The original post: /r/glitch_in_the_matrix by /u/meimeixinka on 2024-10-13 15:57:28.

I made myself some oolong noodles in this pot on Friday night. The noodles come with this dark soup/sauce and I always set the flame too high on the stove when I cook. As a result there was a dark orange stain line all around inside the pot. I didn’t think much about it until I was washing the dishes and the line wouldn’t come off. I was scrubbing it for ages, used two different detergents, even baking soda and nothing. The stain was still very dark orange. Frustrated I gave up, rinsed it with water, dried it and put it back in the cabinet. The next day after I had my breakfast I decided to clean the whole apartment and started with the breakfast dishes. The sponge was already overused so I got a new one and suddenly remembered the pot and thought I could try and scrub it one more time but with a new sponge. So I got the pot from the exact same spot where I put it and…. It was clean. Stainless, white and clean. The orange stain line was completely gone. I texted my roommate asking her how she managed to clean it and she had no idea what I was talking about. She went to sleep around the time I was washing the dishes previous night and left early in the morning so it was very unlikely she’d take a pot from a kitchen cabinet and scrub it before she left the house (besides she never cleans). Nobody else lives here besides the two of us, none of us brings anyone home, even if we did, why would someone go into the cabinet and scrub the pot? I had to sit down for a while. I’m still thinking about it, I mean it’s just a stupid pot but how? That stain was really dark, it looked like I didn’t even try to wash it and suddenly it’s clean? Was there a chemical reaction? I used two different flavors dishwashing soap and baking soda (that’s all I had at the moment). Do you guys have any logical explanation? I tried to attach a photo of the pot but it won’t let me so I’ll try in some other sub as well. Am I overthinking it or am I going crazy?