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What r/whatisit is talking about this week

r/whatisit has 2,956,416 members and more than 100 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 61.1 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

2,956,416members
100+posts in the last 24 hours, newest 40 min ago
61.1comments an hour right now, newest 16 h ago
9,923points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/whatisit this week

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Top threads this week

  1. I don’t think it’s a microphone. Thermometer?

    Going into locker room at end of game. What’s up?

    9,923 points1,370 comments6 d ago
  2. What happened to my lightning cable?

    Woke up to find this white stuff on my lighting cable

    9,472 points1,282 comments6 d ago
  3. boyfriend’s cigarette case, any idea who is on the front?

    He takes this everywhere since he makes his own cigarettes. I’ve tried to search for curly haired greek statues online. I’ve been to his place & he has books written about religion & history, is...

    9,200 points1,796 comments3 d ago
  4. What is this bag found by police in my deceased dads home

    My father died unexpectedly at home 3 years ago. He was in his 60s and lived at home alone, no obvious health issues, they assumed he had a heart attack but never did an autopsy. When I was...

    7,617 points3,132 comments2 d ago
  5. Long-limbed bug in my apartment

    I've just been letting it chill. Hoping it's one of those "bug-eating-bug" bugs.

    6,798 points1,732 comments6 d ago
  6. Weird phenomena, bubbling every time it rains?

    In the area of the parking lot downhill behind my local mail office the pavement bubbles and froths every time it rains. It's like there is not just air being pushed up from under the blacktop,...

    6,332 points347 comments7 d ago
  7. Just got hit with this ad on FB

    What is this, and why does Ali Express think I need some?

    6,174 points1,383 comments4 d ago
  8. Found in a church parking lot

    My daughter found this on the ground in a church parking lot. I thought it was a master ball toy until I saw white powder inside.

    5,936 points1,226 comments7 d ago
  9. Looks like something from Star Wars

    My best guess is some kind of exotic or deformed goat

    5,475 points402 comments2 d ago
  10. What are these cones on the train tracks?

    They resemble the cones of an anechoic chamber.

    5,151 points1,006 comments5 d ago

Newest posts

  1. What are these yellow things?
    1 points8 comments40 min ago
  2. I swear it says Work
    1 points18 comments51 min ago
  3. Anyone knows how to use this
    1 points5 comments54 min ago
  4. No idea, maybe salt?
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  5. Fient safty pin?
    1 points1 comment2 h ago
  6. Found in elderly relative’s house
    1 points1 comment2 h ago
  7. Anybody know what this symbol is?
    1 points11 comments2 h ago
  8. Tattoo meaning
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  9. This plastic thing found in an ashtray
    1 points10 comments3 h ago
  10. Idk what is this,migth be Mold under m'y bed
    1 points1 comment3 h ago
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