What Are These Things? (16 pics)

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Ever stumbled upon something and thought, "What are these things?" From mysterious gadgets to odd everyday objects, sometimes the simplest items leave us scratching our heads. Exploring these curious finds is a fun way to discover surprising uses and hidden stories behind the unfamiliar!

“Marked under home goods. Wooden, hammers clack together when shaken.”



1 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Tric-Ballac Italian percussion instrument.”

“I’ve been looking at this thing on the table and I cannot figure out what it is.”


2 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “It’s a ’Bloomy Lotus Bud’ air diffuser. You can add essential oils to it to make the room smell nice.”

“I found this strange foam shape on the side of the sidewalk. The bottom part is pretty sturdy but the top part with all of the holes is very squishy.”


3 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Half of a Magic barber sponge brush”

“What is this plastic cylinder with numbers?”


4 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Pencil holder with a calendar”

“Ceramic cylinder, approximately 15 inches tall, 6-inch diameter with 2 valves on the bottom and a cast iron mounting bracket.”


5 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “It would appear to be a Lye jar for cleaning milking machine lines, but I can’t find how it works.”

“10” x 6″ fired clay, ~3lbs. mounting brackets on one side only, cavities run through the length of it."


6 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “This is a heating element section for a kiln.”

“Yellow metal things, suspected wheel chocks?”


7 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Car lots use them to put under tires and tie balloons. We called them balloon anchors or balloon tie-downs.”

“Wooden vertical slot shelf thing. 5 ft by 4 ft. Wooden and on wheels.”


8 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Used for storing mat board for picture framing and art projects, whole pieces in the bottom slots and scraps, once cut, in the top. The diagonal top is used to put your artwork or print on to try different combinations.”

“Anyone have any idea as to what this long narrow board is supposed to be? Found in a kitchen of an older apartment.”


9 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Usually to clamp something onto — like a meat grinder.”

“Mounted on a wall in a hotel room. It is rigid, no articulations for movement. The hotel staff is not sure if it is decorative or functional.”


10 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “It’s a hanger. A really goofy, artistic hanger. The gold bits are for you to put stuff over like jackets or bags, and there’s even a bar at the bottom to lay stuff over like gloves.”

“Returned from out of town with a box addressed to us. Present??? Receipt attached to box $259...sweet present!”


11 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “These are pieces of a bike rack. The rubber with holes loops around the tabs on the plastic pieces, which are shaped to cradle the tubes of a bicycle. Obviously, these would be mounted on a frame that would rest on the back of the car. I have a rack that has pieces that look just like that.”

“This tubular hook thing is mounted on the mirror in the bathroom. It has a needle-sized hole at the bottom and the hooks twist.”


12 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Yeah, it’s a rotatable multihook, for washcloths and other accessories (probably loofahs too).”

“Small torpedo-shaped metal and wood thing about the size of a pair of sunglasses. Mounted for display, found in an Airbnb with several others.”


13 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “Google Lens brings up cedar plug fishing lure”

“Does anyone know what this instrument is called and in what music it is used? It only has this one fingerhole and thus produces only 2 notes.”


14 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “It’s a cuckoo whistle. ”

“Green glass cylinder, hollow with a decorated base — 27 cm (10”) high & 11 cm (4.3″) diameter at the base."


15 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “It’s a slide for a water pipe.”

"Can anyone identify this object sitting on my uncle-in-law’s highchair in the early 1960s?"


16 What Are These Things? (16 pics)

Answer: “It’s a toy hammer.”


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