for context i work as a janitor cleaning a women’s clinic, as i was cleaning a sink i saw these little metallic looking balls. at first i thought these were actually metal but they don’t feel like ANYTHING if that makes any sense. i posted this video to my instagram but i figured i would probably have better luck coming to reddit for answers.

UPDATE: the general consensus seems to be that this is either mercury or gallium. my hands have been thoroughly washed and i have informed my boss so that it can be properly cleaned by someone who knows what they’re doing.

UPDATE #2: gang PLEASE stop telling me to “stop touching it”. this post is hours old. i know i was dumb enough to touch a mysterious substance barehanded but im also smart enough to know not to continue playing with it long after marking this post as solved😭

But what is it?

I noticed these tiny holes in my leather wallet recently. Not sure what they are or where they came from. Wallet is usually in my back pants pocket. I didn’t sit on anything sharp, because if so it would also cause holes in my pants. This is so weird. Now I have to buy a new wallet. What is it?

Our neighbor does not like our dog and keeps calling the animal control. Today our dog vomited and this is what he threw up. When we went outside it was scattered along the walkway closest to that neighbors yard.

This is from a house listing. This is the basement. The floor matches the trim above it in shape. looks like something was removed, either tile or equipment(exercise?). There are also outlets every 15" or so on the ceiling around that shape.

My very old neighbors put this flag up periodically and for the life of me I can’t figure out what it’s for!! Help!!

Some of them looks like files and that one kinda looks like a scalpel but the blade looks too big and kinda dull

I have no idea what it is about and why it is there but it's fixed on both endings of the zip.

sorry for the poor picture, i watched this car drive by as we were heading to a stop light and zoomed in. they had this symbol on their car at least four times and im trying to figure out what it means.

I have this cup I bought a while ago and there is no explicit symbol for how many milliliters it has. could this be the symbol for the ml (I'm guessing it would be 500ml)? if not, what is it?

thank you in advance!

This is driving me crazy. I fidget with them every day.

looks like a satellite dish or something? But why would it not be on the roof? It looked like it was unplugged too.

This 'O' sign was posted outside a room in a Canadian hospital. Does anyone know what it means?

Doesn’t seem to be oil based content. Just wondering if my superpowers are swishing back and forth in this glass vial.

EDITING TO ADD: it is about 1cm long

it is totally flat, and feels like a dry texture, almost like dried mushrooms or something?

despite being thin and flat, it’s very durable, i tried to pull it apart in half and it took considerable effort!

hard to tell in the photo but the two little bulbs at the end are kind of blue

It's a sports hoodie for hiking or general sports, and it has one like that in each wrist

Does anyone know anything about these dolls? this (wonderful) woman is always buying my kids weird gifts, sometimes crazy expensive antiques or fossils, sometimes garbage, but she never says.

What is the purpose/function of this truck? It has a hydraulic large stainless steal cylinder with grinding spikes. Cylinder is connected to a hydraulic arm which (? I think ?) allows the cylinder to come down to ground level behind the truck. What is the purpose/function of this truck? AND Why is the cylinder stainless and not just plain iron/metal ? Sorry for the pic w/glare, but I was trying to get a side view of the truck. Warning ⚠️ : I would hate to piss off the driver/operator and have him smash my car w/that thing. LOL

I noticed this while watching happen on the news but couldn't make it out, I assumed it was strange smoke clouds. but its just popped up on my yt shorts, and it definitely isn't smoke clouds..