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What is that strange toothed part on kitchen scissors for?
Many kitchen scissors have a small, jagged opening between the handles near the pivot. Because it does not resemble a…
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I found this on my way to work in the city center. It’s made of metal, all the parts are identical and can move, but the whole thing isn’t meant to come apart.
A small metal object found on a city-center sidewalk initially appeared to be some kind of mechanical puzzle. It consists…
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Unravels and goes back – magnetic into itself but not onto the fridge.. front and back, sharpie for size. What is it?
The small round object shown beside the Sharpie is a folding purse hook, also called a handbag hanger, table purse…
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What is this? My barber rubbed on my skin after shaving me and didn’t know the English name for it.
The translucent white stone is most likely an alum block, also called an alum stone, shaving alum, or styptic stone.…
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Remember This Pink Owl Candy Cigars?
Pink Owl Candy Cigars were a colorful novelty candy shaped like small cigars, but they were actually bubble gum or…
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If you played in the street and and remember yelling “CAR!” then you had an awesome childhood
Before smartphones, tablets, and organized playdates, many American children spent their afternoons outside, playing in the street until the sun…
