"This Came Out Of My Apple Juice Bottle This Morning During Break At Work ??"
Answer: "It’s a SCOBY. A Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeasts. It’s not harmful but will make your juice taste sour. SCOBYs are used to make Kombucha. They feed off sugar, natural or otherwise. In this case the sugar in the juice. They excrete lactic and acetic acid, which have a sour taste"
"What Is This Thing That Showed Up In My Yard?"
Answer: "It's a stinkhorn. The tip smells like rotten meat to attach flies and spread the spores. It's hollow. Don't let your dog need it. My dog ate on. Took him to the vet. Dr. Said my dog was tripping off the mushroom. He was fine after a day of observation."
"Found In Hotel Room"
Answer: "Morse code. "PLEASED TO MEET YOU HOPE YOU GUESS MY NAME" [repeated 4 times]"
"Why Did They Do This To These Trees?"
Answer: "Its because they sprayed the trees with an insecticide that was intended to kill aphids, which were dropping a sap onto cars parked underneath the trees. It unintentionally killed thousands of bees so they wrapped a netting over the trees to prevent more from landing in and on the trees."
"Help! Was Given A Present And Didn’t Want To Ask What It Was!"
Answer: "It's a bookmark"
"Cleaning Out My Grandma’s House To Sell And Found This. What The Heck Is It?"
Answer: "It's a flour duster. You use it to sprinkle flour across your work surface. You can use it to dust powdered sugar over cookies & what-not, too"
"A Strange Creature In South Wales, UK"
Answer: "elephant hawk moth caterpillar"
"My Muslim Neighbors Surprised Me & Brought Me This Food. Has Rice, Some Kind Of Milk, Walnuts On Top, & I Can Taste Lemongrass"
Answer: "It's called Kheer. Normally eaten warm, but personally, I prefer it cold."
"This Is Growing In My Crawlspace.... Sos"
Answer: "Orange bleeding tooth fungus"
"What Is This Border Between The Pacific And Philippine Sea? Why Is It Not Just A Straight Line?"
Answer: "It's an international date line. It looks like this because it makes an exception around the Line Islands. The Line Islands have about 8,000-ish people on them, and this way, they're on the same 'day' as Kiribati, the nation they are part of. Due to time zones, it's the same 'Time' in the Line islands as Hawaii, but in the Line Islands, it's the next day."
"What Animal Is This?"
Answer: "Shrew"
"4 Legged Fish - Freshwater Arid West/US"
Answer: "It’s a Western Tiger Salamander!"
"What Is This Oddly Terrifying Creature?"
Answer: "Sand dollar. A sand dollar is a kind of echinoderm. This is the same animal phylum as starfish. The moving bits on the bottom are the tube-feet, similar to those of a starfish."
"Assuming This Is A Fungus Of Some Sort, Spotted On Top Of A Dead Log In Pawtucket, Rhode Island"
Answer: "Slime mold - stemonitis axifera"
"What Is This Thing On My Airbnb Oven?"
Answer: "It’s for adding water in case you want to steam your food in addition to normal baking"
"This Was Given To Me As A Gift"
Answer: "You twist it a certain way and it makes a hook to hang your handbag from a tabletop"
"What Is This? It Flashes Every Time An Ambulance Speeds By. They Are All Over My City"
Answer: "It picks up a strobe light on emergency vehicles and then will flash to let them know that their light is green and all other directions are red. E: to clarify the strobe is IR and at a specific frequency and flashing the high beams won’t work. If you are caught with an MIRT you are likely to face very serious (felony) consequences."
"I’ve Seen These In Several Old Peoples Houses. What The Heck Are They And What Are They For?"
Answer: "It says ‘Jesus’ in the lines between the wood pieces."
"It Looks Like A Tool To Create Art... Or Maybe It Is Art... I'm Not Sure"
Answer: "Indian batik or textile stamp"
"In The Bathroom. When I Push A Button With A Time On It, My Nearby Toilet Makes A Wooshing Sound"
Answer: "It’s not your toilet, it’s your bathtub. And it’s causing a SH#T TON of damage to it every time you tun it on without water in it. It turns on the jets for that amount of time"
"What Is This Weird License Plate, And What Does It Mean? I’ve Never Seen This Before"
Answer: "I suspect you have found a Sovereign Citizen in the wild. The references to a trust and to common law suggest something of the sort"
"Found This Nightmare Growing In A Bottle Of Crystal Hot Sauce. The Bottle Was Sealed On The Shelf With An 03/03/2024 Expiration. Can Anyone Explain Whats Happening Here?"
Answer: "If there is vinegar in that hot sauce it may be a mother of vinegar"
"Found This In My Wallet. I Believe I Was Given The $10 Bill As Change. It Was Glued To The $20 Bill At Both Ends"
Answer: "It’s a magic prop for a trick in which one bill is turned into another"
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Everyone who gives a thumbs down to this comment has never watched the movie. I was about to write the same...
probably inuit art
#13 aaah the rare and elusive "Boom Turtle" in hibernation
#16 he's Asian, of course he's never seen one that long, but his GF has
Prove it.
Oooohhh...are you offended? Please tell me you're offended.
Disgusted.
Not offended in the slightest. Merely amused. But you would prefer I were offended...which I'm not...and that pisses you off.