See The Strange Object Puzzling Social Media Users: The Hidden History and Real Purpose of Glass Insulators on Telephone Poles
For years, people have been looking up at old telephone poles and noticing something odd: small glass or porcelain objects sitting quietly at the top, often shaped like rounded knobs, mushrooms, or stacked discs. On social media, these objects regularly resurface in posts where users ask the same question—“What is this strange thing?” Some guess…