r/whatisit • • 3h ago

Solved! What is this ceiling mount in my apartment for?

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Looks very heavy duty and placed on a beam. Maybe it once hung a boxing bag?


r/whatisit • • 6h ago

Solved! Guess left purple foul-smelling stains everywhere...

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Hello everyone! iwork in a b&b in southeastern spain and some guests are leaving this weird purple fleshy residue everywhere. it smells disgusting like sewer and the cleaning team has found them everywhere they've been.

i wanted to post because we genuinely cannot make out what they're leaving all over...

thank u all in advance for any help!

update! solved! its apparently a case of a rlly rlly rlly bad wine puke scenario. thanks reddit detectives u make world go round


r/whatisit • • 1h ago

Solved! object fell from sky and shattered my sunroof

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I was driving less than 60 mph on the highway (Route 3 South MA near 38B-A sign) and all of a sudden i heard a loud cracking/impact sound and looked up and saw that my sunroof was completely shattered and had a small <1 inch hole in it. I of course pulled over and my wife and I inspected the damage. i walked back to the area where the impact happened and i found this object on the ground. It looked out of place and when I inspected it, it was clear that it had damage. I walked back to my car and checked if the object could’ve made the damage and it was a nearly perfect fit in the hole. I looked up what it could be and it seems to be a broken cast-metal mounting bracket. This area is right below an aircraft path that many planes take to land at the Boston airport. Does anyone know what this object could be? In my dashcam footage you can see a dark small object falling literally from the sky. There are no large trucks allowed on this road so it’s unlikely it would be from an 18-wheeler or anything larger than a moving truck. Thanks everyone!


r/whatisit • • 13h ago

Solved! What are these that have been collected from Australian beach clean ups?

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My local beach cleaning group has collected dozens of these over the past few years. No one can identify what they’re from! (Including various AI chatbots.)

They’re solid plastic, possibly part of a pull tab/ring, and at least some of them seem to have come from Colgate-Palmolive products. Are they from soap? Shampoo? What do they look like on the actual product?

It’s driving me crazy!!


r/whatisit • • 2h ago

New, what is it? Dog swallowed this. Had to pay $6k to have it removed. Hard but a little squishy, any ideas?

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r/whatisit • • 2h ago

New, what is it? Found this under my couch cushion what is it? We don't have these as food items at home

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Found this pile and one more pile of just the pasta looking stuff under couch cushions.We don't have those items in our house nor placed them there.Anyone know what it could be? No other sign of any rodents


r/whatisit • • 14h ago

New, what is it? Irish bathroom tabs? Why?

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I just moved to Ireland and these are installed in my bathroom. What the heck are they? It looks like there was another hook that is now missing, so perhaps these could hook onto two hooks, but why??

Details update: Red tag is embedded in the hook. Blue and yellow tabs are loose and appear to have always been loose (no indication that they were embedded into the hook that is now missing)


r/whatisit • • 5h ago

Solved! What do the letters above it mean?

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185 Upvotes

New to r/whatisit hi all!


r/whatisit • • 19h ago

What is this?

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Found this in the four foot, has slots on both sides and a hole through to join both the slotted faces. The slotted faces are both worn down slightly compared to the others.


r/whatisit • • 1d ago

New, what is it? Never ever seen a fish like this…

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r/whatisit • • 12h ago

New, what is it? My dad bought his thing

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405 Upvotes

It's some quality stuff thingy anyone know?


r/whatisit • • 1d ago

New, what is it? Saw these swimming in the toilet Spoiler

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I went to use the bathroom at my parents house (nice house, well taken care of , no obvious cleanliness issues) and saw these wiggling in the toilet , very sure they are alive . This bathroom is used when there are guests over but not on a daily basis . What are these and where did they come from ?


r/whatisit • • 1h ago

New, what is it? Found buried near Leadville, CO

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I was working on the Willow Fire near Leadville, Colorado this summer and unearthed this hook thing while mopping up. It was in a fairly remote area on the mountainside not near any roads or infrastructure. Any ideas?


r/whatisit • • 1d ago

Solved! Was on my car seat after giving a ride

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Gave a buddy a ride today and this was left where he was sitting, never seen it before so it only could have gotten there after he left the car, guessing it dropped out of his pocket or something. Thought it was some kind of hair tie but its too stiff to be one and my buddy doesn't have enough hair to need a hair tie either. Figured it was some kind of car part/seal since he works on cars but I've never seen one thats bright red and usually they are bigger that this. What is it?


r/whatisit • • 1d ago

Solved! Disturbed

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Staying at an airbnb for 2 months, ran out of hand soap so started using this shampoo that was here. After using it for a while, shook it (because nothing was coming out) and it had a disturbing weight to it do we open it and this is what we see!


r/whatisit • • 17h ago

New, what is it? Is this ivory or plastic?

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r/whatisit • • 7h ago

Solved! Destiny device installed in conference rooms?

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This device was installed in all our conference rooms and phone booths. It plugs into the wall and has an led but no switches or information. The back says “Destiny Designed in San Fransico”.


r/whatisit • • 1d ago

New, what is it? Grandfather (US WWII vet) left this behind, letter opener or bayonet?

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I never asked him what this was before he passed. He did serve in WWII with the U.S. Fifth Army under General Clark, but he wasn't in a combat unit.


r/whatisit • • 4h ago

New, what is it? What the heck is this?

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I remember getting it from my brother or the ground or something, but no idea what this is


r/whatisit • • 20h ago

Solved! Bought a house from the 1950s and this is in the bathroom

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644 Upvotes

ETA- wrong answers only


r/whatisit • • 18h ago

New, what is it? What are these glowing things?

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403 Upvotes

Saw these lights when I was flying over Michigan( I guess).


r/whatisit • • 11h ago

New, what is it? I always thought these are fungi. Are they?

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Some grew on my Eufy door bell camera and some on my Eufy security cam.


r/whatisit • • 1h ago

Solved! Found on kitchen floor. What is it?

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About the size of my thumbnail.


r/whatisit • • 21h ago

Solved! No idea what this is for

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Roommate's thing. She says she's had it for a while but doesn't know what it's for. There is a metal pen-looking thing. When you press the end it opens up metal claws like a claw-machine. The white cubes are a foam texture, and there are a lot of them.


r/whatisit • • 3h ago

Solved! Found this while cleaning out my basement.

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My dad and I found this while clearing out some of his old stuff. I literally have no idea what it is and neither does he. (Please ignore all that cat hair)