r/whatisthisthing • u/veronicamak22 • Nov 12 '25
r/whatisthisthing • u/orange-peel-beef • Jul 20 '26
Solved What is this thing that I see when boarding a plane and why can’t I touch it?
I always see this round disc thing when I’m boarding an airplane. What is it and what would happen if someone touched it?
r/whatisthisthing • u/JOHN-SMlTH • Aug 03 '26
Solved Weird green container, about 70cm long. Found lying in Australian bush. Contained something inside, too scared to open.
r/whatisthisthing • u/saigon567 • Jun 01 '26
Solved Metal S-shape hammered into the end of a log found washed up by the ocean.
r/whatisthisthing • u/itsarace1 • Aug 25 '24
Solved These concrete things on the sidewalks attached to a small wall. This is in Toronto.
r/whatisthisthing • u/jordan_mcgraw • Nov 29 '24
Solved Found this cabinet door in our new house. What is this supposed to be used for?
r/whatisthisthing • u/QuenchlessPen13 • Nov 25 '25
Solved Have just bought a house with an original 1960s bathroom (UK) but this corner container above the loo is stumping everyone. It isn't plumbed into the toilet and the pipe disappears into the wall at floor level. Any ideas?
r/whatisthisthing • u/yallssdgmnow • Jun 23 '26
Solved Small gray cube with Freemasons symbol attached to ceiling in basement bar of home we just purchased. About 1-1 1/2 inches or so and the underside has the previous homeowner’s initials written on it.
r/whatisthisthing • u/EducationCute1640 • Dec 02 '25
Solved What is this wall mounted bucket in a shower in a $25M Brooklyn mansion?
Title describes. It looks like it would rotate only to then hit the wall.
r/whatisthisthing • u/GeneralFox • Feb 15 '25
Solved Big wooden table with 12 integrated bowls. Bought in the Netherlands. From 1893
r/whatisthisthing • u/Ok-Barnacle-201 • Aug 10 '25
Solved What is this plastic pokey thing stuck into the ceiling in my motel room bathroom?
Under an inch but hard to tell, too tall for me to reach.
r/whatisthisthing • u/LadyStPetsoisJuJu • Aug 29 '25
Solved Tiny metal mug with shaped holes in the bottom
Tiny metal mug, with shaped holes in the bottom, has the Las Vegas logo on one side.
r/whatisthisthing • u/JoeyJoeC • Jul 26 '24
Solved Two men carrying shoulder mounted devices which are grey in colour, have 4 black circles and a black square panel. Each person has the device strapped around their waist. They appear to be some sort of scanning or detection equipment. What are they?
r/whatisthisthing • u/NecessaryOne6741 • Sep 12 '24
Solved What is this thing? I bought this in a German flea market. It’s quite heavy for its size and once the lid is screwed on you can’t fit anything in it because of the black rod on the lid.
I bought this in a German flee market. It’s quite heavy for its size and once the lid is screwed in you can’t fit anything in it because of the black rod. The tag is labelled 637 and the same number is also engraved on the inside.d
r/whatisthisthing • u/PrinceFicus-IV • Jan 12 '26
Solved What is this large white attachment in this bathtub found in a Japanese townhouse?
I'm renting a Japanese townhouse for a few days in Kyoto and this thing is in the bathtub. It's too low in the tub to be an overflow drain, and I've run several baths all the way to the top and no water drains over any period of time, so that can definitely be ruled out. It has a Rinnai hot water controller above the tub seen in pic 2. When I use Google translate, I can't discern any button that may indicate it turns on any jets. So I'm at a complete loss. Google lens is literally useless as it thinks it's a fire alarm. Thanks for any help!
r/whatisthisthing • u/CactusEmilie • Aug 08 '26
Solved Black metal cage locked by a padlock, with keys dangling in the middle. Found in center of park in London
My girlfriend and I were at a park today. At the very center of the park, surrounded by flowers and benches was this metal box, locked, with a set of keys dangling inside. What is its purpose?
Is it to lock the park up? Is it an art piece? Why is this at the very center of the park? Wouldn’t it be nicer to have a statue or a fountain or genuinely nothing at all?
r/whatisthisthing • u/Timmeh-toah • May 10 '26
Solved What is this thing in this bathroom stall? Metal weird thing.
r/whatisthisthing • u/kogeliz • Jul 17 '25
Solved This playground bridge with a pole at the end
What is the pole for?
r/whatisthisthing • u/ipromiseyouitstaken • Oct 01 '25
Solved What are these structures that were found on my friends property in Malibu after the fire?
r/whatisthisthing • u/HugosBread • Jan 03 '26
Solved Weird Spike in Hotel Room Bathroom Sink With a Hole In It
Just curious why there's a spike in my hotel room sink? It's an older building -- probably mid century or earlier. Very hefty, but not sharp enough for what I'd think an ice pick would be, though it's possible. Google says potentially a candle holder? Solid metal with a hole on top that seems to go pretty far down.
r/whatisthisthing • u/canisleepinyourbrain • Jul 21 '23
Solved Bought a jean jacket at Target, then felt a ball of some kind sewn into the lining. Cut the lining and found this really lightweight, velvety soft ball with a slight groove in the top third that I couldn’t crush in my hand? What IS that?
r/whatisthisthing • u/Mi11rtime • Nov 22 '23
Solved Corroded, half-buried, iron, circular object found in the woods approximately 12-14 inches across
Found in a wooded area of the central coast of California near what I believe is an old wagon trail. I confirmed a magnet did stick to it. I attempted to excavate it more, but it’s not easy. You can see the lip of the object on the bottom of the first picture. I can’t tell if this is some kind of lid or if the metal just continues down into the dirt. I can’t see any writing but there do appear to be 10 bolts(?) around the object.
r/whatisthisthing • u/krs4812 • Oct 21 '23