"Found While Hiking, What Is This Thing?"
Answer: "MCH (3-methlcyclohex-2-en1) bubble, MCH is a pheromone given off by female Douglas-fir bark beetles after laying their eggs that affects the behavior of other beetles by communicating to them that eggs have already been laid on this tree and signals to the other beetles to leave that tree alone. Basically they’re placed there by the Forestry Service to prevent infestations of bark beetles, if you see them, leave them alone"
"Got Really Drunk At A Fancy Club And Found This In My Purse Today, What Is It?"
Answer: "Toilet paper holder"
"What Is This Symbol On A Passing Car's Rear Window? Seen In Georgia, Near Atlanta"
Answer: "Aegishjalmur, it’s an Icelandic magical stave. Used to protect warriors and instill fear in enemies"
"I Found This Many Many Many Years Ago…"
Answer: "Antique circa 1920 sterling silver lady's coin purse with a mirror"
"Found In My Yard In Central Massachusetts. Metal, Pretty Heavy"
Answer: "horse drawn carriage leaf sprngs"
"Why Is The Retaining Wall Like This?"
Answer: "Those are tieback anchors with their pointy end covered. They go long past the back of the wall and likely into some rock somewhere behind the retaining wall. They are there as reinforcement to prevent movement of the wall over time"
"Does My Work Know When I’m [Pooping]?"
Answer: "It’s a wireless reed switch or sensor. Will tell you when the door is opened or closed.The bad me wonders why the hell they want to know how long each [poop] takes and why they are measuring this. The perhaps more naive me wonders if they change cleaning schedules depending on the number of “stall cycles”.Still kind of a weird thing on a [toilet] door."
"Found In Parents Bathroom Closet"
Answer: "I believe is a contact lens cleaner"
"Been Trying To Figure Out The Purpose Of This Thing Ever Since My Buddy Moved Into His New House"
Answer: "It's a jig for bending metal wire and thin metal bars"
"Is This A Bullet Hole?"
Answer: "Looks like a high-speed impact punched through, so yeah it might be a bullet. If you can fit your INDEX finger in the hole, you are talking about a large caliber bullet. Look around in the trunk and see if you can find it or fragments of it"
"What Is This? Uncle Had This Since Decades And Never Found Out What It This?"
Answer: "It must be the mineral Marcasite"
"My Neighbor Has This In His Lawn, High Frequency Sound Comes Out Of It When I Pass It"
Answer: "It's an animal repellent"
"Saw This From Our Plane"
Answer: "Utah’s Potash ponds are used in the separation of potassium from various mined and manufactured salts. The resulting potassium is used for fertilizer, animal feed and water softening"
"Saw This At A Yard Sale Yesterday. Daughter Wanted It For Some Reason. We Don’t Have A Clue What It Could Be"
Answer: "Looks like a saloon door spice rack"
"What Is This At My New Desk"
Answer: "That is a panic button"
"Help! What Is This?"
Answer: "that is the pin that holds nail clippers together"
"My Mom Found This By Her Pool Gate"
Answer: "It’s a holder for a cigarette. Theres usually a ring at the bottom. I own one. The flower opens and the beads slide up to keep the cigarette in place"
"Found This At A Garage Sale…"
Answer: "For opening a soft boiled egg"
"This Was Put Up In The Laundry Room"
Answer: "It’s a trail camera. Takes pictures when it detects motion"
"What The Heck Is This? Heavy, Made Of Glass, Found In A Freight Train Dump Yard"
Answer: "it's from a modern LCD projector. white light goes in, gets split into three, each color goes through a different LCD, then directed into this which recombines them into a coherent single "beam" which is what gets thrown into the screen"
"Found At A Thrift Store Nobody Knows What It Is"
Answer: "It's a toothpaste tube roller for convenience/efficiency"
"Found On Beach After Storm In Outer Banks, North Carolina"
Answer: "Jaw bone of a whale (blue whale, grey whale..?)"
"What Is The Purpose Of These Flaps On The Back Of A Semi?"
Answer: "It's called a 'trailer tail'. The angle of the panels is supposed to ease the flow of air behind the trailer reducing aerodynamic drag and turbulence and increasing fuel mileage"
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I can't believe there's people out there that doesn't know what coaxial cable is.
Not for a half-gallon juice can, but a 12-ounce can of beer before there were pop-top cans.
Commonly called a "Church key" in the '50s.
They are indeed used to open half gallon cans of juice.
I learned to use one 50 years ago to open cans of tomato juice
Yep. Used to open cans of Hawaiian Punch with them.
You're joking, right?