“Purchased in Africa, was told something about ancient sailing.”

Answer: “They say it’s an astrolabe. It is one of the most ancient astronomical tools to measure the horizontal angles and find the longitudes and latitudes of celestial bodies.”

“Small dimpled rubber ball that was thrown at a cyclist. Very squishy and about the size of a paintball.”

Answer: “Nerf ball for the Hyper or the Rival.”

“Stretchy metal bracelet with sharp hanging blade. The bit at the end is sharp and moves on the pin.”

Answer: “You put a spool of thread on the bar and put the circle on your wrist, so you can work on needlework or embroidery.”

“I now own these neon rainbow acrylic mystery sticks I found in the Goodwill bins. Anyone know what I bought?”

Answer: “They are colorful mahjong racks.”

“Cast iron shaft in the marsh on my property”

Answer: “It’s the worm and driveshaft out of a 28-29 model AA Ford. Driveshaft and worm likely 6-7 feet long.”

“Light ’fixture’ I noticed at a restaurant. Appears to be some sort of old machinery.”

Answer: “It’s the lift mechanism from a dumb waiter.”

“Found these glass tubes in the attic of my 100 year old home.”

Answer: “Ampules that can be filled with something. They get sealed by melting the glass with a flame.”

“What is the intended purpose of this very thin, glass covered drawer?”

Answer: “It’s a bedside cabinet and it’s to put cups of coffee/ breakfast on, so it doesn’t leave coffee rings/stains on the top.”

“Metal triangle-shaped hand tool with an offset wooden handle. 5 shallow circle indents on the surface.”

Answer: “It’s a Masonic shot glass holder.”

“Spiky plastic thing”

Answer: “Bottle holder for babies bottles. You use it as a drainer after washing them.”

“It looks like a plastic key of some sort, but with a ridge pattern instead of a normal key pattern.”

Answer: “Looks like it could be a ’Zig Zag Waffle Key for Leonardo Versatwin &` Kruger toilet paper dispensers’.””

“Found this at my internship. It is a relatively small, metal plate.”

Answer: “Looks like a Witkar key. Even the design in the flat part looks like the company logo.”

“Found on the beach, it’s solid, and the green casing feels like stone, but is almost a little stretchy when I try to pull at the edges.”

Answer: “Could be a capacitor. Looks like the 2 wires can be seen at the bottom.”

“Weird hollow lens-shaped things stuck together with no pattern. Found on a beach.”

Answer: “For beating the dust out of rugs, I believe.”

“What is this 6-floor tiny tower in the middle of a parking lot, adjacent to a baseball field?”

Answer: “They use that whole area for training of all sorts, including high-speed chase training for cops, as well as a firing range.”

“Old heavy key with ‘GOOD HEALTH’ engraved”

Answer: “It’s obvious. It’s the key to good health. These ’motivational’ knickknacks have been a thing for generations.”

“Found this in my math teacher’s room. 100 squares with varying patterns and colors. No patterns seem to be the same.”

Answer: “It’s a prime factorization chart. Almost the same one, but I see this one is shifted one down.”

“It’s carved wood with wooden rings around it. The rings don’t come off. Found it in a park.”

Answer: “It’s a hot chocolate stirrer/whisk. Known as a molinillo.”

“It looks to be a very small concrete bench or seat facing away from the road near the curb. Too small for a child.”

Answer: “They could be old carriage steps, used to help people get in and out of horse-drawn carriages.”

“A gold sphere with legs and a handle. The sphere splits in 2, each side with a lid.”

Answer: “This is a Victorian folding clamshell biscuit box.”

“This is gate-blocked road access to some cell towers. Why so many locks, and how would someone even open it?”

Answer: “It’s a shared access gate. You can open the gate if you have 1 key that fits one of the locks. It’s necessary when the keys belong to different people or organizations. If someone loses the keys, you can just restore 1 key instead of making new copies for everyone.”

“I found this metal object. No text or numbers. Can retract to be the size of a bracelet.”

Answer: “It’s the top (closure part) of a purse or small handbag.”

“Okay, I know it’s a chair, but what’s with the extended arms?”

Answer: “It looks like a plantation/planter’s chair. You’d put your sore, swollen legs up on the arms after sitting on a horse all day, like a pregnant woman with her legs up in the same fashion. This is why the back is so sloped as well. If you sit up straight, it wouldn’t be comfortable to put your legs up like that, but in a reclined position, it’s good for blood and air flow.”

“Just moved to a new apartment, found this in the living room. What is it?”

Answer: “It’s an antique heater.”

“Found this small kettle years ago. Does anyone have an idea as to why this has this unique shape?”

Answer: “It’s a portable men’s urinal for bed-bound patients.”

“This was found with old tools. It can lock in place and the middle bit turns around, unraveling 2 straps of fabric.”

Answer: “It’s for carrying books.”

“I found this in the garage, a tube with notches made of brass, the rest of the cover on top. It has a copper rod with a wooden handle.”

Answer: “It’s a hair curler.”

“It’s a plaque with numbers inscribed on it. Found on the sidewalk outside a building at my university.”

Answer: “It’s a magic square. It’s a popular sort of decoration to put outside math departments. If you add the numbers horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, it will make 34.”

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The County Park Near Me Was Recently Renovated, And They Put Up This Thing. It Is Super Tall, At Least 12 Feet. I Thought At First It Was Cameras, But I Didn’t See Any Lenses. It’s In A Wide Open Field, So Maybe It’s For The Weather? I’ve Been So Curious To Figure Out What On Earth It’s For!

Purple martin ‘gourd’ nesting boxes.ACanadianGuy1967:You’ll notice that they are often built so they can be lowered (note to cable or rope in that photo for example, attached near the bottom of the pole.) When the birds leave in the autumn to migrate south, it’s good to lower the nesting boxes and clean them out so they’re ready for next spring. It reduces illness when they have clean nesting boxes.Two of my neighbors have purple Martin nesting boxes up on poles but theirs look like little apartment buildings. But there are gourd-style ones in our area, too.

Metal Cylinder In Wall Of 1800s House With A Little Lever And Flap

Definitely an old speaking tube. If your house is two stories tall it would have most likely came out by the front door so if a visitor came by and no one answered a knock they could pull the flap up and blow into it and it would whistle to hopefully get some ones attention. Then drop the flaps and be able to talk to each other with out having to go down stair.My parents old house (it was built in 1906) had one. They had silicone filled the hole by the front door. But it was repaired and made to work great.

Does Anyone Have A Clue As To What These Might Be????? They Are Heavy, And There Are Screw Holes In The 2 “Legs” Of Each Piece

Vintage school desk frame.

What Are These Long Metal Looking Sheets Being Draped Over This Building?

Not art, not copper sheeting. Just some dude’s attempt to shield himself from 5G. I’m not kidding.Source: I’m in the neighborhood, people are complaining.Edit: The “faraday cage” answers from other users are correct. It’s not rational, the guy who bought the building is unwell.Edit 2: It’s metal. Yes, it’s loud.

Lens Or Defect In The Middle Of My Front Window?

That’s usually the result of a drive-by with a BB gun.

What Is This Tiny Pocket On The Back Of My Shirt

It’s a vestigial device deliberately installed into a great number of imported shirts so that they classify as a specific article of clothing which avoids a tariff.

What Is This Elevated Place In My House?

It’s an Australian house that isn’t that old. And according to OP, previous owner was Asian. It’s the place where you put the fridge. The plug at the back makes sense. Asians like to hose their kitchen and bathrooms down to make it easier to clean. Water won’t go under the fridge this way. I used to live in Singapore.

Saw This Metal Door On A Mountain In Tyrol, Austria. It Is Attached To A Thick Plastic Well, Has A Vent On Top Of It, And I Can Hear Air Rushing Behind It Fairly Loudly

Water reservoir for tapwater or artificial snow.Source: I am Austrian.

Two-Stair Concrete Steps In Upstate NY

Mounting block / horse block / carriage stone.

Found These Decorative Glass Vials In A Box Belonging To A Deceased Elderly Woman

Perfume bottles..And fancy ones at that..Nice find..

Found In Hotel Room. Has A Plug But Does Nothing. Gold Plate Can Rotate, But Can’t See Any Purpose Or Function!

It’s a lamp and it took me far too long to realise this is sitting on a desk and isn’t actually 7ft tall.

Round Metal Ball Found Whilst Digging Has A Hole In One Side, Very Heavy Easily 3kg

Cannonball.

Metal Overshoe With Leather Straps. No Waiting Or Stamps

Flat track motorcycle racing shoe. Goes over your boot and lets your inside foot drag around the sweeping corners and not catch or wear out your boot, probably from the 1960s.

Handmade Ceramic Vessel With Inner Cup(?) Attached To The Bottom Of The Lid, Found In A Goodwill Near The Twin Cities Metro. What Is This Intended For?

It’s a butter bell. You put butter into the cup of the lid, put cool water in the outside cup and it keeps the butter cooler on the counter.

Found At The Trampoline Park But I Think It Fell From Someone’s Pocket. 2.25″ Long And Magnetic. Metal With Red Plastic Over It. Printed On It, “M A C Mp-8 Made In The USA”

Mac tools telescopic pocket magnet.

Weird Blinking Canasters Found Under Hotel Room Bed. What Are They?

Could these be smart bed legs, for trapping/detecting bed bugs that climb up them.Lilithrc390:They are 100% this bug detection things, my mum sent me some closer photos.

What Is This Black Wavy Wire Display Type Thing? I Thought It Was A Wine Rack But Wine Bottles Don’t Sit Nicely

Old CD rack.

Iron? Rod With Heavy Weight, Swings From Side To Side

Its an old pump from a well. We have one with an actual old stand alone pumphouse in my town where i live. The one in your picture is built in to the building. The “pendulum” thing is for moving the pump mechanism to bring up the water from the well.If there is no water coming out its either because the well is dried up or the mechanic is broken/disabled.

Small Different Size And Color Rings. Looks Like Aluminium. Found In A Box With Screws, Nails Ect

Bird rings for pigeons.

Round Plastic Cap In Yard. Approximately 6 Inch Diameter, 3 Feet From The House

It’s a termite bait station. A pest control company puts cellulose material in it to lure termites if they are nearby and then periodically monitors it for activity to see if treatment is necessary.

Found In My Washing Machine. Small, Pink Face? Doesn’t Seem To Dissolve, Has No Odor

This looks like the rubber part from a cheap stamp. Like one at the end of a marker.

My Kids Are Calling These “Sea Turds,” Since They Are Round, Soft/Spongey And Dark Green But What Are They Really? Pensacola, Florida; Bayside, Underwater

Tar balls! When I was a kid, my mom used to cover me in baby oil before we swam in the Gulf of Mexico so the tar didn’t stick to me.

What Are These Platforms In Seoul Metro Stations?

Removes fine dust and viruses from shoes installed at Seoul Forest subway station.

Cube Shaped Metal Bead I Found On The Ground As A Kid 15 Years Ago

Most likely it’s a part of a souvenir keychain like this, but from Moscow. The eagle is Russian coat of arms (there’s St George on the shield in the middle), the second picture is St Basil’s Cathedral, and the third one looks like Spasskaya tower of Kremlin.

Found This Bag In A Kitchen Of An Airbnb I’m Cleaning. It’s Wet/Oily And Smells Very Strong, Kind Of Like Menthol

Flavored betel nut shavings. Used as mouth freshener/ aperitif in SE Asia.

What Is This Weird Little Wad Of Cash

Modeling accessory. People use them for dollhouses, stop action films, dioramas, etc. Those look 1-to-12 scale, so they’d look size appropriate with a 6 inch tall action figure.

Silver-Colored Metal Object Found Partially Buried In Yard

Clip to chain the dog outside.

What Is This Screwdriver Like Object?

I have one of those. It came with my tiller to pick dirt and roots from the blades.

A Tray Made Of Paper Pulp That’s 8″ Long. It’s Supposedly Embalming Related

It’s a cranial cap.You put it under the head to absorb leaking brain goo.

Found On A Shore In Turkey, Istanbul Within The Black Sea. Seems To Made Out Of Titanium, Conical And Exposed To High Heat. It Is Moderatly Heavy And Has Russian Text On It. Weighs As Much As A Kilo Maximum

It looks very similar to the nosecone and structure on the ramjets for a Russian KH-31 missile, like in this photo.

What Is This Round Metal Thing That Looks Like A Lock Of Some Sort On Our Front Door?

It’s a key switch (more than likely) for an alarm system that no longer exists; key switches were fairly common in the days before keypads to arm/disarm. The back of the door where that hole is used to have wires going to it, and if you were to put a wrench on the two flats it would unscrew if you wanted to remove it and have the hole filled. Right now it’s not connected to anything, so nothing to worry about. Hope that helps!

What Is This Long, Quilted, Hanging Cloth Thing With Horizontal Pockets? No Tags, Each Pocket Is The Same Size

Wine bottle holder or really any bottle holder.

Yellow Plastic Dog Face Keychain With Sharp Pointy Spike. About Three Inches Long. Found On The Ground Near Tennis Courts At My Gym

This is actually a pickleball holder!!! Pickleballs have holes in them and you’re supposed to slide it in and it’ll stay put.

What Is This Metal Circular/Ball Contraption? Found The Picture In A Restaurant In Germany – Could It Be An Agricultural Tool? It Looks To Be Ca 3m In Diameter And Has Spokes Going Inward As Well As Around

This is art: “Scarabäus” by Adrian Basilius.

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