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Okay, so we found this thing buried in a corner and swore it was an old-school Easy-Bake Oven. I mean, it has buttons, a door, and a mysterious glow of potential snackery. Naturally, we tried to bake brownies in it—bad idea. They came out sterile, slightly radioactive, and probably FDA-prohibited. Clearly, this isn't a toy... or a kitchen appliance. So what is it? Got a guess? Hit us up at share@sciplus.com—we love a good mystery, and we love it even more when someone else solves it …

Well, look what the forklift couldn't drag in! Found this absolute unit chilling on the lower dock. We tried to coax it to move, even offered it snacks (warehouse snacks, naturally - you know, stray packing peanuts and the occasional rogue bolt), but no dice. So here it sits, a monument to inertia, silently judging our lack of heavy-lifting prowess. Any guesses what this stubborn piece of machinery is? Send your brilliant deductions to share@sciplus.com – and don't even think about Googlin …

Okay, so my Wednesday warehouse adventure just got weird. I was down in the lower dock today (don't ask), and apparently, it's where we've been hoarding rubber chicken wreaths – yes, you read that right – and a bunch of seven-foot-tall nutcrackers. As if that wasn't surreal enough, I then spotted this machine. Its array of dials and cryptic labels hint at a purpose far beyond the ordinary, whispering tales of forgotten experiments and perhaps even a touch of mad science. Could it be …

Okay, so picture this: it's not Wednesday (my bad, time flies when you're surrounded by surplus gadgets!), and I totally caught Pat red-handed. He was all hunched over this thing, muttering to himself like it owed him money. Naturally, my curiosity antenna shot up faster than a rocket-powered hamster. So, I casually stroll into the warehouse (you know, just pretending to look for... uh... essential paperclips?), and BAM! This glorious piece of retro-tech is staring back at me. Honestly, it looks …

Many of you know our humble beginnings: a neighboring company's discarded lenses became the foundation of our surplus legacy. From those "take 'em if you haul 'em" days, we've built our history. And that's the crazy, wonderful story of how we became us! Now, I've got this box of those very kinds of lenses here, a little piece of our history. Take a guess at how many are inside, and if you're feeling adventurous, try to figure out when our super old optics catalog was printed (we're still scratch …