10+ Times People Were Weirded Out By What They Saw, But The Internet Knew What It Was Right Away
While the world is a mysterious and confusing place, that endless stream of wisdom coming from your internet cable sure helps to make more sense of it. As proof of this, we have a bunch of weird findings shared on a subreddit called 'What Is This Thing?' that were identified by internauts without breaking a sweat.
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While the world is a mysterious and confusing place, that endless stream of wisdom coming from your internet cable sure helps to make more sense of it. As proof of this, we have a bunch of weird findings shared on a subreddit called "What Is This Thing?" that were identified by internauts without breaking a sweat.
This questions-friendly internet's pocket has been filled with users willing to identify the weirdest finds, blowing our minds at how simple or how incredibly complicated some of these answers are.
Do you have a burning question you need answering? Then let's take it to the comments and see what comes of it.
(h/t boredpanda)
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#1 Green Alien Thing That Grew On My Band-Aid. What Is This Thing?
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#2 I've Met An Old Man In Germany And He Sent Me These Little Coat Of Arms, Telling Me To Visit Each Of This Location Before I Die. What Are These Exactly Used For?
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#3 An Old Samsung Pc Keyboard... What Is The Coffee Cup Key For?
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#4 What Is This Demonic Looking Creature?
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#5 What Is This? Found It By My Toaster. Please Don't Tell Me It's Some Kind Of Cockroach Molt
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#6 What In The Absolute F*ck Is On My Car?
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#7 This... Thing... Showed Up Inside The Humid Jar Of My Carnivorous Plants. What Is This Thing?
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#8 What Are These Circles On A Window Of A Bus And What Do They Do?
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#9 Saw This Guy Crossing The Street In Dc. What Is It?
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#10 Relative Found These Eggs In Her Yard In Georgia, Hanging From A Tree. What Is This Thing?
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#11 A Coworker Found A Hive On Her Balcony. She Is Convinced That Is A Beehive. I Am Not But I Don't Know What Insect It Is
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#12 I Was Off-Roading With My Kids Today And Found This In The Path Blocked By A Giant Rock. Any Ideas?
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#13 This Was Given To Me Maybe 25 Years Ago Because I Collect Knives. No One Knows Where It's From Or The Purpose Of The Stick (There's Space For 2 Sticks, But Only One Was In It When Given To Me). Us Quarter For Scale
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#14 I Came Home Yesterday Afternoon To Find This Tucked In My Car Door. Anyone Have Similar Experience?
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#15 Odd Square Metal Imbedded In A Rock. What Is This Thing?
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#16 Found This On A Beach In New Zealand- There Were Thousands Of Them At The High Water Mark. What Is It?
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#17 I Need Your Help! What Is This?
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#18 Oxycodone Bottle Found In The Woods With Electronics Inside. What Is This Thing?
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#19 Super Small Mini Flask? The 'Needle' Screws Into The Flask. What Is This Thing?
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#20 Took This Weird Bean Home, Now It's Opening Up And Has Me More Puzzled. What Is This Thing?
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#21 Found This Guy Freezing To Death In Southern Michigan This Morning. What Is This Thing?
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#22 Seen In The Sky Over Wisconsin Last Night. What Is This Thing?
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#23 White Circlet With Purple Dots On Top Of A Headdress. What Is This Thing?
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#24 Found At Dead Relatives House. What Is This Thing?
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#25 What Is The Purpose Of A Door Like This?
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#26 My Friend Found This Weird Rock On The East Coast Of England. What Is It?
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#27 Found On An Apple In East Germany. What Is This Thing?
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#28 Found On Beach (Ocean) In Ma, Usa. (Iphone 5 For Reference). Skull? Sternum?
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#29 Seen In The Sky While Hiking In Manchester Today. What Is This Thing?
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#30 Interesting Cloud Formation, What's Going On Here?
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#31 My Mom Found This On The Floor Of Her Beauty Salon, She Calls It A Cockapiller. What Is This Thing?
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#32 This Little Girl Was Photographed In The 1860's With Her Dog. What Is She Holding In Her Lap?
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#33 These Were All Over The Beach In S. Maine. Think They Were Alive. What Is This Thing?
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#34 A Gift To The Sultan Of Brunei. What Is It?!
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#35 What Did I Catch?
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#36 Mold? Spores? Something On A Tree In The Woods. Too Scared To Touch It
Looks like some wooly aphids. Woolly aphids are sucking insects that live on plant fluids and produce a filamentous waxy white covering which resembles cotton or wool. The adults are winged and move to new locations where they lay egg masses. The nymphs often form large cottony masses on twigs, for protection from predators.
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#37 I Found This After A Rock Was Broken. What Is It?
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#38 Seen In Ohio. Obviously A Car...but Does The Top Have A Purpose?
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#39 Its Made Our Of Silver And The Ball Rotates. What Is This Thing?
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#40 Any Idea What These Metal Light Weight Hollow Things Could Be? Largest One Is About 5"
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#41 Found In An Earth Pot At Work, Was Growing In The Dark As Had A Lid On It. What Is This Thing?
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#42 Is This The Beginning Of A Stephen King Novel? This Mystery Blob Just Appeared In My Remote Maine Cabin. There Are Also Signs Someone Has Been In Here Since I've Been Away. What Is This?
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#43 Neighbor Was Involved In A Hit And Run And Is Trying To Identify The Red Vehicle That Hit Him. Any Idea What Vehicle This Could Be From?
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#44 What Is This Thing? Seen In A Charity Shop!
"Looks like it would dispense cigarettes" - frumble86
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#45 This Needle Thing Was Just Found In A Hamburger At A Lexington, Ky Mcdonald's - What Is It?
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#46 What Is This Tool?
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#47 It Slid Out Of My Cooked Egg. What Is This Thing?
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#48 For A Friend...what Is This Thing?
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#49 Thing Pulled Out Of A Dog's Mouth, Looks Like A Sandworm From Dune. What Is This Thing?
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#50 Found Hanging From A Tree. Pen For Scale. Feels Like Cotton. What Is This Thing?
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#51 These Spots On The Chicken Out Of A Frozen Store-Bought Package, Each Bit Has This Around The Bone. What Is This Thing?
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#52 What Is This Professor Wearing? I Believe He Is In Computer Engineering
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#53 I Know This Is Uranium Glass But What Is It Used For? The Top Comes Off
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#54 Found In A London Airbnb. What Is This Thing?
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#55 My Mom Saw These On A Car In Southwest Florida, Not Sure What They Are?
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#56 What Is This Tool- Some Sort Of Gauge? Made By Starrett
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#57 Found In My Backyard Pond. Floating By That Sack Filled With Fluid. What Is This Thing?
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