1.If you urgently needed a clock in Germany, just head down to the corner and pick one up.
2.Here's a Macy's vending machine that sold men's shorts for only 97 cents!
3.That's actually Harpo Marx surprising someone on Candid Camera from inside a Coca-Cola vending machine.
4.Here's a machine selling air insurance at Newark Airport.
5.A beer vending machine? Yes, please!
6.Here, a vending machine selling Calpis, a Japanese beverage described as having "a light, somewhat milky, and slightly acidic flavor, similar to plain or vanilla-flavored yogurt..." YUM.
7.Worms at the push of a button.
8.Lemonade vending machines in Moscow.
9.Instant books!
10.Pantyhose on-the-go in France.
11.Potatoes 'round the clock are totally useful.
12.Here's a machine dispensing handy lightbulbs.
13.Not the most exciting vending machine — dispensing lumps of coal in France — but still useful once upon a time.
14.The egg-o-matic seems like a pretty great idea so long as they don't get crushed coming out the slot.
15.The best for last: the whiskey vending machine. Official plea to get one of these for the BuzzFeed office.