19 Pictures That Can Make You Question What You Truly Saw

Sometimes, the most fascinating discoveries come from the most unexpected places—like the back of an old drawer. From strange gadgets to mysterious trinkets, people have stumbled upon objects that left them scratching their heads.
In this article, we’ve gathered 12 curious finds that had people confused. Each item has its own unique, intriguing answer. Can you figure out what these strange discoveries are?
Answer: It’s a camera. It’s not connected to anything, though. It looks like a webcam where someone popped the front off.
Answer: Put a couple of quarters inside from the side so you have change for the pay phone to call a cab. This was a thing before everyone had cell phones. (It’s specifically to hold coins to call a cab.)
Answer: Used in the 1970s to style Afro hairstyle. It fluffs out frizzy hair. The iron version of this comb is to place on a burner to get it hot and use it for hairstyling.
Answer: It’s like a heavy-duty curtain hook — perhaps for large velvet / blackout curtains. Turn it around, so the hook is down, and insert the prongs into the pockets for the curtains.
Answer: That is a salamander. A specialty tool for making crème brûlée. They’ve been obsolete since cooks started to keep tiny blowtorches in the kitchen. You heat it on a burner, and then hold it over the crème brûlée to caramelize the top layer.
Answer: It’s a bottle/jar opener, designed to fit varies jar lid sizes.
Answer: It’s stainless steel soap. It’s to rub on your hands after chopping onions or garlic. It gets the smell off.
Answer: Hand warmer. You can “click” the metal piece, and it will start a chemical reaction and heat the pad.
Answer: It’s a doughnut holder — the English type, not the one with the hole in it — you hold it in this tool and then inject jam (jelly) into it with a jam syringe.
Answer: This is a hose clamp, designed to pinch off a section of rubber tubing or, more recently, Tygon tubing, typically found at the bottom of a column or syringe.
Answer: It’s a water filter wrench.
Answer: It is a shower curtain weight to keep the curtain straight. Incredibly useful for clawfoot and freestanding tubs. The “button” goes on the interior of the curtain, and the tail hangs on the outside over the lip of the bath.
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