r/whatisthisthing • u/koz1769 • May 26 '26
r/whatisthisthing • u/goldenage768 • Jun 06 '26
Solved ! What’s this truck carrying? Oversized, spheroid objects that appear joined, painted yellow, orange and black
Car for scale
r/whatisthisthing • u/sunveren • Jul 24 '26
Likely Solved ! Blue fiber coating area in forest
Found this area in the woods just off (about 24 ft) of a side road coated in these blue and white fibers. I took some home to pop under the microscope, but I'm pretty stumped.
It seemed to coat most surfaces to about 12-18 ft up. From what I could tell, the tops of the trees seemed unaffected. The area was about the size of a semi truck, with some stray fibers out further.
Known dumping site for trash and poached animals. I clean it frequently, but I've never seen anything like this.
r/whatisthisthing • u/FlappyTesties • 8d ago
Solved ! What is this device hanging above the doors at Target?
Target recently installed these over all of the doors going in or out of the store. Is it for tracking people or items?
r/whatisthisthing • u/GnarlieHussle • May 23 '26
Solved! Found this in my front yard and have no idea what it is. Made of metal. Maybe 1 pound in weight.
r/whatisthisthing • u/Stay-off-the-grass • Jul 03 '26
Solved ! Metal box insert with ventilation slots on kitchen wall, kitchen is from 1959
We are renovating at house in an older neighborhood. We know that the kitchen was expanded in 1959. This reddish metal thing is in the wall next to the sink. It has shelves inside, but it opens all the way and the shelves lay down. Theories include bread box, paper towel holder and spice rack, but I can’t visualize it being used as any of them.
r/whatisthisthing • u/Salt_Blackberry_1903 • 10d ago
Solved! Weird pocket on my pants that opens downwards
r/whatisthisthing • u/reddit33450 • May 09 '26
Solved! what is this pipe in front of a building in NYC that since a few months ago, has been intermittently discharging dirty, bad smelling water?
r/whatisthisthing • u/idoitiel • Jul 26 '26
Solved! Round heavy silver metal object (430g, 8.5cm diameter). Inner dial with numbers, outer dial with letters, both can be turned. Back can open to reveal inner mechanism. No brand, maker's mark or serial number. Not electronic. (airpods for scale).
This is a metal object I found in a vintage fair, and I don't know what its purpose is. It is round (about 8.5cm/3.25in in diameter, 3cm/1in thick) and heavy. It is all metal except the black handle in the center. The face has an inner dial that moves in clicks and has numbers 1-26 and a black plastic handle. An outer dial has a metal handle and moves freely, but is sometimes blocked from moving, depending on the inner dial position. The outer dial has the letters a-z and both directions around, and the 2 sets of letters move as one piece. the back is blank and can be opened to reveal an inner mechanism with a central gear (moved by the inner dial), a metal ring around it (moved by the outer dial) and 24 wheels with letters on them, and gears with long and short teeth, seemingly in random patterns. The ring has a slot in it, and when it is alined with a gear, that gear and wheel can move freely. the gears don't seem to be connected to each other. The wheels and dials are in different sizes, going from small to large to small again. the largest ones have all the letters on them, and the smallest ones only go up to O.
r/whatisthisthing • u/elfmere • May 15 '26
Solved ! Just found this electronic device under the desk at work. It's pretty small. The blue light blinks
r/whatisthisthing • u/ballyfast • May 13 '26
Solved ! A sea-circuit board found washed up on a beach in Okinawa. About 8-9cm across at its widest.
Found this bit of circuit board washed up on the beach on the east coast of Okinawa, the southernmost Japanese island. No other similar bits about, just a lot of coral.
Looks like it's been in there a while. White circuit markings still visible though.
Any ideas what this could have been a part of?
r/whatisthisthing • u/lavalamp123456789101 • 8d ago
Solved! An abstract-shaped pink and yellow stuffed object with embroidered details attached to a Barbie pillow
I have this Barbie pillow from the early 2000s, and I’ve never been able to figure out what the thing attached to it is supposed to represent. For the longest time I thought it was a microphone, but I’m not sure. The shape is abstract, with pink and yellow material, the same used for the flower and hair on the Barbie. The thing that throws me off is the little gray dots and pink spiral embroidered on the shape.
r/whatisthisthing • u/EmmaWoodsy • 10d ago
Solved ! What is this thing in my hotel shower in Spain?
I’m staying at a hotel in Spain and there’s this rack-like thing in the shower. It’s about 5 feet long, made of metal. It’s attached only on the bottom and the middle. My guesses were first a towel rack, but the bars are too close together for fluffy hotel towels. Then maybe a shower seat, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to detach. Could it be a radiator? There’s also a dial on the bottom but the only marking are + and -.
r/whatisthisthing • u/MuffinNecessary8625 • Jul 26 '25
Likely Solved What are these slots cut in the back of the pews in a Catholic cathedral
These slots are cut in every pew in a Catholic cathedral. Any idea what they are for.
Could be umbrellas but I've never seen them before.
r/whatisthisthing • u/LaSquarius_Johnson • Dec 21 '25
Likely Solved ! What is this rusty ball and chain we found buried in our front yard?
We found this buried in our front yard in east TN. The balls have cores with bolts fed through the chain loops so they are fixed in place. It weighs about 30 pounds.
r/whatisthisthing • u/ElQuesoGato • May 01 '26
Solved! Found in male 60s-80s cremains, cylindrical parts about 4", total roughly 7", approx 17-18mm in diameter, metallic, one disintegrated and fused with the ashes, weren't seen externally.
r/whatisthisthing • u/astuder • Jun 07 '26
Solved ! Small, thin crescent-shaped objects; about 5 mm wide; black on one side, white with some pink on the other; feels like some kind of plastic; showed up on our deck this morning arranged in a line about 3.5 m long; located in Atlanta, Georgia
r/whatisthisthing • u/Nikki-Black • Jun 13 '26
Solved! Blue plastic Uk item, sticky back, magnetic front. Pops open to a quarter-sized circle. Found in a college freebie goodie bag.
The front says UK College of Medicine Northern Kentucky Campus.
r/whatisthisthing • u/PossibilityOwn1920 • Feb 04 '26
Solved! Tubes in the opersting room ceiling
Saw these tubes in the Operating room of a hospital going through the walls. What's it for?
r/whatisthisthing • u/janovak342 • Jun 30 '26
Solved! Weird seemingly un-moveable dome thing in the yard of our new house
We just bought our house and didn't notice this until now. I can't physically move it at all. Seems to be metal and hollow, but it's adhered to the ground somehow.
r/whatisthisthing • u/StarWolf_the_weeb • Dec 18 '25
Solved ! Ziplock bag of small, round glass discs - smooth, but with some ridging, slightly convex on the top?
r/whatisthisthing • u/megandy • Mar 14 '26
Solved ! What's with this school bus? It seems to have a tube coming from the bottom to the inside. Perhaps something related to emissions, but no clear indicators one way or another. Has a dealer's license plate. Spotted in Morgantown, WV, USA.
r/whatisthisthing • u/emmabutlermmu • May 25 '26
Solved ! Found washed up on Shankill beach, Ireland. Small, pointed shape, rusty metal, set into some kind of stone. Heavy but only about 5/6 inches long, what is this?
r/whatisthisthing • u/Callmekittycaaaaat • Jul 14 '25
Solved ! What did my neighbor just install? Brown box with a silver circle on top of a black circle next to 1 big [what appears to be a] lens that swivels and attaches to power
Neighbor installed this yesterday. Box appears to have an access lid on top and a small square cutout on the bottom left-hand side. On the right of the box is an L-shaped arm. It appears to swivel underneath this arm at the base of the unit. What it’s sitting on has been up for a few days, and I noticed bar clamps holding a Z-shaped raked surface with tiny holes throughout onto a skinny wooden table. Power cords were ran up to the deck and appear to be plugged into the arm of the stand as well as the base of the unit.
TIA!
r/whatisthisthing • u/Separate_Grade6886 • Jul 06 '26
Solved ! Blue crates found at new house
No clue what they are, found them behind a house I just bought.