I Was Too Embarrassed to Ask My Mom, So I Asked Online—Does Anyone Know What This Strange Crystal Object Is?

paperweights to antique medical tools.

Then a pattern emerged.

Dozens of people began giving the same answer.

According to the internet, the mystery object was actually something called a knife rest.

Wait… A What?

I’ll admit it.

Until that moment, I had never heard of a knife rest.

Apparently, these elegant little objects were once common features at formal continue reading …