Scientists share totally unexpected alternative uses for everyday objects

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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.