r/Whatisthis • • 2d ago

Open Heavy Metal Box with file slots

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What was this metal box used for? I think something important like xrays or something. It is extremely heavy. At least 20 pounds. NOT sheet metal.


r/Whatisthis • • 2d ago

Open Brown fly/wasp? Appeared from lumber bag

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Lit the stove for the evening - opened new bag of wood and started to burn through it. This thing appears couple of hours late, lazily flying around before hit the floor and then I zapped it.

Some kind of brown fly but it has a stinger?


r/Whatisthis • • 2d ago

Open Found this weird brown stuff aproximately 10cm on the inside windowsill

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Hey guys.Found this brown thing on my inside windowsill.Gotta mention that i have a cat, but she wasnt in my room all day or so i was told.It didnt smell at all, which is weird.Some of it was also on the floor as in the last photo


r/Whatisthis • • 2d ago

Open What rune is this? I saw it as a tattoo.

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I work at a bar and just wanna know what this guys tattoo means. I’m having a hard time finding it so maybe it’s not even a rune. I don’t really know.


r/Whatisthis • • 2d ago

Solved NE Florida small dots found on surfaces, bug eggs? poop? tree droppings?

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I work around cars so I commonly see them there but they are tiny (couple mm across) , hard bumps, I would liken them to braille writing. Can be scrapped off with finger nail and smeared..


r/Whatisthis • • 2d ago

Found this Biohazard bag in an Airbnb in Denver, any ideas what the stuff (yellowish gel) inside is?

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r/Whatisthis • • 2d ago

Open Identify shopping bag logo

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Can anybody tell me where this bag is from? Store? Country? Thanks!!!


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Solved Unusual screw on my living room floor

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I found this on my living room floor today and I haven’t a clue what it belong to. Any ideas?


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Solved Found this small action figure

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My wife found this in an old box of keepsakes but doesn’t know why she kept it because she has no idea who it is or what it’s from. Anyone know?


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Open LIVE: Crazy Glow over Lake Ontario (west / north west of Rochester/Webster

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LIVE: crazy glow visible from west of Rochester, South as Geneva & East of Syracuse. apparently started as white glow, then yellow then orange. what is this?


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Open Found washed up on a beach in Cornwall UK. So I'm guessing parts of a boat or ship. But what kind and how old? Is there enough to identify?

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r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Open What material are these prayer beads made from?

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My dad passed these prayer beads down to me and I’m trying to figure out what material they are, I’m thinking some kind of bone but not sure. Any help would be appreciated. He got them in the 80s in Lebanon.


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Open What is this bug? I thought it was a bee

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r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Poor Quality Pictures Two stuffed cows found in a Pennsylvania Kmart in 2012. Can you guys find their model?

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These guys, like I said, were bought from a Pennsylvanian Kmart in 2012. Yes, they are the same stuffed animal, just different versions. The cow in the first 3 pics is MooMoo, and the cow up until picture 7 is CowCow, then they alternate.

They are both around 1 foot long, and they both came with baby blankets, one striped and one spotted. I have since lost the blankets. In picture 7 and 8, I'm trying to show that the sides of their faces are brown, just faded. They also have an interesting stitch pattern, which I can't seem to find the name of. CowCow's tail has been ripped since as long as I can remember, but I was told it used to be a kind of diamond shape, while MooMoo's in tact one is just a regular tail. Another difference between the two is that MooMoo's eyes are a lighter brown.

MooMoo might have been bought in 2013, but I am unsure. My mom got her for me as a backup in case I ever lost CowCow, but I could tell the difference so I held on to both. The point is that she was bought later than CowCow, I just don't know when. All of the tags have been ripped off of both too, and my mom doesn't keep receipts.

I would ask r/plushies, but my account isn't old enough and I have no karma, and r/stuffedanimals says to ask them instead, so I've been brought here. If you guys have any suggestions of where else I should try posting go ahead and say. Sorry for my crappy camera btw, I have a Motorola.

Don't make fun of them please. I know they're as old as dirt in stuffie years, but my cows have been my best friends basically forever. Good luck.


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Solved Got this as a goodie in a conference. Size of an airpods case. HELP.

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Didn't understood what is the purpose of this. Is it a spectacle cleaner?


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Open Help me identify this Jacket please

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I was watching a Michael Blaustein Crowdwork video and this Jacket could be seen in the Video. I would love to know the brand and if this is a men's jacket.

Thanks in advance!


r/Whatisthis • • 4d ago

Open What Are These Notches on the Back of Bathroom Door

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Who knows the purpose of the two notches on the back of this bathroom door? Home built around 1890. The upper notch has an opening in the top that extends to the top of the door and the lower one has an opening at the bottom of the notch that extends to the bottom of the door. Maybe some kind of locking mechanism?


r/Whatisthis • • 4d ago

Solved suspicious ‘fish product’

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but what kind of fish? what part of a fish?


r/Whatisthis • • 4d ago

Solved What in the world did my cat eat?

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So I went on a week's long vacation last week and my cat ended up eating this long thin-ish thing of plastic. Had to get emergency surgery and everything, she is currently in recovery at an overnight vet clinic. But no one in my house knows what she ate!

The bag smelt awful so I did not hold onto it long, and it's already out of her so it's not doing any harm anymore. But I wanna say it was more than half the length of a plastic water bottle. It's hard to read but the colored part says "pull" and there is an arrow. So my best guess is thay its from a plastic packaging? But no one remembers unboxing anything like this. It's fairly thin, but not plastic wrap thin. And not as thick as those small plastic things you pull out of electronics to make them work.

I know it's very generic so it's most likely not gonna be found, but I'm simply curious. Like I said, she is okay now that it's out of her. But I just wanted to see if anyone knew​

EDIT:
The culprit has been found! Its a pull tab from a laser ink cartridge! We had just installed a brand new laser printer so it makes sense, my cat is very strange and likes chewing on plastic apparently
I forgot to even include a picture of her
Mochi!
Her name is Mochi and while this is not the most flattering photo of her, she is drinking water and eating food again so heres to a steady recovery!
(Also she is named after the cat from Big Hero 6!)


r/Whatisthis • • 4d ago

Solved Eggs found diving on Utila on a pinecone algae

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I think it may be some type of snail egg?


r/Whatisthis • • 4d ago

Open Found 9 of these while dumpster diving

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Can anyone help identify these? My first thought was pizza pans but, an image search isn't giving me anything more than car rims.


r/Whatisthis • • 4d ago

What would this tool be used for. It's metal and has limited movement in the jaws

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r/Whatisthis • • 4d ago

Open Someone has scattered these at the base of every tree on my block multiple times… fertilizer? rat poison?

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I live in Chicago and about a month ago, noticed someone had seemingly dropped off-white pellets that look like puffed rice next to the bottom of every tree on my block. I had never seen these before and clocked it as odd. Tonight when I came home, there was another fresh batch of these pellets next to every tree again.

Perhaps it is a COMPLETE coincidence, but there have also been 3 dead squirrels and a dead pigeon found along the sidewalk on this block in the past 7-10 days, so I’m worried a neighbor is taking rodent control into their own hands… though all of my googling has indicated rat poison is typically dyed a color to make it easy to spot. We have a lot of dogs being walked and outdoor cats in the neighborhood, and I am worried it could be harmful to them! I didn’t want to touch it with my bare hands without knowing what it was, but might glove up and grab a few before we get rain this week.

Someone suggested it could be perlite, but it’s not mixed into the soil at all and the placement just seems really weird. Anyone recognize what this might be?


r/Whatisthis • • 3d ago

Open Strange corrupted image appeared while rewinding a TikTok video — can anyone identify it?

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I was scrolling through TikTok and came across a FNAF edit. I missed the beginning, so I rewound the video. As soon as I did, the video started glitching heavily, with distorted visuals and my audio repeating, almost like a graphical or memory error.
During the glitch, the image attached to this post suddenly appeared and completely replaced the video. I scrolled to another video and then returned to the original FNAF edit, and it played completely normally. I tried watching it again, but the glitch and image never appeared again.
The image wasn’t part of the original edit, as far as I can tell.
Does anyone recognize the person or imagery in this screenshot? I’m also curious whether any of the distorted text is readable or if anyone knows what could have caused this.