The internet is this intangible and wonderful space that seems to have absolutely all the answers to our questions. Do you want to know where the Iguazú Falls are? Look it up on the internet. Do you need to know how many inhabitants there are in the world? Search it on the internet. Does your back hurt and you don’t know what to do? Search it on the internet. Don’t know how to make a dish and lost the recipe? Look it up on the internet.
Basically you can get all the answers within reach of a couple of clicks. You just have to write the correct words and thousands of results will appear on your screen in a matter of seconds.
However, there are still doubts that are not so easy to solve by algorithms and artificial intelligence. That’s when you need the help of strangers around the world. Just upload a photo to a forum and ask “what is this?” so that a being of light, charitable and expert in the matter, gives you the answer that you need so much.
Here we want to show you a collection of rare objects whose discoverers had no idea what they were. So they decided to ask the beautiful internet community.
1. This kind of crank is screwed into the shelf of an old house
Turns out it’s a can opener.
2. This interesting wooden object with a cork was hanging in a beach house.
It is a float that indicates the location of crab or lobster traps.
3. This looks like a very old kitchen utensil.
It is a nutcracker
Four. What is this heavy steel thing that came in my Amazon package?
It is a pin for the storage shelves, it helps to have more support.
5. This machine has a roller with thorns inside and a side opening
This is a very old cheese grater
6. This wood and metal tool is almost 50 centimeters long.
It appears to be a lunar knife, a tool used in the leather trades for stripping and smoothing more delicate leathers in a process known as “raising”
7. This huge tube with climbing handles is located “in the middle of nowhere” in a forest.
They are the remains of the SNOTEL system, which monitors the weather and snow depth.
8. This exotic piece of decoration has mystical vibes
However, it is an elegant pickle jar container, although it is missing parts. Someone just decided to add crystals to make it a decoration.
9. You’re cajas are wrapped in duct tape, with cement rods embedded and a tray of rocks between them; submerged in a river in the Rocky Mountains.
It is a water sampling mechanism. You have to stay there a long time for results to be obtained.
10. This metal figure that looks like an elephant is found in a residential area in France.
It is a cycle port.
11. This what looks like a tiny door next to the front door is found in many houses in the UK.
It is used to remove dirt from the soles of shoes before entering.
12. A normal truck carrying a strange metal device
It is A Van de Graf generator produces static electricity.
13. In an old house, behind the socket cover is this device.
Apparently It is a motion sensor for alarm system.
14. This metal cylinder looks like a whistle.
And it is. This is a siren whistle, an ancient musical instrument used in concerts and cartoons to add comical effect.
15. This strange plate is half wood and half marble.
It is supposed to be a bowl for salt and pepper, from where you can take a pinch and add it to your food more easily.
16. The hairdressing kit included this kind of metal gear.
It is the key to adjust the scissors.