19 Odd Items With Simple Explanations.
Nathan Johnson
Published
09/01/2021
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Tiny – 20mm long – 3mm wide – metal plug looking thing – Found in my car on the floormat – any ideas! A: It’s the core of a tyre valve. -
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Unusual mirrored furniture piece. Maybe a barber shop piece? A: Common for late 1800s, early 1900s. Entryway furniture, often a coat or hatrack incorporated. Tall because row houses of the era had 10-12 ft ceilings on the entry floor -
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Large pencil sharpener with abrasive block on side. Not a circular hole for a normal pencil. Has freely rotating inner section. A: It’s for sharpening carpenter’s pencils -
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Some sort of glass bowl with a handle, no markings. Banana for scale. A: It’s just a mug with a horn -
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Found drilling holes in Rochester NY. It is glass with three glass “tabs” on the bottom. There is wire coming out of the bottom. On the bottom there is a perforated copper plate that appears to have coiled wire behind it. Dimensions are the pictures. A: Vintage glass electric cigar lighter -
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Clamshell container with four spherical vented compartments found in sewer drain A: You literally put that in your toilet to keep it clean. Can’t remember the brand but use them myself. Basically someone flushed their toilet freshener -
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10+ years old gift, little pots with powders and metal stamps A: It is a bindi stamp ki -
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Wooden torch-like thing, bulb-shaped end with regular notches cut into it A: It’s a traditional Mexican whisk to make hot chocolate -
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Someone claiming this is a section of Bezos spacecraft that fell in London. It’s clearly not but any idea what it is? He’s asking 700k for it!! What is this thing? A: It looks like an old mini fridge and some junk. -
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This is a dome-shaped object stuck to garden decking. It’s slightly jelly in substance and appeared overnight. I’m penny for size reference. A: It’s a slime mold called a ‘false puffball’ -
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Small, light blue, rubber capsule with a tear-off end A: It looks like a cosmetics serum capsule -
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Green rubber thing with 3 holes….? A: It’s an end cap for a three-legged garden trellis. -
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Seen often in Tehran, Iran, and nowhere else in the world. On the sidewalks, made of metal, maybe 4 feet tall. A: From what found it’s used for wheelchairs to go over un level ground. Looks like there is a dip there. -
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This strange metal thing next to a playground. A: It is one version of funnel ball. A “game” where you throw the ball in the top, and it comes out one of the holes. Sometimes, the holes have points painted on them. -
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Large concrete containers with slab lid. Completely enclosed. Being buried together. Hundreds. A: Spread out along a roadway makes me think they’re used for storm water retention and they will be drilled for pipe connections once they are buried -
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Wooden box with two holes on top one circular one oval shaped. It has a hinge on top that holds something inside, not sure what it’s used for. A: Its called a Dugout you put ground up weed and a one hitter in the slots -
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metal signs stuck in the ground all over England that have feet and inches stamped into them A: They’re fire hydrant markers. -
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What is this hoop and square block cut out of the stone? In the middle of nowhere in Wales, UK A: This could be a mounting location for raising a boundary marker, flag pole, statue, cross… heck even a fountain or an animal feeding station. -
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Hidden camera in air vent? Women’s bathroom in a restaurant. Want to make sure I’m not overreacting but I don’t think I’ve ever noticed this in any other restaurant bathrooms before. Did my best to take pictures but didn’t want to stay too long to raise any alarms. A: People hiding cameras in bathrooms don’t put lights on them to draw attention. Lights in a bathroom vent are usually related to a humidity detector.
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