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A: "It’s a holder for fruits and veggies to be sliced on a mandoline food slicer." “I found this tool in the kitchen drawer. Wondering what it’s used for. There’s no writing or logos on it.”

"If you are in a foreign country and need to call for help, but don't know the emergency number, call 1 1 2. It's the international emergency number and will automatically connect you to the nearest help line."

“I love young potatoes. When I need to peel one, I just use some metal mesh for frying pans.”

As it turns out, the idea that the Vikings wore helmets with animal horns was actually a nineteenth-century invention. This is all because of the costume designer, Carl Emil Doeple, who added the horns to his designs for Wagner’s classic Norse saga, Der Ring des Nibelungen.

"Tires will now know a new life as a piece of furniture. It’s certainly ecological, but we’re not really loving it."

"These Two UK Phone Booths Have Been Repurposed"

Victoria state is covered in webs of millions of spiders that emerged because of flooding. If flooding wasn’t enough, here, get some spiders to boot!

“Did some birds for spring!”

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