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    1. This is something for the category of 'most interesting things found inside of a typewiter'. As I was inspecting and preparing to test a new-to-me SC 5LE, when I opened the ribbon cover, I saw this. I wish I had taken a better picture of what i looked like after I got the shell off of the machine, but I was pretty intent on getting it outside and making sure it wasn't inhabited. I ID'd it later as a mud wasp/mud dauber nest.

      via Patty Perkins at https://www.facebook.com/groups/TypewriterCollectors/posts/10162788538859678/

      mud wasp/mud dauber nest in a typewriter<br />

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    1. https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1j7jv3x/things_found_inside_a_typewriter/

      via u/NisKildegaard:

      Bobby pins, staples, safety pins, paper clips ... Postage stamps, coins... Pencils and erasers... Notes, business cards, shopping lists... A dental X-ray -- I think it was a molar. And the other week, a firecracker. One machine I bought for a bargain price, listed as parts/repair, turned out to be nonfunctional because a toothbrush was stuck inside the mechanism. I'm guessing it was originally intended as a cleaning tool, but ended up gumming the works entirely.

  11. Jan 2025