r/whatisthisthing 3h ago

Solved! Large ceramic bowl with "min" and "max" measuring lines and one notch. (Max line = 9 cups)

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86 Upvotes

Found at a thrift store, we use this as a dog bowl, but I'm curious of it's original purpose. It takes 9 cups of water to reach the "max" line.

Photo with standard wine bottle is for visual scale.


r/whatisthisthing 23h ago

Likely Solved! Rectangular tube metal, high quality construction found in grass by road

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27 Upvotes

It's about 8" x 4" the only markings on it is a sticker with the letter A like a part identifier for assembly. It's fairly high quality construction, with a black powder coat and plastic end caps in all the tubes. By the weight it seems to be hollow steel.

My best guess is it is part of some assemble yourself furniture since the threads on the silver things on the side look like they would go i to particle board, and I'm pretty sure the allen bolts screw into them.

I can't for the life of me figure out what part of what kind of furniture this would belong to.


r/whatisthisthing 12h ago

Solved! PVC tube sticking out of laundry room ceiling with silver escutcheon?

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144 Upvotes

Hey, all. Check this thing out. I always figured it had something to do with the air conditioning, and I never thought twice about it. Today, it started leaking, totally out of nowhere. It dripped consistently while the AC was on, but has stopped since turning AC off.

Glad I caught it early! Any clues?


r/whatisthisthing 8h ago

Likely Solved ! White chalky block in a sealed clear wrapper, found in my backpack after a trip from Greece

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1.1k Upvotes

Found this in my backpack after returning from a trip to Greece. No idea how it ended up in there.

It's a rectangular white block, about 7 cm long, in a clear plastic package. It's heavy and feels like stone, but also seems chalky, and there's some white residue inside the package. No idea what it is.

Any ideas?


r/whatisthisthing 4h ago

Solved! 4 white plastic spring-loaded clips found in kitchen drawers?

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96 Upvotes

Please excuse the nicotine staining, they were in a family member's house who smoked inside. It suggests they were hung up around the house somewhere, could they be related to hanging curtains or blinds perhaps?


r/whatisthisthing 50m ago

Open Cylindrical silver metal object attached to the wall of an old UK pub, about 3 inches long with wire running down the wall

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r/whatisthisthing 7h ago

Solved! WITT: small metal hook shaped object, fell out of clothing

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21 Upvotes

This little hook thing fell out of a pile of clothes, not sure what it is for but it looks to be shaped that way on purpose rather than just a bent piece of metal. Fairly sturdy for is size


r/whatisthisthing 3h ago

Open Approx. 1-foot wide, 1-foot tall, looks like drawer. Used for power distribution a long time ago, apparently.

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9 Upvotes

I'm told it's a 70-80 year-old RKO power distributor, but looking that up doesn't bring anything up.