There was a huge explosion yesterday in Tennessee at plant that made explosive material for the military and industrial projects. https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-explosion-update-no-survivors-found-at-volatile-scene-10865405

Video from a news chopper on the scene right after the explosion shows what looks like green almost glowing debris on the ground https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPooHZbDiee/

Any idea what it is?

Question is directed towards the engineers and machinists here. I think this is primarily a system designed to keep the clamping faces parallel, and perhaps there is some kind of bushing or shoulder bolt.

I feel like I knew what this thing was right up until I had one. Two tool id site had no idea, and one said it's a ball joint separator, but I can't find any that look like this, and I swear I've seen them in stores, but can't remember where.

Maybe a type of bearing press?

Recently purchased a refurbished FZ-55 Toughbook and it has this black metal square securely attached to the back side of the screen. What is this thing?

I tried prying on it a bit to see if it's stuck on with adhesive tape but it is firmly attached. Either screwed in or adhered with epoxy. I don't want to break it off if it is useful.

I asked the seller and he had no clue despite running a shop reselling heavy duty laptops.

Nothing I've seen online of other Toughbooks have this. I am assuming someone expoxy glued a metal RFID tag or tracking card to it. Similar to Tile. I have tried reverse image searching the card, as well as the logo without any real results.

Can anyone identify this or perhaps recommend a way to scan it if it is a RFID tracker or asset management device of some sorts.

Thanks 🙂

This group of formally dressed men at a cafe each had a book, two of them are pictured here. Any idea what books they are?

I assume it has something to do with grounding, but I've never seen this before, so I'm curious of its function and need on a particular pole.

Never seen a bug like this, it has wings too

Sorry I couldn't take more pics.

Made in Japan. Will include underside stamp in comments. No other markings. It was an odd thing in a box and I am curious to find out more. All of my searching left me with no information on this piece. Not trying to sell, just curious.

There is a long, thin, rubber-y line wrapped around/connected to the water line pictured below.

Other angle:

The piece in question is loosely hanging via a zip tie on my main water line about shoulder height and can be moved up/down easily.

Trying to figure out what this kid's toy from the dentist is. I tried to look for it online and the only thing that looked similar was a fidget toy/spring like this:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/48-Tiny-Pearl-Plastic-Spring-Toy-Sensory-Fidget-Toy-Party-Favors-Goody-Bags-Rewards-Prizes-Bulk-4-Dozen/358773085

Except this is just a solid piece of plastic. I thought maybe it just needed to be pulled apart, but it broke in half when I tried.

Maybe it's a spring that somehow fused together? No idea what else it could possibly be.

Doensn't look like he moth larvae pictures I found online. Looks a bit similar to the larvae of a Dermestidae. But still not sure.

Sorry for the low quality picture. It's hard to make macro images.

Yes, it's a lamp. But what on earth is this center hoop thing for? Is something supposed to hang here?

My wife says it was purely for decoration but... just shoving a hoop above the lights? Why not a bird or something?

It was making a rattling noise as the pokey bits on the top made contact with the tire (while turning sharply to the right)

I know WHAT it is, but I dont know why it exists, what use it has, or where it may have come from. All sides are identical, its translucent green. The pips are scalloped, not painted on, and are otherwise unremarkable. Help me out here, its definitely my favorite d6, but I am struggling to figure out a purpose for a +5 dice.

...I mean, aside from that I need a +5 weapon, clearly.

I have never seen this before. I have no idea what it's for.
Any idea?

Its from a 1890s secretary drawer. The shape is reminiscent of a warded key, except it has this pin at the top that I have never seen in a lock. The key would have to have a corresponding hole, which no modern warded key I know of has.

Where can I get a key like this and what is it called?

Hopefully I am in the right place for this, but I need help identifying a wine glass in the hopes of finding one like it. It had a dark rose glass and while I can find some of similar color, I can’t seem to find one with the plant like stem that matches. Unfortunately to the top shattering, I don’t have a good picture of it whole.

This is a 2012 Lazer Helium cycling helmet. They came with this silicone gel pad. I had one of these and loved it. Lazer does not make/sell these any more after they were bought out by Shimano-America.

These pads were odd in how they were packaged originally and had no form of branding, hinting that they may have been sourced from some other industry or application. Search engines are garbage when I try to find the abstract application keyword for wherever these originated from due to advertising disinformation obliterating anything remotely useful. I imagine these may come from something like surgeons to prevent sweat contamination or for very hot environments like mines or foundry work. Does anyone know of applications where they have seen a pad like this sold or used?

Went to a camping in the Laurentians in Québec (Ste-Agathe) and there were those things near some camp sites. The sites are only accessible by footpaths. No car access. And if you bring a bike, you have to walk it up a hill, so I doubt they are bike racks.

EDIT: I have sent an email to the park and they have been kind enough to reply. It's just a type of fireplace with a grate. They didn't give more info than just this. Thanks to everyone for pitching in!

I've got a shelf for a living room set that I bought third hand in Germany. I want to hang this shelf, but its got strange brackets and I don't know what they're called to look for the respective hardware that actually goes on the wall.

Unsure if this post fits in this community, so I'm sorry in advance if it doesn't 🙏 It's driving me crazy that I can't figure it out

Edit: for reference, the screw on the right is the upward/top side of the shelf

Here are more pics

A buddy and I were riding our jet skis to Chesapeake and Delaware canal.

There are a series of these towers in the water. The have lights at the top that made me think the towers are associated with an airport, I don’t know if any airport is near there.

My first thought was, it was just a cell tower, but then the fact there’s like a series of them in the line, maybe go kind-of X-Fileish about them.