35 Mildly Interesting Things That Will Make You Say “Huh” Today
You know that feeling when you see something that doesn’t really matter, but somehow makes your day a little better? I get that feeling a lot, and this list is full of it. Small, strange, quietly fascinating things that caught people’s eyes this week.
1. “The cafe I went to puts a teddy bear espresso ice cube into their iced lattes”
2. “My sticky notes were delivered on an appropriately-sized pallet”
3. “Local bookshop sells mystery books. The wrapping describes the themes only.”
4. “Dropped my iPhone on a beach and the MagSafe case attracted titanomagnetite from the black sand”
5. “Puréed ‘roast dinner with gravy’ served to my Dad in hospital”
6. “My cotton candy shriveled after leaving it in the hotel room in the tropical country I’m visiting.”
7. “My book matches my reading spot pretty well.”
8. “My Japanese work boots have suctions cups on the bottom for walking on ceramic tiled roofs.”
9. “A tooth that I grew in my abdomen”
10. “I boiled down 5 gallons of seawater and this all the salt.”
11. “Just shaved my sofa with a fabric shaver and it almost looks new again.”
12. “Our staircase to nowhere, which we use as a bookshelf”
13. “Bubbles in my coffee this morning”
14. “My hair had a little bump and I looked at it through a microscope”
15. “These nail rings that let you see what your nails would look like if you painted them”
16. “My coworker’s lock has symbols, not numbers”
17. “My grandpa kept almost all of the rabies tags from his dogs”
18. “Vancouver park lets you borrow a ball for free”
19. “Door knob is higher at the doctor’s office to prevent kids from escaping.”
20. “My peanut butter cup had 21 wrappers”
21. “My bank gave me a roll of brand new pennies from 1964”
22. “I left an iced black coffee in the fridge overnight and this pattern formed on the surface”
23. “My tea has four/five different levels of brewing”
24. “Our airplane gave us these tiny juice boxes”
25. “They have a bench with a USB port at a train station in rural France.”
26. “Tiny hammer and enticing button with no explanation in my historic apartment building.”
27. “This @ I wrote today.”
28. “The charging indicator on this bus”
29. “Road sign wishing butterflies a good migration south for the winter”
30. “My chocolate chip muffins are now just chocolate-y”
31. “Just saw this Roomba on top of a Norwegian mall door.”
32. “All 7’s serial number found at work”
33. “My thumb nail has a ribbed texture”
34. “A memorial plaque of a water fountain at my High School”
35. “Pizza came with free second pizza”
