r/whatisit • • 2h ago

Solved! Can you tell me why this is happening and what it is?

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3.2k Upvotes

r/whatisit • • 4h ago

Serious answers only please! Santa Fe, NM

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What species is this? Found in my bathroom.


r/whatisit • • 5h ago

Solved! Is this a bone or could it be something else? Dug up on a job

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992 Upvotes

r/whatisit • • 6h ago

Solved! What is this fluffy wheat looking thing? A german girl at the bar gave it to me and I’ve been holding onto it because it looks important

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r/whatisit • • 17h ago

Solved! My cat ate it. $3500 later, what is it?

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It's firm but squishy like silicone from a cooking utensil. Had straps or something but those are chewed off. I want to make sure it never comes in my house again


r/whatisit • • 11h ago

Solved! Does anyone know what this is?

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1.9k Upvotes

r/whatisit • • 18h ago

Solved! What is this little door on the back of a semi?

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2.9k Upvotes

I’ve seen a few of these; some open, some not.

What is the purpose of it?


r/whatisit • • 2h ago

Solved! What is this book?

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162 Upvotes

Does anyone know this book?


r/whatisit • • 6h ago

New, what is it? Found on student's sketchbook, can anyone read this?

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293 Upvotes

I am in need of help. I am a high school art teacher and want to freak this student out by knowing what this says (I have them next block)! We have an excellent relationship and joke with each other frequently like this. Can anyone help?


r/whatisit • • 2h ago

Solved! Can someone help me identify what this is? found in the salad my dining hall was serving.

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r/whatisit • • 3h ago

Solved! Found in jail-type setting

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Has a charging port at one end, a spring at the top end. The silver button can be pressed and the black bit is rubbery, covers a spring type and rotates like a dial. Found outside forensic inpatient ward, dropped by an inmate/patient.


r/whatisit • • 20h ago

Solved! It’s been hanging in my uncles garage for decades, he says he’s got no idea

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3.0k Upvotes

I assume it’s some sort of tool, but no clue what it does


r/whatisit • • 21h ago

Serious answers only please! Found in recently deceased’s room

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Found in their closet.

Edit: I knew the internet could be heartless towards strangers but presumed they’d be nicer towards strangers who are grieving.

There is a toxicology report coming in 2-4 weeks. Thanks everyone, especially those with sympathy.


r/whatisit • • 48m ago

Solved! Squirrel picnic table?

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This is attached to the fence of the house I moved into. It’s so cute, maybe for animals, but the screw is obviously missing something. I’d like to replace that piece if possible. Hand for scale.


r/whatisit • • 16h ago

New, what is it? Is this what I think it is?

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I went to check on our camper that’s at a friends property two nights ago. Found our shed door had been pried open. Went back this afternoon and found this leaning against the workbench. I think I know what it is but would like outside input. Thank you in advance.


r/whatisit • • 2h ago

New, what is it? What does this say?

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Written note on a test I got back. Can anyone read my professors handwriting?


r/whatisit • • 23h ago

New, what is it? wtf did the city put on my tree..

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2.9k Upvotes

I was thinking it some goo fr


r/whatisit • • 3h ago

Solved! What is this?

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Found in an oldschool bathroom in an old house near Barcelona. Looks like an enormous sanitary pad and hangs next to the toilet.


r/whatisit • • 14h ago

New, what is it? A weird formation of mushrooms in a forest

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So i was scrolling on YT and saw this. What is it? I didn't understand from the guy in the video!

Here is a link to that video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/udHINtBh_zM


r/whatisit • • 8h ago

New, what is it? Hung from the roof of the cinema I work at... we're very confused

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Hi, so I work at a small cinema in France and on Monday, we found this hanging from the roof of the cinema.

My colleague and I didn't even notice it because our office is behind the building and we didn't have to go to the cinema directly that day.
Two policemen came to our office at 3pm in the afternoon, saying there was a weird "sign" on a wall of the cinema, and that they were told to bring it down.

My colleague was on a zoom meeting so I followed them outside on my own and they showed me this thing.
The policemen asked me if I knew what it meant, and if we were showing a movie that could be controversial or something, which is not the case.

Apparently when they checked the security cameras around the street, they saw that someone put this up from the roof the cinema at around midnight (between sunday and monday).
At that point the cinema was closed, and the cameras don't show how that person got on the roof.

I guided the policemen in the cinema to show them the upstairs and the access to the roof but it's blocked because we only use it for repairs and stuff like that.
I ended up getting the ladder we keep in the cinema to get the policemen to take it down, and they did by cutting off the blue "strings" that were holding it on the roof.

They took it away pretty quickly after that but I saw that it was some kind of a blanket, light fabric, dirty on the back (stains and dirt), that had been painted on, and at the top there was this wooden thing holding it flat. (Sorry my english is probably very weird)

So, we have absolutely no clue what this could be, and while we don't think it matters much, it's very intriguing. Final detail : the cinema is on the main street and right next to the city hall. So maybe it was a message addressed to them, but we still don't know what it means 😅


r/whatisit • • 21h ago

Solved! My dog chewed this packaging but I don’t know what it was

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I got home and found my dog chewed this packaging. I’m not sure what it was or what was inside.

UPDATE: Currently at the emergency vet, will update with xray results. Thank you for the advice and well wishes

UPDATE 2: Vet did an Xray and found no signs of metal or batteries in her so discharging her. Going to continue monitoring her at home in case anything comes up. Thanks so much for the support!


r/whatisit • • 9h ago

Solved! Spotted at Geneva Airport

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31 Upvotes

You know the drill.


r/whatisit • • 26m ago

Solved! Found it in my cabinet, but I don’t remember seeing it before

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r/whatisit • • 1d ago

Serious answers only please! What is flaking off of my glasses? Why are they flaking on me?

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456 Upvotes

Pmo... It's been like this for months since I broke the right glasses ear handle thing, what is going on with them?


r/whatisit • • 2h ago

New, what is it? Weird thin wire I see around buildings

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Answered: bird deterrent system

So I first noticed this type of thing when I lived in AZ at my old office and forgot to take a pictures before I moved away, but I just saw the same thing on a building here in Boston and this time I took a picture.

In both cases the site is very thin and remind me of the fillet in incandescent light bulbs.

In both the cases the wire was broken and tangled.

The only logical things I could come up with were

A. Bird deterrent, but it’s too thin and fragile, and in the case in AZ the wire was laying on the small metal casement of the window which would be too small for any bird and the metal would literally cook any bird that tried to land on it anyway.

B. An internal window defrost system. But that can’t be it because agin, it AZ it never gets cold enough for that, and in the boat case as shown below the wires are too far away from the window.

My cat of curiosity is on life support. Please help save it.