 this actually solved a crime. https://www.boredpanda.com/internet-user-helps-police-identify-hit-and-run-jeffsnuts
Debbie A Neville 6 years ago
In awe of your knowledge. And ecstatic that the H&R driver was caught! Good on ya!
Jodi Ellis 6 years ago
Holy c**p, this did lead to the arrest. Amazing, Internet is not always a bad thing.
Janine O'Flaherty 6 years ago (edited)
The guy wasn't 100% accurate but he was very close, which gave the police a good lead for the arrest. The truck was a 1986 Chevy K-10. And then old folks say the internet is a hole! Pssshhh. We're solving homicides with this series of tubes!
Nadine Urech 6 years ago
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/reddit-sleuth-helps-police-identify-car-part-leads-to-fatal-hit-and-run-arrest
#20
Some Kind Of Explosive Lying On The Floor Of Server Room?
Answer: It’s a Sagger Missile A Russian MCLOS ATGM. Good luck w that bud.
Withnail 6 years ago
I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason why you have a missile on the floor of your server room...
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Ok, this has me really puzzled. There has to be a story on how a server room got to have a 9M14 Malyutka (NATO reporting name AT3 Sagger), a Soviet AT weapon from the 60s, on it's floor. Especially since it seems to be incomplete and it's missing half it's fins.
SouthernFried 6 years ago (edited)
The whole thing was fake: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8kzx5p/some_kind_of_explosive_lying_on_the_floor_of/
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Sushi Smack 6 years ago
That will be fun explaining . " Uh, hey boss someone left a missile in the server room"
Jilltdcatlady 6 years ago
I need a lot more info on this whole situation! How did it get there? How did they get rid of it? Where is this?
SouthernFried 6 years ago
This was a confirmed hoax, the OP admitted it. https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8kzx5p/some_kind_of_explosive_lying_on_the_floor_of/
#21
Saw On My Flight To Cali. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Specifically, this looks like Concentrated Thermal Solar. It uses mirrors to reflect the light to a central tower which is barely visible in your picture due to the glare coming off of it. The light is then converted to heat where it drives a steam turbine, or some other heat engine.
Franklin 6 years ago
It is the PS10 solar power station (Planta Solar 10) near Sevilla, in Andalusia, Spain. 11 megawatt output produced by 624 movable mirrors.
Daniela 6 years ago
nope, it's this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Dunes_Solar_Energy_Project
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Debbie A Neville 6 years ago
If you're a parent, it's a funnel to the center of the 🌎 where lava is. Naughty children are dropped out the plane into it if they are misbehaving.
rick hctep (Rick45) 6 years ago
It's an electric charging staion for a flying saucer, even they are going green.
#22
I Saw This “Cloud” On My Way To Work Yesterday Morning, May 22nd, At 5 Am Est. Other Than This, The Sky Was Completely Clear. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Rocket launch. I live near a launch complex. See this a lot.
Oathbraker 6 years ago
Was it successful? I'm no rocket scientist but aren't rockets supposed to go up and not in a circle?
OI Loi 6 years ago (edited)
I think it was. I remember watching a video where they released the rocket without telling anybody. Everyone thought it was aliens lol
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rick hctep (Rick45) 6 years ago (edited)
It looks rather dark for five o'clock in the morning on a 22 of May, it is nearly full daylight at three in the morning in the UK.
#23
Heathrow Airport. Looks Like It Hasn’t Moved In Ages. What Is This Thing?
Answer: For fire training, for the airport fire brigade.
Panda Kicki 6 years ago
That was much crappier then the ones I practiced in :-D, prob only for pure firedrill without evacuating passengers. I was acting as injured passenger and it was an old, but betterlooking plane with gaspipes all around to light up fire in chosen parts. Was hurled out by the escape slide. Evacuation in a dark, cramped and smoky cabin was far from the nice movies you see on the plane, esp as the firefighters had to carry many if the "injured" actors out. Tough job, all cred to them!
Max L. 6 years ago
Does that help, I mean, it's like when it happens on a real airplane ?
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@the_bookworm 6 years ago
there's a building like this in a big abandoned golf field in my neighborhood, they use it for fire practices, they also use the golf course for police dog sniffing.
Lana Belysheva 6 years ago
We practiced firefighting as part of flight attendant training in something similar (except mobile). This is when I found out that claustrophobics with fear of fire like me make rather bad stewardesses...
Max L. 6 years ago
Not on those mockups, right ? They're for resident firefighters training
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I can't be the only one who thought of Gru's car from despicable me
Brad Smith 2 years ago
They are cleaning the graffiti off of the Ghetto escape plane for obama
J. Sebastian 6 years ago
That's the new Cryin' Air shuttle over to Gatwick, only ten quid mate!
#24
Saw This Natural Phenomenon Near My Home. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Lenticular cloud.
Rick Gatley 6 years ago
A pileus cloud...formed as a cumulonimbus cloud pushes up through a moist layer of air. The rainbow colours are from sunlight refracting through ice crystals.
#25
I Found This Thing In My Food. It Was Just Stuck To A Piece Of Meat; It Wasn't Lodged Into It Or Anything. Anyone Know What It Is?
Answer: Cattle/pig microchip for meat traceability.
Alexandra Davis 6 years ago
Take it to a vets to get scanned and check you were eating the meat you thought you were as most animals bred for food have ear tags not internal microchips like this- they're usually reserved for pets like dogs or cats which is worrying :(
María Hermida 6 years ago
Have you already eaten the piece of meat? If the answer is yes, then don't analyse it. Perhaps you won't like what you may find... Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.
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PandaPiñata 6 years ago
It was not in your food. It came from your tooth. I bet you don´t hear the russian voices in your head anymore - True?
#26
It Is Approx. 3 Meters Long And Open At The End. Found With Some Similar Looking Ones Scattered Around On A Hillside While Hiking. What Is This Thing?
Answer: This device is called Gazex and it's used to start avalanches, so they can control when and where they happen. This avalanche control system uses specially constructedand "exploder" sites and tubes built at key locations in avalanche territory to set off avalanches at controlled times. The exploders literally detonate a mixture of oxygen and propane from the tube structures. The explosive force expelled from the tubes triggers avalanches. The explosive bursts are fueled by gas canisters stored in tanks beneath the exploders on the mountain.
Mike 6 years ago
They always looked like they were on something. Now we know they sample their own supply.
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chi-wei shen 6 years ago
This is indeed a device to start avalanches but it does not work with sound waves. It’s called Gazex or Gazflex and works as a fixed remote avalanche control system based on exploding a propane/oxygen gas mixture inside the open metal tube shown in this photo.
Marija Bern 6 years ago
Hey chi-wei shen, thanks for the comment! We updated the description
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Chrissi Ward 6 years ago
That's what I wanna know that was my first question
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Janis Wise 6 years ago
Dude, Teletubbies still freak me out, I wouldn’t let my kids watch them, totally creepy.
#27
I Drive By This Every Day, What Is On Top Of This Car?
Answer: It’s a crane arm — for filming in movies... it’s how they filmed the Red Bull Kluge video.
Kevin Camp 6 years ago
That is a camera rig car. For filming moving cars and such. The vehicle is painted flat black to keep light relfecting from it from interfering with the exposure while filming. Work vehicle.
Shaun Obanion 6 years ago
It's known as a Russian Arm and it's welded to the car in order to support the weight of the full camera body and lenses. Might be the owners house? russian-ar...53ce18.jpg 
Tore Hansen 6 years ago
It's a mount for a larg camera arm called a russian arm. Used in highspeed car scenes both on track and roads.
Master Markus 6 years ago
I understood this entirely until "Red Bull Kluge". I eventually figured out that it's probably an advertisement thing. OH - is it that ice race car thing?
#28
What Is This Black Stuff Appearing On The Walls Of My Hostel’s Bathroom? It’s Almost In Every Corner As Well
Answer: Termite infestation.
Kat Rucker 6 years ago
When I was a kid in NJ, we kept seeing these weird things (ours were usually a brownish color) going across things like the concrete foundation of the house, or areas of the patio. Sometimes we would find them between stones of the patio, going straight up - like the road to nowhere lol - and then they just stopped, these weird, tiny tubes. Nobody knew what they were until my parents called a pest control guy. Termites do this because they cannot be exposed to light. So, if they need to get from one place to another and there is something they can't chew or burrow through in the way, they bring their environment with them by building these tube-like structures through which they can move. The make them out of various things, I suppose whatever is handy - and stick them together with their saliva, one grain-of-sand sized piece at a time.
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Janis Wise 6 years ago
Oh hell no, I don’t report diddly, I pack my proverbial s**t together and get Out Of Dodge, forever.
DotC 6 years ago
hosts just dont care. if you could afford a better place, you would be there.
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#29
Dark Line On Earth Visible In The Spacex Falcon Heavy Stream. What Is This Thing?
Answer: It's land. New Caledonia
Withnail 6 years ago
It's a sperm whale that has suddenly and against all probability been called into existence several miles above the surface of our planet. Digging the dash sticker, btw.
#30
Found This Kayaking In The Mississippi River Yesterday, I Think It’s Some Kind Of Exact Fungus But I’ve Never Seen This In My Life. What Is This Thing?
Answer: Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) colony.
NCC-1701 6 years ago
You could die, OR you might get some pretty sweet super powers
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Roxane Kavaloski 6 years ago
We had these in our pond. There were many of them. We sprayed for aqua infiltration and when that happened the moss animal colonies disappeared.
Janis Wise 6 years ago
Never ever, if you enjoy living a happy micro organism free life, go swimming in these waters around here.
danielw 6 years ago
water-jet propulsion. It sucks up water and squirts it back out.
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Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
These are really cool, I had never heard of most of these and it's nice to learn new things!
Hinchess 6 years ago
This was quite interesting. Wondering if there is a website where people can post photos of unknowns. Should be! Thanks.
comboplush 6 years ago
After all this information, I'm just thankful I'm not a fish with a parasite for a tongue.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
I zipped right through some of the pics without reading. Some of that stuff I did not want to know.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
These are really cool, I had never heard of most of these and it's nice to learn new things!
Hinchess 6 years ago
This was quite interesting. Wondering if there is a website where people can post photos of unknowns. Should be! Thanks.
comboplush 6 years ago
After all this information, I'm just thankful I'm not a fish with a parasite for a tongue.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
I zipped right through some of the pics without reading. Some of that stuff I did not want to know.
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