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From yard sales to the attics of our parent's homes, we have all probably come across weird objects that don’t seem to have any discernible purpose. Like anthropologists studying the site of an ancient city, we had to try and piece together contextual clues. But these days, through the magic of the internet, we can simply ask hundreds of thousands of people to help. 6park.com
#1 Found While Hiking, What Is This Thing?6park.comAnswer: MCH (3-methlcyclohex-2-en1) bubble, MCH is a pheromone given off by female Douglas-fir bark beetles after laying their eggs that affects the behavior of other beetles by communicating to them that eggs have already been laid on this tree and signals to the other beetles to leave that tree alone. Basically they’re placed there by the Forestry Service to prevent infestations of bark beetles, if you see them, leave them alone
#2 Got Really Drunk At A Fancy Club And Found This In My Purse Today, What Is It?6park.comAnswer: Toilet paper holder
#3 What Is This Symbol On A Passing Car's Rear Window? Seen In Georgia, Near Atlanta6park.comAnswer: Aegishjalmur, it’s an Icelandic magical stave. Used to protect warriors and instill fear in enemies
#4 I Found This Many Many Many Years Ago…6park.comAnswer: Antique circa 1920 sterling silver lady's coin purse with a mirror
#5 A Friend Found This At A Lake In Glacier National Park, Any Ideas What It Is?6park.comAnswer: Looks like an ancient mastadon tooth
#6 Found In My Yard In Central Massachusetts. Metal, Pretty Heavy6park.comAnswer: horse drawn carriage leaf sprngs
#7 Help! What Is This?6park.comAnswer: that is the pin that holds nail clippers together
#8 Saw This From Our Plane6park.comAnswer: Utah’s Potash ponds are used in the separation of potassium from various mined and manufactured salts. The resulting potassium is used for fertilizer, animal feed and water softening
#9 Does My Work Know When I’m [Pooping]?6park.comIt’s a wireless reed switch or sensor. Will tell you when the door is opened or closed. 6park.comThe bad me wonders why the hell they want to know how long each [poop] takes and why they are measuring this. The perhaps more naive me wonders if they change cleaning schedules depending on the number of “stall cycles”. 6park.comStill kind of a weird thing on a [toilet] door.
#10 Why Is The Retaining Wall Like This?6park.comAnswer: Those are tieback anchors with their pointy end covered. They go long past the back of the wall and likely into some rock somewhere behind the retaining wall. They are there as reinforcement to prevent movement of the wall over time
#11 Found On Beach After Storm In Outer Banks, North Carolina6park.comAnswer: Jaw bone of a whale (blue whale, grey whale..?)
#12 Been Trying To Figure Out The Purpose Of This Thing Ever Since My Buddy Moved Into His New House6park.comAnswer: It's a jig for bending metal wire and thin metal bars
#13 My Neighbor Has This In His Lawn, High Frequency Sound Comes Out Of It When I Pass It6park.comAnswer: It's an animal repellent
#14 Found In Parents Bathroom Closet6park.comAnswer: I believe is a contact lens cleaner
#15 What Is The Purpose For This Bottle Opener To Have A Pointy End And A Flat End?6park.comAnswer: The pointy end is to pierce a hole in a 1/2 gallon can of juice (need two holes, one at 12 o’clock and one at 6 o’clock to allow juice to flow out and air to flow in) while the flat end is to open a bottle cap
#16 What The Heck Is This? Heavy, Made Of Glass, Found In A Freight Train Dump Yard6park.comAnswer: it's from a modern LCD projector. white light goes in, gets split into three, each color goes through a different LCD, then directed into this which recombines them into a coherent single "beam" which is what gets thrown into the screen
#17 Found At A Thrift Store Nobody Knows What It Is6park.comAnswer: It's a toothpaste tube roller for convenience/efficiency
#18 What Is This? Uncle Had This Since Decades And Never Found Out What It This?6park.comAnswer: It must be the mineral Marcasite
#19 What Is This At My New Desk6park.comAnswer: That is a panic button
#20 Is This A Bullet Hole?6park.comAnswer: Looks like a high-speed impact punched through, so yeah it might be a bullet. If you can fit your INDEX finger in the hole, you are talking about a large caliber bullet. Look around in the trunk and see if you can find it or fragments of it
#21 Over Orlando Florida6park.comAnswer: Spacex falcon 9 booster re-entering the atmosphere
#22 Found This At A Garage Sale…6park.comAnswer: For opening a soft boiled egg
#23 What Is The Purpose Of These Flaps On The Back Of A Semi?6park.comAnswer: It's called a 'trailer tail'. The angle of the panels is supposed to ease the flow of air behind the trailer reducing aerodynamic drag and turbulence and increasing fuel mileage
#24 My Mom Found This By Her Pool Gate6park.comAnswer: It’s a holder for a cigarette. Theres usually a ring at the bottom. I own one. The flower opens and the beads slide up to keep the cigarette in place
#25 Hanging On The Wall At My Parents House6park.comAnswer: Definitely egg cups and egg timer
#26 This Was Put Up In The Laundry Room6park.comAnswer: It’s a trail camera. Takes pictures when it detects motion
#27 Saw This At A Yard Sale Yesterday. Daughter Wanted It For Some Reason. We Don’t Have A Clue What It Could Be6park.comAnswer: Looks like a saloon door spice rack
#28 What Are These Dots On My 2018 Atoyot For?6park.comAnswer: This is a marking by the manufacturer to indicate internal information about the window
#29 Saw This While Disc Golfing. What Is It?6park.comAnswer: It’s a slimemould
#30 Seen In A Boathouse In The Pacific Northwest6park.comAnswer: makeshift urinal
#31 I Inhereted This Decades Ago. What Is It?6park.comAnswer: Coal scuttle/portable heater
#32 What Is This Out On Lake Michigan?6park.comAnswer: It is called a "crib". They collect water and then water flows via gravity below the lake to the city's water filtration plants
#33 My Home Was Built In 1986. This Is On The Side Of The Upper Kitchen Cabinet. The Lid Comes Off. What Is It?6park.comAnswer: a paper cup holder
#34 Found This In The Road Near My Car? Any Clue?6park.comAnswer: Bottle capper
#35 Found At A Garage Sale. No One Knows What It Is6park.comAnswer: Indian brass bud vase
#36 Found On Hotel Room Floor, What The Heck Is It?6park.comAnswer: Looks like a blackhead removal tool
#37 Found Outside A Restaurant Approximately 25 Years Ago. The Pieces Don't Move6park.comAnswer: Eyelet for a fishing pole
#38 Any Idea What This Is?6park.comAnswer: it's a dreidel. A 4-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top in a game of chance
#39 What Is This Thing In My New Apartment? Staff Have No Idea Either6park.comAnswer: Kinda looks like a doorbell chime
#40 Dog Found This In My Backyard. I'm In A Largely Residential Neighborhood. Its Hard Plastic Not Soft Like A Shotgun Shell. Bottom Only Has That Small Piece Of Metal Not The Whole End. About 2.5inch Long6park.comAnswer: Looks like percussion cap for a hole puncher tool
#41 These Wires Are In Every Room Of The Place I’m Moving To, What Are They For?6park.comAnswer: coax cable
#42 Does Anyone Know What The Heck These Things Are Attached To These Dead Trees?6park.comAnswer: It's a moisture indicator. I'm assuming, some mix of goodies that gets darker as it dries out
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