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There's No Way People Could Have Figured Out What These 24 Weird Objects Were Without The Help Of The InternetIf you've ever had a moment where you found an odd item you couldn't identify — well, you're not alone.
Turns out this happens to everyone, pretty much constantly. Thankfully, the kind folks at thesubreddit are happy to help. Here are 24 recent finds from the sub and what they turned out to be:"For a radio set. In 1930, radio was still new. Most of the rules written by the US FCC were developed in 1927 and 1934; Britain and Europe would have been similar. The right is for the ground, as it is labeled. The two in the center would be for an antenna, like a Windom antenna. Think of the old UHF loop antennae that were delivered with new televisions; straighten that out into a straight wire, and you will have a similar antenna. The left is one of two things. One option is for a remote speaker. Early radios were large, and often, the speaker was a separate piece of equipment. They were furniture, often mounted in beautiful stained and varnished wood cabinets. The receiver would often be mounted on a table or mantle, and the speaker could be located in a different part of the room or another room altogether. This gave better sound but also reduced the size of what could otherwise be a very large piece of furniture. A second option is that the left jack could be used to connect a telephone. I have seen both. Personally, since the other connections are radio-related, I am inclined to say it is for a speaker.""This has been my go-to housewarming gift for years because people rarely need them, but when you need one, you need it NOW.""Wall-mounted bottle opener. I priced them for a small motel I worked at in PA. Our furniture was torn up from bottles, and I told the owner it'd save him money to have them mounted next to refrigerators.""That is an arc lamp from an old movie projector or spotlight. It held carbon rods that formed an electrical arc between them. One of the jobs of the projectionist was to watch this through a dark glass window in the back of the projector and turn the knob to keep the electrode spacing correct so the arc didn't go out.""I am a commercial diver. I do construction underwater in Manhattan. We recently used these exact cages on a project calledWhat they did was fill these box cages with oyster shells. Then we welded them together. Then, they put a box of either live oysters or oyster shells seeded with juvenile oysters on the top of this box pyramid. Then we lowered them by crane down to the river bottom and staked them into the mud. We also installed concrete habitats seeded with juvenile oysters. Our location was the Gansevoort Peninsula, just south of The Little Island and just west of the Whitney Museum.""Definitely a music book holder . Most of them have a slightly different claw shape, where the claws curve outward a little — but I have one that is nearly identical to this called the Kiboch page holder bookmark.""It is part of a cosmetic set. Funnel us to refill your travel perfume bottle, and the scoop is to refill a compact with more powder.""I was thinking it was going to be the footplate for a scooter, but actually, I believe it is thisThese 16 Weird Items Were A Complete Mystery Until The Internet Figured Out What They Were
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