Scientists share totally unexpected alternative uses for everyday objects

Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work.

Leave it to scientists to find new uses for old products.

Per the Washington Post, Twitter user Robyn Womack discovered a delightful Amazon review for a tea infuser in which a buyer explains its alternative, scientific use. 

"To be honest these were not being used to strain tea but in a zoology experiment involving ants," he wrote.

SEE ALSO: This Ikea magazine ad is also a pregnancy test

Thank you for the honest review, John 🐜 😂 pic.twitter.com/sUaIYNdmNQ

— Robyn Womack 🐦⏰ (@RobynJWomack) January 28, 2018 Read more...

More about Twitter, Science, Culture, Culture, and Web Culture

COntributer : Mashable http://ift.tt/2rY8leK

Exhibit rare genuine handcrafted multi-ethnic products of the people in Island of Borneo!