20 Curious Finds Whose Mysteries Were Cracked With the Help of the Internet
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We are lucky to be living in a time when information is at our fingertips, literally. Whenever we are unsure about something, all we have to do is type and search for answers online. Or you can do what these people did — ask for help from eager “Internet detectives.”
Now I’ve Seen Everything collected some of the most curious finds that people discovered, which were identified thanks to the help of kind netizens.
Answer: Those are pineapple eye scissors. They are for removing the tough spots on pineapples after you skin them.
Answer: It’s just a little folding toy thing, not necessarily an ornament. We just used it as a toy.
Answer: It is a flood barrier (it floods regularly in that door during heavy rain, there used to be sand bags there).
Answer: It’s a pyrite sun disk (called dollars or suns, pyrite’s chemical classification is sulfide).
Answer: It looks like a keyboard panel from a tabletop jukebox selector.
Answer: There is a woman in our city who cheers up the streets with fruits or vegetables. She did the same with bell peppers and Brussels sprouts. In the summer, the fruits attract bumblebees, which is good for the flowers in the neighborhood.
Answer: It’s an old hitching ring for a horse.
Answer: It’s a rubber cover for an electrical terminal strip, usually used in industrial or transportation settings. The little holes fit pins on the strip and friction holds it in place.
Answer: It’s a large ship bumper/fender. They are used to keep huge ships from smashing into the pier. It must have washed up during a storm.
Answer: It is an Ikea Jesper bench for playing video games.
Answer: If there is a fire, the halls will fill with smoke, and smoke rises. To escape, you will need to crawl and there will be visibility at the floor level.
Answer: It looks similar to the ones out of magnetic cabinet door latches. There are some stories about being able to open locks with strong magnets. Maybe a couple of kids broke down their mom’s kitchen cabinet and tried to steal your car.
Answer: Those are vertical poultry roasters. The idea is to insert them into a whole chicken and bake it standing up. You’d need a baking pan to catch the juices, of course.
Answer: I’m 90% sure it’s a cable organizer.
Answer: Park City has held many mining and drilling competitions and demonstrations, so that checks out. It’s probably a winning slab.
Answer: Ostrich eggs! The holes were made to blow out the yolk and white.
Answer: It’s a deodorizer.
Answer: It looks like an alarm for the deaf. They usually shake the bed.
Answer: It’s an attachment for a mandolin slicer to make julienne cut veggies. Looks like one of the sides where it clips on broke off.
How often do you encounter something mysterious in your life? What interesting things have you found in thrift stores?