101 Facts That Will Make You Raise an Eyebrow

sandwich bread is not entirely real bread water can boil and freeze at the same time bananas are berries that grow in Grass believe these are not but let me ask you did you know water can be wetter than it is in nature find out in this video bubble gum is usually pink because the first commercial gum made in 1928 was like that pink simply was the only color of the food dye available at the factory the first chewing gum ever though probably appeared about 9 000 years back people chewed birchbark tar back then for its medicinal properties for example to fight fever in fact at different periods people used to chew on lots of stuff for instance the ancient Mayans made gum out of Chico a substance made from the sapodilla tree sap they used it to fight hunger and quench thirst and in North America people chewed spruce tree resin a habit which European settlers later picked up and turned into a commercial thing in the 1840s you can't name a folder c-o-n on any version of Windows this also applies to some other letter combinations such as PRN aux and ul and others it has to do with the operating system itself it creates folders to store data in them and if you create one of your own using one of these names it will confuse the system if you shuffle a deck of cards to get every possible combination you'll spend billions upon billions upon billions of years just to get a third of the way there think about it there are 52 cards in a regular deck and the possible number of combinations without repeating is eight times ten raised to the power of 67. even if you Shuffle the cards 100 times per second without repeating combinations it will take you several hundreds of trillions of the times the universe has existed so far [Music] ing a simple sheet of paper 103 times will get you a stack of 93 billion light years thick which is more than the size of the observable universe but if you decide to check this on your own you won't be able to fold it more than 12 times and that would require a really big sheet of paper too as in almost a mile long with a regular printing paper sheet it would be even less seven times in many supermarkets you'll see two different bread sections Bread and bakery and they do have different types of bread in them the lighter square and most often cut in advance variety is called White pan bread or sandwich bread while the other is well just bread the difference is that sandwich bread is made specifically to have stuff spread on it it has a tougher texture which allows the slice to not fall apart and go all crumbly when you put say peanut butter on it it's also soft enough letting you bite into your sandwich and not squeeze the contents out of the sides turning your meal into a mighty mess finally white pan bread lasts longer than regular bread because of the additives in it they preserve the bread's texture for a week or so in your home allowing you to enjoy your PB JS for longer while the traditional bread variety would likely go stale the next day there's a state at which water can both be boiling and freezing it's called a triple point and it occurs when all three states of a substance liquid solid and Vapor exist at all the same time without messing with each other for water the triple point happens just a tiny bit over the freezing temperature and at an atmospheric pressure of 0.006 atmospheres the blue bird you see on the Twitter logo has an official name it's Larry the Bird and the creator of the social network named it after the former NBA basketball player Larry Bird from the Boston Celtics if you've decided to save a few bucks by charging your smartphone less often let me disappoint you to charge your cell phone you use teeny amounts of electricity that's why the maximum amount of money you can save within a year is less than one dollar Jeep is actually an abbreviation originally it was called a GP or a general purpose vehicle it was only much later that it became a brand we know today bananas have a curved shape because they turn towards the sun they're also not trees but grass by the way the bunches grow downwards but the fruit itself wants to get towards the Sun so it curves a bit up while it grows spandex a fiber used for making Sports clothing got its name as an anagram of the word expanse if you were to watch every video on YouTube you'd have to spend 1 000 years on that and then about one thousand times more because of all the new videos that would appear by then you probably know that tomatoes are technically berries well bananas Peppers watermelons and eggplants are too there's a little open jar symbol on every Cosmetics item Packaging it's called Pao period after opening and it tells you how long you can safely use the product after opening it the jar is usually accompanied by a number with the letter M which stands for months just make sure you remember exactly when you open the package so that you'll know when three six nine or however many months indicated have passed a phone jack often has several rings on it each representing different components one ring is for mono sound two are for stereo and the third one means your earphones have a microphone function built in to know if an egg you boiled is fully cooked just spin it on the countertop if the egg spins steadily without immediately falling over it's done instead of using good old water firefighters extinguish fires with wet water they add special wedding agents to it chemicals that reduce the surface tension that regular water has it helps the substance to soak into objects and spread everywhere much more easily your shower curtain sometimes gets a bit too clingy when you get into the shower trying to get clean according to the shower curtain effect the hot water lowers the air pressure behind the curtain the higher denser pressure outside the shower pushes the curtain in making you feel like your shower curtain is out to get you if you take a closer look at the regular garbage bag you'll probably notice that the seam is inside out in fact you're not supposed to shake up the bag to open it you gotta place the bag over a garbage can like a hat and then just push the middle of the bag down into the can this way the seam will end up where it should be inside if you ever had problems with popping chocolates from the box look at those little holes around them they're there to help you if you push a hole right next to the candy it'll jump out easily so you hungry but not quite ready to eat a three-course meal just yet how about some instant noodles instead ah the waters boil your tummy's rumbling but there's a problem the styrofoam cups broken and the noodles are exposed wait is that a space at the bottom of the cup why that space is for protecting the noodles it's not the company trying to save money or anything notice how the ramen and cups is hardly ever broken but the one in the packet comes out looking like a mess this technique is called a middle suspension the noodles are packed in tightly to stop them from getting crushed in the delivery truck it's not just about the noodles looking nice and long it also helps those tasty noodles soften more easily now morning breath isn't the best luckily there's an easy way to get rid of it yeah it would have been easy to think that mouthwash was invented for you know washing your mouth well mouthwash was originally invented and sold as a floor cleaner it was sold to hospitals as an antiseptic for years it never really took off some genius in marketing rebranded it as a mouthwash and the rest is minty fresh history so after you've cleaned your teeth just remember rebranding can be pretty powerful it's hard to imagine a world without the internet these days no streaming no online games or pictures of cute little kitties yeah that's not what it was designed for but who cares right the Prototype internet was called arpanet or the advanced research project agency Network this machine was very sensitive to stop anyone from turning it off some clever scientists stuck a piece of paper on it with these powerful words this machine is a server do not power it down it was written in red ink hey nice touch having your professor scribbling in the margins of your notebook isn't exactly new except that margins weren't designed for that their rat protection back in the day rats would nibble on paper all the time so if you wrote something on the edge of the paper it ended up inside a hungry rat a couple of well-placed lines stopped your best answer from getting eaten hey I can't finish this pizza time to cover up those leftovers luckily I have plenty of plastic wrap a little tug and the roll just jumped out prison break if you look at the wraps home the long thin box there's a special little feature that can help you a cardboard tab on each hand push them in and the roll is not going anywhere strange that I've never seen them before it's lunch time I'm feeling like a California roll today seaweed rice cucumber avocado and crab meat or is it it's actually imitation crab meat it's basically cheap white fish blended with sugar the fish mixture is then heated and pressed into shape mmm yummy that's maybe why it's called the hot dog of the sea nah I just made that up your microwave has a secret we've all seen but never paid attention to that black mesh you see on the door is a faraday cage it stops the electromagnetic energy or the microwaves from escaping and cooking you too that's how it heats up your food so quickly every microwave has to have one and they all vary in quality this Faraday cage can even stop signals from your phone which I guess is useful hey you don't need your popcorn to stop popping in order to take a call do you airplane Mode's a bit easier though ever taken an IQ test and realize your Einstein level smart me neither the meeting IQ is only 100 plus there's very little evidence that Einstein ever even took the test in the beginning most people thought the tests were too vague to be helpful in any way the test was designed for children who needed help with their studies later they realized they could be adapted to identify intelligence but it was never originally designed for that hey never pop bubble wrap you're missing out and you guessed it it was never meant to be popped or used in the way we use it today it was invented as a new textured wallpaper by sealing two shower curtains together they created the first bubbles the idea never really took off obviously after failing his wallpaper it discovered its true meaning in life it could protect sensitive items when the first computers are being shipped bubble wrap was there to help imagine a house with bubble wrap wallpaper in every room best or worst thing ever hey leave me a comment below if you owned one of the biggest companies in the world selling one of the most known products on the planet how would you keep your company secret a secret the formula for Coca-Cola isn't patented the first recipe was but when they made changes no patent ever went through the secret formula is still only known by a few people at the company not only that but not even Coca-Cola's rival wants the recipe in 2006 a disgruntled employee tried to sell off the secret but it didn't work hey take a look at your brand new mattress do you see the do not remove under penalty of law tag wow that thing looks pretty serious good news though the tags aren't meant for you they're aimed at the mattress seller a hundred years ago mattress makers used to create the filling with basically anything animal hair old hospital beds or clothing then strict laws stopped old hospital beds from being used their mattresses were filled with germs now on a rainy day Play-Doh is something everyone can make at home mash up some flour water salt food coloring and lamb any creative person is amused for hours cheap clean non-toxic the perfect modeling clay but it was never made for that this stuff was originally for cleaning up walls in the 1930s that's because people started going crazy for wallpaper which you couldn't use soap and water on eventually Play-Doh had to find a new home now have you ever finished a lollipop and noticed a hole in the stick this hole isn't just for show or to make a musical instrument with after you're done it's there to keep that tasty sweet treat from falling off while the candy still hot it's poured into a mole as it hardens the candy flows into the hole and creates an anchor oh not into lollipops how about good old American gummy bears Unfortunately they aren't American at all they're German a German company started making them in 1922. the original name was a gummy something something anyway they got the inspiration from real dancing bears at live shows the treats eventually made it all the way around the world hey ever wondered what those little bumps were for on the F and J keys on your keyboard these little raised ridges are to help your index fingers be in the best possible spot for lightning fast typing keeping those fingers on F and J it makes it way easier to reach all the keys especially if you don't look at the keyboard now everybody loves a slinky if you've ever watched one of them strut down the stairs with groovy music in the background congrats you're definitely a YouTube fan people of all ages loved it when it came out which is crazy because it was never meant to be a toy at all it's a spring it was originally designed to stabilize sensitive nautical devices on ships nothing fun about that at all until that amazing day when one of them fell off a table and danced its way into our hearts after many experiments the new and improved Slinky was born give that team a scientists a medal we use doorknobs every day so it's right to be concerned about how many germs could be on them however they have made doorknobs out of brass partly for that reason brass provides an antimicrobial effect eliminating the microorganisms that we're hoping to start a colony on your doorknob your pants have that one-fifth pocket that's recognized as the small useless one originally it was there to provide a safe place for your pocket watch something that was necessary when first implemented in 1901 it then continued to remain for traditional purposes however it's still a great place to put your Tic Tacs you've probably mistaken those little rivets on your jeans as some form of fashion statement similar to the small pocket in fact they're incredibly important they are there to provide extra support for areas that withstand the most strenuous parts of your clothing preventing them from embarrassingly falling apart that little button at the end of your seatbelt seems like it's way out of place in fact it's there to ensure your Buckle will always remain at the end so you won't have to awkwardly fiddle with your seat belt every time you put it on you're in a new car or a rental and the gauge tells you the gas is getting low you don't know which side the fuel cap is on from the inside it can cause unnecessary effort at the gas station however your fuel gauge has an arrow that reminds you which side to fill your gas tank up from some models of cars may also have a gas tank hose instead with the hose pictured on the side that the cap is on hiking and walking through snow requires the best kind of Footwear the shoes which are perfect for this also have an extra eyelet for your lace to Loop through looping your laces through the extra eyelets will give more support for your ankles and feet and will provide more stability as you walk but as you walk blisters are also a concern the sweat in your shoe creates friction between the feet and the shoe which then helps create the blisters antiperspirant that you use for your armpits will help keep the feet from sweating just make sure you use the clear one cooking for people is always nice however sometimes the guests are late yep we're all guilty of that sometimes right the extra drawer under your oven where you've been keeping all of your spare pots and pans was actually made to keep your food warm great for those who are late to the meal ever wondered how long that padlock could possibly last when it's outside in the rainy weather keeping your bike safe it has a little hole at the bottom of it it's there to drain water to avoid corrosion on the inside it also serves to provide oil further prolonging its use that hole in the elevator door isn't there to check who's inside so you can avoid sharing a ride with specific people it's a keyhole in case it breaks down etchup sauce bottles and all other condiments we love all have a stage when it's difficult to get the insides out you try hitting it shaking it and poking things inside to encourage the tasty condiments to come out luckily there is an easier way to do it the label at the top suggests where to tap the bottle the sauce will come out easier and smoother allowing gravity to take the place of frustration the purpose of wooden coat hangers is to help repel pesky insects and avoid fungal growth that eats away at your clothing as it's made of cedar wood it contains oils that have insecticidal and fungicidal properties and were used as far back as the ancient Egyptians although they used it for other purposes we've all been trained and tested at the art of typing and know the correct way to use a keyboard but you may not have noticed that the F and J Keys have a small Ridge at the bottom they're there to help you find your correct starting place with your fingers on the keyboard without having to look down if you've been lucky enough to get the window seat on the plane you would have noticed that little hole at the bottom of the window it helps with the air pressure on the plane the window itself is made from acrylic and isn't actually glass which saves it from fogging up so you can see the scenery on your journey you find yourself at a food fair in Iceland When You See It For the First Time volcano bread you eat a slice and oddly enough it actually tastes good unsure of how this works you check out the baking process hmm is this kitchen really strange looking or is it just me the baking spot is in nature specifically in a hot springs field you better watch your steps so you don't get burned by the hot vapor jolting from the ground now a local Baker shares their traditional rye bread recipe with you Rye flour check yeast check you mix it all together and pour it into a metal pot next on the list is digging the hole where you'll place the pot to bake you dig for about 16 inches until you can see the water bubbling from the ground if you want to do it like a local you'll use your finger to check the water temperature yikes that's hot actually the ground is heated by lava Iceland is one of the most volcanic regions in the world with over 30 active volcanoes at any one time after you bury the bread in volcanic soil you leave it there and wait 24 hours until it's ready the next day the bread is fully baked and super tasty uh and the best part is you just participated in an ancient Icelandic tradition people have been doing this since at least the 1800s imagine it's your first day of work in a museum and your assigned task is to clean the mask of Tutankhamun you grab your cleaning utensils and then oh no this can't be happening you just broke Tutankhamun's beard I never wish this to happen to anyone but this is actually a true story back in 2014 an employee at the Egyptian Museum knocked off the beard of Tutankhamun's mask and glued it back on hoping no one would notice this mask was discovered in 1922 and is considered one of the 10 symbols of our human civilization oh and the best part of this story it took historians until 2016 to discover the poor glue job so if you visited the museum between 2004 and 2016 maybe you saw the glued beard if I say Sahara what comes to mind an infinite desert landscape right well according to scientists the Sahara isn't always a desert from time to time it becomes green but you probably won't be seeing this in your lifetime every ten thousand years the Sahara lives through a humid period where the sand gives way to lush green vegetation and sparkling Lakes this happens due to a tilt in the Earth's axis which affects different weather patterns around the globe can you imagine the Sphinx surrounded by rainforest it's mind-blowing and speaking of the Sahara say you traveled back to 1800 BCE if you timed it right you might get to see the construction of the so-called Black Pyramid in the city of dashur these are not the famous Giza Pyramids but they serve the similar purpose of being a final resting place in 1892 archaeologists Excavating the area found an important part of the Black Pyramid that was lost for centuries the Benben also called a pyrimidian was the tip of ancient Egyptian Pyramids a Ben Ben consists of a solid block usually made of limestone most of them were covered with gold and reflected the first rays of light from the Sun every day can anyone get me a time machine please remember when you ate something really spicy your cheeks turned red apparently that can happen to birds too for example canaries can change colors after eating peppers these birds have a special pigment that allows them to switch Shades depending on their diet so if a yellow canary eats red peppers it can turn orange or red can rocks move on the ground on their own well you might be under that impression if you visit racetrack Playa in California the site is a dry lake bed and home to one of the world's strangest phenomena the so-called sailing Stones thank hundred pound rocks moving around alone leaving behind Trails as long as 1500 feet they were discovered in the 1900s and until recently no one was lucky enough to be on the site while they were moving it was only in 2014 after much observation and research that scientists solved this mystery the sailing Stones appeared because of the perfect balance between wind ice and water when it rains the water that falls on the ground freezes and forms a coat of ice above the ground if it's windy the rocks are easily pushed around sailing along the lake bed but hey if you ever visit racetrack playth don't disturb the rocks on the western coast of France you'll find the vacation hotspot known as the island of Rey it attracts tourists looking for Scenic Landscapes and beautiful beaches but that's not all it's famous for they're an extraordinary phenomenon occurs when two different wave patterns collide with each other something called a cross sea it's almost as if the sea were a checkerboard divided into hundreds of squares and no it's not an optical illusion across C only happens in places where different quality Waters meet for a tourist to see the cross sea in Rey this probably means that there was a storm in a different sea nearby this stormy water travels with the help of currents and meets the water of Rey creating these oddly shaped Riptides oh and apart from this island and Israel there's nowhere else in the world where you could see such a thing the following site will either give you Goosebumps or make you Marvel at its weirdness I'd say it depends on the time of day you visit next to the small town of griffina in Poland you'll find a very unusual site a pine tree Forest where each tree is bent at its base if you visit during the daytime I guess you'll be fascinated by these trees Sharp 90 degree curves you can even use their trunks as a stool if you decide to have a picnic for example but visiting the site at night will most likely give you chills a thin layer of fog hovers around making the forest seem quite unwelcoming scientists still can't explain why the trees are the way they are so are you at daytime or nighttime visitor you went for a hike and suddenly encountered a big cloud of fog this may ruin your photo ops but there's one thing you can hope for foggy days are the perfect conditions for a phenomenon called fog bow otherwise known as a white rainbow the button on the top of your baseball cap is there purely for aesthetic purposes by the way this little thing has a name professionals call it a squatcho its initial function was to hold the four panels of the cap together as hat making improved the panels stopped needing it to hold together and squatcho was removed but hats didn't look the same without it soon after the squatcher returned due to popular demand originally high-heeled shoes weren't intended for Galas and proms back in the 10th Century horse riding was pretty tough with flat sold shoes and many riders feet would constantly fall out of the stirrups higher heels helped deal with that problem the grip was much firmer with them and they grew in popularity it wasn't long before they became a fashion accessory to match stylish outfits notable people wouldn't want to be seen without them riding a horse with fancy heels was the equivalent of owning a luxurious sports car even though heels were worn mainly by Men At the start ladies picked up on the iconic Trend in the 17th century it's been one of the biggest ever since in ancient Rome salt was so precious that people even called it white gold with scorching heat and no fridges its purpose was to preserve food mainly Meat and Fish as a bonus it made everything tastier Saul which is salt in Latin was used instead of money to pay salaries here is where the word salary originated rice is the oldest cultivated food in human history its Origins as wild grass started in a small Valley around 15 000 years ago in Southeast Asia today it's served globally as a staple diet and popular ingredient to 3.5 billion people it would be difficult to imagine a world without video calls you use through your phone camera or laptop the technology has helped game-changing Innovations like working from home still video Call's original purpose is far from how we use them today the technology was introduced to confirm if the coffee was still in a pot in 1993 researchers at the University of Cambridge found it frustrating when they took a break to get a cup of coffee only to find that the pot was empty so they invented a device to monitor it and hooked up a camera that provided their computer with a live stream of the coffee pot thanks to these researchers we can work in pajamas now we know Albert Einstein for various achievements but there's something he co-invented that goes overlooked together with his student he invented a modified refrigerator it's not like the ones we use today in the 1920s fridges weren't quite as safe as they produced poisonous gases he wanted to create a safer version that didn't require electricity without moving parts and only needed a heat source to operate fortunately there wasn't enough funding so the project dried up later in the 1950s electric Bridges became popular but in 2008 Engineers from Oxford University revived this retro design they're still working on it but once they finish the Einstein fridge will come in handy for rural areas without power and people who want to live off the grid random QWERTY design doesn't make things easier in the 1870s Christopher scholes invented a layout that ensured typing was twice as fast but with commonly used letters next to each other it was a bit too fast and the machines constantly jammed so he then developed the QWERTY design it forced typists to adopt a pecking style this way they would search for a letter and slowly type with their index fingers the keyboards remain unchanged even today and people all over the world have somehow adapted to them the plastic end of your shoelace is an aglet and people have used it since ancient Rome sure thing they had no plastic back then so those aglets Were Made of Stone glass or even metal extra wealthy people could accessorize their shoes with precious metals like brass or silver what came first the TV or the remote control the technology that functions in the remote is older by several decades in 1898 Nikola Tesla created a machine to control mechanical devices with radio waves initially he tried selling the idea of a radio waves device operating IO through remote control boats but the potential buyers were not interested he was way ahead of his time as remote controls were finally used with televisions in 1956 as engineer Percy Spencer initially invented something brilliant in 1945. he was working on a new vacuum tube the magnetron which was used with early radar systems while working on the project he found that the chocolate in his pocket had melted realizing the heating potential of the magnetron he used it on corn kernels which turned into popcorn then he tried testing it with eggs but things got a bit messy so once the yolk was washed away he built a metal box keeping the energy within and the first microwave oven was built foreign a Duke in England requested William Kent an architect to make a traveling device for his kids William accepted and built the first ever stroller but nobody had to push it instead of handles it was built like a carriage and pulled by a goat or a small pony only a few were made as it was pricey more than 100 years later in 1848 the first stroller with push handles became available and more affordable police are often associated with donuts and there is actually a reason why during the 1950s in the USA police officers that worked night shifts found it hard to locate anywhere open for a midnight snack donut shops at this time were family owned they were working hard throughout the night providing fresh donuts for the coming day the shops were vulnerable at night becoming the perfect relationship nourishment for the police and extra protection for the shops popping bubble wrap is an excellent source of relaxation and it's also helpful with delicate packages in 1957 two Engineers glued together two shower curtains trapping the air bubbles between this is how the first bubble wrap was made the result they were looking for was a sort of textured wallpaper still it didn't go well on the market sometime later they tried to sell it as insulation for greenhouses and once again they failed everything changed in 1960 when IBM needed to ship delicate computer parts the bubble wrap was perfect and they continued to collaborate time you receive a package in your mail take a look at your box cutter if it features some diagonal lines on the blade you're in for a little design perk turns out that these are blades that snap off continuously cutting cardboard can dull the sharp edge of the blade to help prevent the need to buy a brand new box cutter the top segment along the next line can be broken off to reach a new sharp edge to do this check out the small hole at the base of the tool sometimes called the blade snapper the people that first came up with this Brilliant Invention were engineers inspired by the way chocolate bars are segmented hold on a minute don't throw away the cardboard package just yet most likely you'll have some silica gel packets somewhere at the bottom of the box since this gel is basically a drawing tool it gathers up the moisture out of its environment so you can store these packets for further occasions whether you'll need to dry out your phone or some other electrical object you can place them in a container next to the silica gel to reduce the damage you don't have to be a mechanic to know when a standard car tire needs replacing since they come equipped with a neat indicator take a closer look and you'll see that Treads within the tire are a bunch of rubber notches when the Treads are evened out with the perpendicular bars it's a sign you need to book an appointment with your local car service since most likely the tires have lost most of their traction and may not be safe for driving any longer the upper corners of a car windshield feature textured black dots melted into the glass edges this neat add-on isn't there for design purposes it's called frit glazing which means that a special type of ceramic paint is added to the window for protecting its sealant from UV rays it also conceals and creates a coarser surface for the adhesive used to set the window in place whenever you're up for a drive check out if there's a small tab under your car's rear view mirror bet you didn't know it's there to help switch the mirror from daytime to nighttime views it uses a prismatic Glass Technology to blur the reflection and reduce the glare of headlights behind you in traffic people came up with these manually tilted mirrors in the 1930s but they became standard somewhere in the 1970s while you're in the car check out the headrests as you most likely don't know that they carry a little disguised purpose of course they're adjustable to accommodate passengers of any height so that they get the proper support for their heads and necks the hidden feature is that they are detachable and come with two very solid metal bars should you ever find yourself stuck in a car and need to make a fast getaway These Bars come in handy to crack out the car windows so you're out for a drive and you're suddenly out of gas what I'm about to describe sounds more like a meme than an actual situation bound to happen but what if you're in such a hurry that you accidentally drive off with the gas nozzle still in the tank well the nozzles have been designed to prevent any hazards from happening rest assured they feature a breakaway device that will allow the hose to separate when taken out with enough Force initially designed in the early 20th century to be worn exclusively by basketball players sneakers soon became one of those fashion fundamentals similar to jeans and leather jackets if you take a closer look at them you'll see they have two extra holes on the side similar to the shoelace holes they're manufactured as such not only to provide extra ventilation but to allow people to get extra creative with their laces when wearing the shoes admit it you've always thought that Chopsticks are merged at the end for the sole purpose of keeping them together until you're ready to dig into your meal that may or may not be the whole truth under a more detailed inspection the wooden tools feature a square-shaped end Chopsticks manufactured like this date back to an old Japanese traditional design which can help with breaking the ends easily the separated end can then be used as a resting block for the Chopsticks to keep it more sanitized in hopes it can be used again since they won't be touching the table or any other surface women's bikes have a special design which surprisingly has a historical and fashionable purpose the lower frame is for the most part meant to make up for the generally shorter height of ladies compared to that of the average gentleman while that is the case for handlebars and Saddles the overall frame is lower for an additional purpose way back when women wore long skirts and dresses all day every day they needed to make sure their outfits wouldn't get caught in the frame that's how we came up with a lower framed bicycle perfectly made for women and their needs at the time the fact that toothpastes are multi-colored is not just a nice perk to make dental hygiene more fun there's a secret meaning related to each of the colors which dates back to the 1970s in those days people grew more and more interested in their oral health care and as such they were looking for products which could do more than merely clean their teeth one company was the Pioneer in that regard adding mouthwash to its toothpaste meaning the blue strip they later added on the red strip meant to feature ingredients which helped with gum care speaking of toothpaste check the cap next time you open a new tube you may be in for a little surprise there's a pointed cone shape inside the cap so you can puncture the seal of the toothpaste without cutting yourself or ruining your manicure not to mention it's more hygienic since you won't be able to transfer germs or other bacteria into the product itself microwavable instant rice loves to fall over in the microwave if you're me that is and like me you've probably struggled with keeping the package upright as it turns out the flaps that fold out from the bottom create a nice sturdy base push them out and give it a try hey why didn't I learn this in school has that half finished two liter bottle of soda left over from pizza night gone flat rather than pouring it down the drain add it to your compost heat the sugar feeds good microorganisms and increases the acidity of the pile helping organic material break down faster any pair of scissors will go blunt sooner or later but don't let that stop you there's a product in your kitchen that can help bring them back to life fast aluminum foil isn't just for leftover lasagna pull the sheet of it into quarters and start cutting cutting through the foil will sharpen those scissors right up but not if they're too blunt rescue them while there's still time those little escalator brushes aren't there to clean your shoes even though they can do a rather good job these bristles are actually a serious safety feature without them clothes shoelaces and bags can get caught in them when they're too close to the sides the little brushes are also there to tickle you to remind you to look down and take care hey I always thought it was a bug rubbing up against me half belts seriously what's up with those things well some military jackets used to double as blankets and the half belt help keep the extra material from getting in the Soldier's way nowadays they're mostly used as a fashion accessory accidentally stapling the wrong pages together is like the worst thing ever well there are worse things but it's certainly annoying especially if the staple takes out a huge piece of your document with it when you try to pry it off there's actually a simple way to make sure that the stapler pins are less tight and easier to pull out take a close look at that metal plate at the front of your stapler known as the Anvil turn the stapler upside down and adjust the settings you're basically changing the stapler setting to Temporary No More Tears No More Tears mention my name and you'll get a good seat toilet seat covers have been used wrong for way too long I see you ripping off that flap that looks like a ton no you're doing it all wrong instead of tearing it off let the flap sit in the bowl after you put it down the cover when you flush the suction will pull on the flap and take it away aren't you glad you know that now the dark square or rectangle at the end of your toothpaste tube what does that mean is it color coded to show what ingredients are in there or does it show whether the toothpaste synthetic or natural well sorry but the truth isn't that exciting the markings are there for the assembly machines they help the machines know where to cut and fold each tube we've all driven home from the supermarket taken a right turn a little too hard and crash sounds like the groceries volcano just erupted in the trunk look closely in the trunk you might see some little hooks in there you can hang your bags on them yeah some cars have them behind the front seats instead you can use them to hang clothes or even your takeout bag you may have noticed that members of the flight crew like to touch the overhead compartments while they're walking down the aisle they don't have a weird desire to touch everything there are actually handles along the edges to give them a better grip while walking go ahead and use them the next time you feel like a mid-air stroll it's definitely better than grabbing onto everyone's headrests don't you hate that a shiny brass doorknob adds just the right amount of fancy to your front door but that's not all it does brass like anything with copper alloy in it has antimicrobial properties that many harmful germs and bacteria just can't stand in high traffic areas these brass knobs and handles are the perfect way to get rid of those nasty germs without having to use harsh chemicals all the time the only downside is that brass is a lot more expensive than other metals that might be why it's hardly used for this anymore does your toothbrush have a pattern of blue bristles weaved in with the white ones it makes the toothbrush look a lot more stylish but it's not just about looking good those bristles actually have a practical purpose the blue dye is designed to wear off around the same time as when you should replace your toothbrush you should be switching out your toothbrush every three to four months anyway but those blue bristles are there to give you a gentle nudge just in case you forget now you'll walk over them every day and never think about it twice but is there a reason maintenance hole covers are always round in past civilizations like ancient Rome these covers used to be square shaped slabs of stone but all those edges and gaps led to plenty of stubbed toes and accidents for unsuspecting Romans a round cover eliminated the problem plus it meant you could only open it with a specialized tool probably a good idea the thermos was invented by a Scottish scientist but not for keeping his coffee warm he just wanted to keep some chemicals at a stable temperature he placed a small bottle inside of a larger one and then sucked all the air out from between the two bottles the same technique is used to make the modern thermos you can find a pin cushion in just about every household and strangely it's always in the shape of a tomato ever wondered about that little strawberry dangling from the top I'm no biologist but I'm quite sure that strawberries don't grow on tomatoes that little things for the needle you're currently using so you don't lose it in that big pile you have stick deodorants go to waste when the casing starts rubbing against your skin but there's still plenty left in there here's an easy trick to get it out unscrew the bottom and push it up from underneath that'll give you a few more days at least the expiration date on mineral water isn't about water going back actually no water can spoil but the bottle can over time it starts leaking some chemicals that aren't quite safe the spike in the cap of a tube of ointment or cream is there so you can puncture the tiny foil seal no need to grab a toothpick or try to use her fingernails to peel it off Post-it notes are supposed to be peeled off from the side like you're turning the page in a book most of us tear them from the bottom and that just creates a crease and makes the whole note less sticky to prevent water from boiling over just lay a wooden spoon across the rim of the pot it only works for a little while though if the spoon's surface gets heated up to the boiling point the bubbles will just foam up and around it that's why metal spoons won't do they heat up too quickly some erasers have two colors and textures not for pen ink versus pencil lead but for different types of paper you're supposed to use the blue side to remove pencil marks from heavy grades of paper most people use bobby pins upside down the zigzag part goes closer to your scalp the texture keeps the hair and pin in place much better and give your pins a spritz of hairspray before putting them in they'll grip better ever notice the tiny second hole in the lid of your coffee travel mug or to-go cup it's there to control how smoothly the liquid flows out from the drink hole without it the hot stuff would just glug out at you like milk from a jug it also lets the steam Escape so the high temperature and built up pressure don't melt the lid or send it shooting off so grocery carts have loops for a reason you don't want to put your jacket in your car next to a bunch of potatoes and onions do you hang it on the loop instead it's there to help you organize your cart better carts also have a cool section at the bottom whenever your cart's full just lift it up and attach a shopping basket for extra purchases lift up the whole metal thing sit your basket on the horizontal bar above the wheels and secure it with those handy hooks if you've got some pesky parsley stuck in your teeth try this tip it can be hard to get it all out with loose floss you need more tension just tie it in a knot toothpaste drives may seem a bit weird this just a marketing trick back in the 70s a leading toothpaste brand added a blue stripe to show that their toothpaste had double action solid white toothpaste worked just as well but those blue bristles on your toothbrush actually make sense they gradually lose their color over time when the blues faded it's time to change your toothbrush ever notice that tiny hole on the bottom of a padlock its hidden purpose is to drain water out to keep it from rusting it's also the place to lubricate a padlock a drop of oil in there will make it open and close way easier those ridges on the edge of Dimes aren't just for show people used to shave off the edges then melt the edges down into new coins but thanks to the new design it's easy to tell if someone's been shaving the edges off if you still struggle with peeling an orange here's another way of opening it first cut off the top and bottom make a slit on the side and pull it open that knobbly bit sticking out of the cap of your favorite cream is there for a reason these tubes are usually sealed with foil so unless you love breaking your nails trying to open them just flip the cap over and push the tiny rubber disc under every bottle cap isn't just for seeing if you want a lifetime supply of soda it's what keeps your drink all nice and bubbly the lid keeps the liquid inside the rubber disc keeps the gas inside until you drink it if you use the blue side of your eraser to erase pen your notebooks are probably all full of holes the blue side's there for when you need to erase something on much thicker paper it works on pencil and even ink as long as the paper is thick enough your bobby pins might not stay in place if the grooves aren't facing the right way they should always be on the bottom close to your head still coming loose put a squeeze of hairspray right onto the bobby pin before you put it in your hair any glass bottles usually have some sort of indent at the bottom it's handy if you want to be fancy put your thumb in the indent and pour away the technical name for this little dude is a punt those sugar sticks at your local coffee stand are ready to be opened in a new and easier way look how happy they are try splitting it right down the middle no more sugar on your fingers no more tiny little paper bit even your coffee's happier your cotton rounds pack has those strings on it so you can hang it on a handy hook in the bathroom but there's no need to loosen and tighten back up again every time check out the bottom of the pack it has a perforated line tear it open carefully and you're good to go doorknobs are usually made of brass bronze or some other copper alloy why they're antibacterial so they stop microbes from spreading just a couple of hours and the pesky microbes are gone but don't forget to wash your hands anyway bottles have long necks for a reason hold the neck not the bottle if you want to enjoy a cold drink two Zips too much maybe but they come in handy as a clever anti-theft device just lock them together now no one can open your backpack don't have a lock on you you can also tie them together with some string or even just a paper clip anything to slow those pickpockets down that tiny little button on the back of a shirt collar is used to hold your tie in place you don't want your tie trying to escape back there shoe manufacturers care about their customers so most running shoes now have a special anti-blister system pre-installed hmm sounds intense but it's basically basically just that extra hole on top of your sneakers make a loop with the extra hole inserting the lace backwards cross your laces and put them through the loops now pull the laces down to lock your foot in place now run you'll find silica gel packets when you buy bags shoes even some snacks don't throw them away they soak up excess moisture so anytime your shoes are a bit damp Chuck a few gel packets in there overnight you might have been using your shampoo wrong this whole time really here's the gist don't apply it to your hair just apply it to the roots the foam you create will trickle down on your hair anyway notebook margins aren't for taking extra notes or practicing emojis they were invented to protect people's work people used to live with a lot of hungry rats around the rats would nibble at the paper eating people's work they put the margin lines there to let people know to start their writing further from the edge so it's not lost to a hungry rodent Solo cups are the key element for any barbecue party but these red cups are even cooler than you thought you can use them to measure liquids the bottom line equals one ounce the second line equals five ounces and the third line equals 12 ounces Road and construction workers are usually dressed in Orange because the bright orange Hue is visible even in bad weather it's the most effective color to attract attention and alert people no wonder lots of safety jackets and traffic cones are orange as well the stop sign has an eight-sided shape to help drivers recognize it easily even if they see it from the back and when the signs weren't reflective yet the octagon shape prevented drivers from confusing the stop sign with any other at night the rumble strips on the side of the road are placed there to alert drivers who doze off behind the wheel when their tires move over these strips the noise and the vibration work like an alarm clock there are magnetic locks on fuel hoses at gas stations they come in handy if someone drives away with the gas nozzle still attached to their car in this case the lock detaches the hose automatically oh that's embarrassing gasoline looks like a rainbow in a puddle because it can't mix with water it forms a thin membrane over it when light reflects from it and the water at the same time you've got a rainbow a triple handle on a Jerry Camp is there to make it easier for two people to carry it and distribute fuel evenly gas cans often have a second hole that actually needs to be uncapped too before you pour the gas the air passage will prevent it from pouring out so no more fuel waste most gas cans have two holes with caps a bigger and a smaller one you're supposed to uncap the smaller hole before pouring gas inside the bigger one it'll prevent the liquid from glugging and spilling all over your clothes and the ground another little thingy we often neglect is a point on an ointment cap most tubes are usually sealed with a plastic film or foil and opening it with your fingernails isn't the best idea a point easily opens even the most safely sealed tube you can use most screwdrivers together with a wrench to create more torque just place the wrench over the handle of the screwdriver this way you'll need to apply a lot less Force than before you'll also be able to get to hard to reach areas more easily they install cameras in shops Banks and hospitals to monitor everything if something happens you can call the police or Rescuers the camera really helps to solve a lot of problems why are there no cameras on planes the crew keep order on the plane but they won't be able to do anything if something serious happens besides there's nowhere to run on the plane during the flight the cameras are useless and after the flight the words of the passengers work ideally instead of cameras so if cameras do no good then why spend money on them water is great at cleaning stuff because it has triangular molecules they're made of one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms H2O such molecules have slightly different charges on their opposite sides pretty much like magnets that's why water easily sticks to other molecules including those that make up dirt lots of private houses have triangular shaped roofs because this allows rain snow and fallen leaves to slide off the slope if all this stuff piled up on top of your house one day your roof would collapse when a storm is coming clouds seem to turn dark but it's just an illusion thin clouds on a sunny day let the light through easily they also scatter all the colors of the light spectrum this makes us perceive the clouds as white but the thicker the clouds are and the more water droplets they contain the less light they let through and the darker they look a good doorknob is the one made of brass bronze or some copper alloys these metals have an anti-germ effect bacteria Spread Way slower on them they also get rid of germs pretty fast within a couple of hours nope it doesn't mean you don't have to wash your hands diamonds have such symmetrical shape to show you their Brilliance initially the gems aren't so beautiful they go through several stages of cutting and then become pieces of Elegance most of these stones have a round shape with slightly pointed corners Diamonds shine the brightest in this shape why are there two holes in the socket the left hole is neutral the right hole is not and the Gap underneath is ground electricity needs to flow through the chain the current flows from the hot slot and passes through your phone charger for example and then goes through the neutral hole ever wondered what that small pocket on your jeans is for people used to wear watches on chains that small pocket was meant for it now almost no one wears such a watch but the pocket remains you can still keep something small in there like a ring in London there are some polls that look like Street lamps but there are no bulbs well their official name is stink pipes and they're a thing of the past now but they used to come in handy back in the 19th century these Hollow poles would vent away the air and explosive gases with bad smells to prevent shall we say unwanted consequences most kitchen shears have metal plier-like teeth in the middle between the handle grips they can help you crack nuts crab shells and other tough products you can also open jars and bottles or remove herb stems with their help we all know about these little pockets on jeans where people used to keep their pocket watches but what about these small metal buttons they help hold the fabric together Weavers put the buttons where the jeans can tear during moving and straining these small holes on some backpacks were designed to tie extra gear to them so you can pass ropes through them and tie sneakers if you don't want to keep them inside your backpack or in your hands this tiny dot next to the camera on your iPhone is a microphone it helps to get good quality of sound while taking a video the spotlight feature on your Mac can be used not only for a quick search of files and apps it also works as a calculator just type in a mathematical problem you need to solve Spotlight also uses internal dictionary data enter any word in the search bar and you can get information about it you've just bought a new bottle of oil you're taking off the lid and looking at this little cork that you can tear off by pulling the loop take this thing out but don't throw it in the trash put it back in an upside down position to control the pores Flow by pressing your finger against it tiny ridges on the F and J keys on the keyboard help your fingers navigate during touch typing when your index fingers are on these ridges you know exactly where other letters are the brushes on the sides of the escalators are not for polishing your shoes but for your safety these nylon bristles prevent your laces and clothes from getting inside the escalator's gears now that wouldn't be good most door handles are made of brass this type of metal is good for fighting microbes bacteria can't multiply that much on such surfaces these public toilets cubicles don't look private for a reason huge gaps at the bottom were created to make you want to get out of there as soon as possible thanks to this design there are almost no cubes you can use a plastic lid from soda cups as a coaster it has the perfect shape to hold your drink and keep a table surface from getting wet don't turn the lid upside down just put it on the table the same way it was on the cup if you're stuck in a car during an accident and can't open the doors you can use bars from the detachable headrest to break the window and get out remember those small plastic discs under the bottle Lids this little thing helps preserve vacuum inside bottles keeping soda in a fizzy state you've probably watched food Heating in a microwave at least once in your life exciting I know but why do the developers make the door so dark this black film is necessary to block electromagnetic fields tiny dots on padlocks next to the keyhole are designed to dry out the moisture if water gets inside the lot also if the lock gets jammed or starts to rust you can pour oil into it through this hole to fix the problem a golf ball is covered with tiny craters for good aerodynamics they're called dimples and this design helps the ball fly further and more evenly some mugs have a little Groove at the outside of the bottom it helps water flow out and prevents it from accumulating when the cup is in the dishwasher sunglasses were first used not to protect your eyes from the Sun they usage classes during Arctic Expeditions a huge amount of snow can blind you just like a bright flash to save their eyes they came up with these unique glasses you can use any t-shirt not only for dressing but also as a protective layer for your luggage just put your clothes on your suitcase as a cover and don't waste time plastic wrapping it a button on the back of the shirt collar is there to keep your tie under the collar yes people don't use it as intended because all ties are thinner now but this button is still there as a decorative function and here's the initial purpose of a tie they created it in the 17th century Europe to tighten the collar this way People Protected their necks from a strong wind then they got used to this part of the outfit and made it a must-have accessory for Royal gatherings soft pom-poms on hats were first invented several centuries ago Sailors used them to avoid hitting their heads against low ship ceilings and Ledges they make most clothes hangers from Cedarwood since it contains many natural oils repelling moths that love to eat your clothes a light bulb is spherical because such a shape allows the light to distribute evenly also such light bulbs are cheaper and easier to produce ever found these pieces of fabric and new clothes they're not just patches but also testing subjects to use before washing you can put this piece in the washing machine and see what happens to it if everything is fine then you can safely put your clothes in your ceiling fan has two modes of work winter and summer you need to find the switch on it push it up to activate the winter mode and down for the summer Walk In Summer mode the fan pushes the air down it pulls the air up in winter most people have this ground plunger in the bathroom in movies they use those to eliminate a blockage in the toilet in fact the plunger is to get rid of a blockage in the sink for the toilet you need another special device the extra space under your oven is not for keeping pans and pots you can put some dishes there the heat of the stove will keep your meals warm it's useful if you're waiting for friends late for dinner next time you're getting ready for work take a closer look at your go-to shirt every buttonhole is stitched vertically but check out the very last hole it's stitched horizontally right this is because the bottom part of your shirt endures the most stress from pulling as it's where your hips are so that horizontal buttonhole isn't a mistake it's put there to stop your shirt ripping as your hips move that layer of bubbles that forms when you add bubble bath to your tub isn't just for fun the bubbly layer also acts as insulation and keeps your bath warmer for longer the pom pom on top of your beanie wasn't put there as a fashion accessory the Pom-Pom was originally added to the hat to prevent Sailors banging their heads on the ceilings of the ships that were too low crackers have holes in them to stop them cracking and breaking during baking if the holes weren't there steam would build up inside the cracker and make it collapse those numbers on stickers they put on oranges aren't random if there are four digits and the first is three or four this means the fruit has been made with conventional farming techniques five numbers beginning with an eight means the fruit has been genetically modified five numbers beginning with a nine means the fruit is organic margins on paper aren't for writing in dates and numbering lists they were originally added to serve a protective function back in the day rats used to be a pesky problem in people's homes and paper was one of their favorite snacks margins were added as a safeguard so that the rats would nibble on blank paper rather than taking a bite out of your important work if you put your Chinese takeout on a plate when it arrives you're doing more work than you should much like the paper condiment pots in fast food restaurants your cardboard Chinese takeout box can be unfolded to create the perfect size plate for your food the long neck on your soda bottle is designed like that to encourage you to hold it there that way the heat from your hand will only warm that top bit of the bottle instead of heating up your whole drink why does a lapel have a buttonhole with no matching button originally coats and jackets did have a corresponding button so that the wearer could turn up the collar and fasten it around the neck to keep warm over time people stop doing this and the button was removed but many suit makers still keep the non-functioning traditional buttonhole it's always hard to see your food in the microwave because of that pesky black grate on the window but it's there to stop harmful microwaves escaping called the Faraday Shield it protects you as well as ensures that your food Cooks properly that random diamond on your backpack is called A Lash tab or a pig snout it's there so you can thread cords through the holes to carry extra gear perfect for camping or long hikes golf balls are covered in dimples rather than being perfectly round so that the ball can fly through the air more smoothly decreasing the drag and allowing it to travel further and faster your Mako pads have two different sides for a reason the bumpy side is used for applying makeup while the flat side is for removing it donuts have holes so that the inside and outside cook evenly before the holes were added the inside would often be greasy and doughy while the outside was crisp your Apple laptop charger has tiny legs that can be folded out and they're not there so your charger can stand up these legs when unfolded allow you to wrap the cable around and then clamp it into place securing it and preventing the cable getting tangled or damaged now take a look at a soda bottle and you'll notice a disc inside the bottle cap this helps seal in the liquid and the drinks Fizz stopping it from going flat that hole in your Hollow lollipop stick isn't to prevent choking should it ever be swallowed it's actually there to keep the candy in place excess candy flows into the hollow tube and the hole which when it hardens keeps the pop in place if it was a smooth stick the candy would slide off easily the zipper on leather biker jackets is often sewn diagonally it's not just a fashion statement Zips that are stitched vertically can Bunch up if the wearer leans forward but a diagonal zipper won't that little triangle on your gas gauge is there to let you know which side of the car your gas cap is on now you'll never pull up to the wrong side of the pump in a rental car again vacuums come with so many attachments but do any of us really know what that one with long bristles is for is for dusting and is perfect for cleaning framed art blinds and lampshades those tiny holes in the chocolate box tray actually serve a function push the hole near the candy and it'll pop straight out with you having to get your hands dirty how thoughtful some skyscrapers have hollow floors that can contain nothing but an elevator it's actually a way to get around height limits some skyscrapers are given a limit to the number of floors they can have because the hollow floors are empty they add to the height of the building and make it look more impressive without increasing the number of floors and breaking the building contract these Hollow floors also help to prevent the spread of fires women's shirt buttons are traditionally on the left for a reason back in the day it was a sign of wealth as it signified that a chambermaid had dressed you as having the buttons on the left made it easier for them to do up the shirt your cuticles serve a purpose so think before you get rid of them the small area of skin is there to protect your nails from infection without it bacteria and fungi can get in that's it for today so hey if you pacified your curiosity then give the video a like and share it with your friends or if you want more just click on these videos and stay on the bright side sandwich bread is not entirely real bread water can boil and freeze at the same time bananas are berries that grow in Grass believe these are not but let me ask you did you know water can be wetter than it is in nature find out in this video bubble gum is usually pink because the first commercial gum made in 1928 was like that pink simply was the only color of the food dye available at the factory the first chewing gum ever though probably appeared about 9 000 years back people chewed birch bark tar back then for its medicinal properties for example to fight fever in fact at different periods people used to chew on lots of stuff for instance the ancient Mayans made gum out of Chico a substance made from the sapodilla tree sap they used it to fight hunger and quench thirst and in North America people chewed spruce tree resin a habit which European settlers later picked up and turned into a commercial thing in the 1840s you can't name a folder c-o-n on any version of Windows this also applies to some other letter combinations such as PRN aux and ul and others it has to do with the operating system itself it creates folders to store data in them and if you create one of your own using one of these names it will confuse the system if you shuffle a deck of cards to get every possible combination you'll spend billions upon billions upon billions of years just to get a third of the way there think about it there are 52 cards in a regular deck and the possible number of combinations without repeating is eight times ten raised to the power of 67. even if you shuffled the cards 100 times per second without repeating combinations it will take you several hundreds of trillions of the times the universe has existed so far [Music] ing a simple sheet of paper 103 times will get you a stack 93 billion light years thick which is more than the size of the observable universe but if you decide to check this on your own you won't be able to fold it more than 12 times and that would require a really big sheet of paper too as in almost a mile long with a regular printing paper sheet it would be even less seven times [Music] in many supermarkets you'll see two different bread sections Bread and bakery and they do have different types of bread in them the lighter square and most often cut in advance variety is called White pan bread or sandwich bread while the other is well just bread the difference is that sandwich bread is made specifically to have stuff spread on it it has a tougher texture which allows the slice to not fall apart and go all crumbly when you put say peanut butter on it it's also soft enough letting you bite into your sandwich and not squeeze the contents out of the sides turning your meal into a mighty mess finally white pan bread lasts longer than regular bread because of the additives in it they preserve the bread's texture for a week or so in your home allowing you to enjoy your PB JS for longer while the traditional bread variety would likely go stale the next day there's a state at which water can both be boiling and freezing it's called a triple point and it occurs when all three states of a substance liquid solid and Vapor exist at all the same time without messing with each other for water the triple point happens just a tiny bit over the freezing temperature and at an atmospheric pressure of 0.006 atmospheres the blue bird you see on the Twitter logo has an official name it's Larry the Bird and the creator of the social network named it after the former NBA basketball player Larry Bird from the Boston Celtics if you've decided to save a few bucks by charging your smartphone less often let me disappoint you to charge a cell phone you use tiny amounts of electricity that's why the maximum amount of money you can save within a year is less than one dollar Jeep is actually an abbreviation originally it was called a GP or a general purpose vehicle it was only much later that it became a brand we know today bananas have a curved shape because they turn towards the sun they're also not trees but grass by the way the bunches grow downwards but the fruit itself wants to get towards the Sun so it curves a bit up while it grows spandex a fiber used for making Sports clothing got its name as an anagram of the word expanse if you were to watch every video on YouTube you'd have to spend 1 000 years on that and then about 1 000 times more because of all the new videos that would appear by then you probably know that tomatoes are technically berries well bananas Peppers watermelons and eggplants are too there's a little open jar symbol on every Cosmetics item Packaging it's called Pao period after opening and it tells you how long you can safely use the product after opening it the jar is usually accompanied by a number with the letter M which stands for months just make sure you remember exactly when you open the package so that you'll know when 3 6 9 or however many months indicated have passed a phone jack often has several rings on it each representing different components one ring is for mono sound two are for stereo and the third one means your earphones have a microphone function built in to know if an egg you boiled is fully cooked just spin it on the countertop if the egg spins steadily without immediately falling over it's done instead of using good old water firefighters extinguish fires with wet water they add special wetting agents to it chemicals that reduce the surface tension that regular water has it helps the substance to soak into objects and spread everywhere much more easily your shower curtain sometimes gets a bit too clingy when you get into the shower trying to get clean according to the shower curtain effect the hot water lowers the air pressure behind the curtain the higher denser pressure outside the shower pushes the curtain in making you feel like your shower curtain is out to get you if you take a closer look at the regular garbage bag you'll probably notice that the seam is inside out in fact you're not supposed to shake up the bag to open it you gotta place the bag over a garbage can like a hat and then just push the middle of the bag down into the can this way the seam will end up where it should be inside if you ever had problems with popping chocolates from the box look at those little holes around them they're there to help you if you push a hole right next to the candy it'll jump out easily so you hungry but not quite ready to eat a three course meal just yet how about some instant noodles instead ah the water's boiled your tummy's rumbling but there's a problem the styrofoam cups broken and the noodles are exposed wait is that a space at the bottom of the cup why that space is for protecting the noodles it's not the company trying to save money or anything notice how the ramen and cups is hardly ever broken but the one in the packet comes out looking like a mess this technique is called a middle suspension the noodles are packed in tightly to stop them from getting crushed in the delivery truck it's not just about the noodles looking nice and long it also helps those tasty noodles soften more easily now morning breath isn't the best luckily there's an easy way to get rid of it yeah it would have been easy to think that mouthwash was invented for you know washing your mouth well mouthwash was originally invented and sold as a floor cleaner it was sold to hospitals as an antiseptic for years it never really took off some genius in marketing rebranded it as a mouthwash and the rest is minty fresh history so after you've cleaned your teeth just remember rebranding can be pretty powerful it's hard to imagine a world without the internet these days no streaming no online games or pictures of cute little kitties yeah that's not what it was designed for but who cares right the Prototype internet was called arpanet or the advanced research project agency Network this machine was very sensitive to stop anyone from turning it off some clever scientists stuck a piece of paper on it with these powerful words this machine is a server do not power it down it was written in red ink hey nice touch having your professor scribbling in the margins of your notebook isn't exactly new except that margins weren't designed for that their rat protection back in the day rats would nibble on paper all the time so if you wrote something on the edge of the paper it ended up inside a hungry rat a couple of well-placed lines stopped your best answers from getting eaten hey I can't finish this pizza time to cover up those leftovers luckily I have plenty of plastic wrap a little tug and the roll just jumped out prison break if you look at the wraps home the long thin box there's a special little feature that can help you a cardboard tab on each hand push them in and the roll is not going anywhere strange that I've never seen them before it's lunch time I'm feeling like a California roll today seaweed rice cucumber avocado and crab meat or is it it's actually imitation crab meat it's basically cheap white fish blended with sugar the fish mixture is then heated and pressed into shape mmm yummy that's maybe why it's called the hot dog of the sea nah I just made that up your microwave has a secret we've all seen but never paid attention to that black mesh you see on the door is a faraday cage it stops the electromagnetic energy or the microwaves from escaping and cooking you too that's how it heats up your food so quickly every microwave has to have one and they all vary in quality this Faraday cage can even stop signals from your phone which I guess is useful hey you don't need your popcorn to stop popping in order to take a call do you airplane Mode's a bit easier though ever taken an IQ test and realized your Einstein level smart me neither the meeting IQ is only 100 plus there's very little evidence that Einstein ever even took the test in the beginning most people thought the tests were too vague to be helpful in any way the test was designed for children who needed help with their studies later they realized they could be adapted to identify intelligence but it was never originally designed for them a never pop bubble wrap you're missing out and you guessed it it was never meant to be popped or used in the way we use it today it was invented as a new textured wallpaper by sealing two shower curtains together they created the first bubbles the idea never really took off obviously after failing his wallpaper it discovered its true meaning in life it could protect sensitive items when the first computers are being shipped bubble wrap was there to help imagine a house with bubble wrap wallpaper in every room best or worst thing ever hey leave me a comment below if you owned one of the biggest companies in the world selling one of the most known products on the planet how would you keep your company secret a secret the formula for Coca-Cola isn't patented the first recipe was but when they made changes no patent ever went through the secret formula is still only known by a few people at the company not only that but not even Coca-Cola's rival wants the recipe in 2006 a disgruntled employee tried to sell off the secret but it didn't work hey take a look at your brand new mattress do you see the do not remove under penalty of law tag wow that thing looks pretty serious good news though the tags aren't meant for you they're aimed at the mattress seller a hundred years ago mattress makers used to create the filling with basically anything animal hair old hospital beds or clothing then strict laws stopped old hospital beds from being used their mattresses were filled with germs now on a rainy day Play-Doh is something everyone can make at home mash up some flour water salt food coloring and RAM any creative person is amused for hours cheap clean non-toxic the perfect modeling clay but it was never made for that this stuff was originally for cleaning up walls in the 1930s that's because people started going crazy for wallpaper which you couldn't use soap and water on eventually Play-Doh had to find a new home now have you ever finished a lollipop and noticed a hole in the stick this hole isn't just for show or to make a musical instrument with after you're done it's there to keep that tasty sweet treat from falling off while the candy still hot it's poured into a mole as it hardens the candy flows into the hole and creates an anchor oh not into lollipops how about good old American gummy bears Unfortunately they aren't American at all they're German a German company started making them in 1922. the original name was a gummy something something anyway they got the inspiration from real dancing bears at live shows these treats eventually made it all the way around the world hey ever wondered what those little bumps were for on the F and J keys on your keyboard these little raised ridges are to help your index fingers be in the best possible spot for lightning fast typing keeping those fingers on F and J it makes it way easier to reach all the keys especially if you don't look at the keyboard now everybody loves a slinky if you've ever watched one of them strut down the stairs with groovy music in the background congrats you're definitely a YouTube fan people of all ages loved it when it came out which is crazy because it was never meant to be a toy at all it's a spring it was originally designed to stabilize sensitive nautical devices on ships nothing fun about that at all until that amazing day when one of them fell off a table and danced its way into our hearts after many experiments the new and improved Slinky was born give that team a scientists a medal we use doorknobs every day so it's right to be concerned about how many germs could be on them however they have made doorknobs out of brass partly for that reason brass provides an antimicrobial effect eliminating the microorganisms that we're hoping to start a colony on your doorknob your pants have that one-fifth pocket that's recognized as the small useless one originally it was there to provide a safe place for your pocket watch something that was necessary when first implemented in 1901 it then continued to remain for traditional purposes however it's still a great place to put your Tic Tacs you've probably mistaken those little rivets on your jeans as some form of fashion statement similar to the small pocket in fact they're incredibly important they are there to provide extra support for areas that withstand the most strenuous parts of your clothing preventing them from embarrassingly falling apart that little button at the end of your seatbelt seems like it's way out of place in fact it's there to ensure your Buckle will always remain at the end so you won't have to awkwardly fiddle with your seat belt every time you put it on you're in a new car or a rental and the gauge tells you the gas is getting low you don't know which side the fuel cap is on from the inside it can cause unnecessary effort at the gas station however your fuel gauge has an arrow that reminds you which side to fill your gas tank up from some models of cars may also have a gas tank hose instead with the hose pictured on the side that the cap is on hiking and walking through snow requires the best kind of Footwear the shoes which are perfect for this also have an extra eyelet for your lace to Loop through looping your laces through the extra eyelets will give more support for your ankles and feet and will provide more stability as you walk but as you walk blisters are also a concern the sweat in your shoe creates friction between the feet and the shoe which then helps create the blisters antiperspirant that you use for your armpits will help keep the feet from sweating just make sure you use the clear one cooking for people is always nice however sometimes the guests are late yep we're all guilty of that sometimes right the extra drawer under your oven where you've been keeping all of your spare pots and pans was actually made to keep your food warm great for those who are late to the meal ever wondered how long that padlock could possibly last when it's outside in the rainy weather keeping your bike safe it has a little hole at the bottom of it it's there to drain water to avoid corrosion on the inside it also serves to provide oil further prolonging its use that hole in the elevator door isn't there to check who's inside so you can avoid sharing a ride with specific people it's a keyhole in case it breaks down etchup sauce bottles and all other condiments we love all have a stage when it's difficult to get the insides out you try hitting it shaking it and poking things inside to encourage the tasty condiments to come out luckily there is an easier way to do it the label at the top suggests where to tap the bottle the sauce will come out easier and smoother allowing gravity to take the place of frustration the purpose of wooden coat hangers is to help repel pesky insects and avoid fungal growth that eats away at your clothing as it's made of cedar wood it contains oils that have insecticidal and fungicidal properties and were used as far back as the ancient Egyptians although they used it for other purposes we've all been trained and tested at the art of typing and know the correct way to use a keyboard but you may not have noticed that the F and J Keys have a small Ridge at the bottom they're there to help you find your correct starting place with your fingers on the keyboard without having to look down if you've been lucky enough to get the window seat on the plane you would have noticed that little hole at the bottom of the window it helps with the air pressure on the plane the window itself is made from acrylic and isn't actually glass which saves it from fogging up so you can see the scenery on your journey you find yourself at a food fair in Iceland When You See It For the First Time volcano bread you eat a slice and oddly enough it actually tastes good unsure of how this works you check out the baking process hmm is this kitchen really strange looking or is it just me the baking spot is in nature specifically in a hot springs field you better watch your steps so you don't get burned by the hot vapor jolting from the ground now a local Baker shares their traditional rye bread recipe with you Rye flour check yeast check you mix it all together and pour it into a metal pot next on the list is digging the hole where you'll place the pot to bake you dig for about 16 inches until you can see the water bubbling from the ground if you want to do it like a local you'll use your finger to check the water temperature yikes that's hot actually the ground is heated by lava Iceland is one of the most volcanic regions in the world with over 30 active volcanoes at any one time after you bury the bread in volcanic soil you leave it there and wait 24 hours until it's ready the next day the bread is fully baked and super tasty ah and the best part is you just participated in an ancient Icelandic tradition people have been doing this since at least the 1800s imagine it's your first day of work in a museum and your assigned task is to clean the mask of Tutankhamun you grab your cleaning utensils and then oh no this can't be happening you just broke Tutankhamun's beard I never wish this to happen to anyone but this is actually a true story back in 2014 an employee at the Egyptian Museum knocked off the beard of Tutankhamun's mask and glued it back on hoping no one would notice this mask was discovered in 1922 and is considered one of the 10 symbols of our human civilization oh and the best part of this story it took historians until 2016 to discover the poor glue job so if you visited the museum between 2004 and 2016 maybe you saw the glued beard if I say Sahara what comes to mind an infinite desert landscape right well according to scientists the Sahara isn't always a desert from time to time it becomes green but you probably won't be seeing this in your lifetime every ten thousand years the Sahara lives through a humid period where the sand gives way to lush green vegetation and sparkling Lakes this happens due to a tilt in the Earth's axis which affects different weather patterns around the globe can you imagine the Sphinx surrounded by rainforest it's mind-blowing and speaking of the Sahara say you traveled back to 1800 BCE if you timed it right you might get to see the construction of the so-called Black Pyramid in the city of dashure these are not the famous Giza Pyramids but they serve the similar purpose of being a final resting place in 1892 archaeologists Excavating the area found an important part of the Black Pyramid that was lost for centuries the Benben also called a pyrimidian was the tip of ancient Egyptian Pyramids a Benben consists of a solid block usually made of limestone most of them were covered with gold and reflected the first rays of light from the Sun every day can anyone get me a time machine please remember when you ate something really spicy your cheeks turned red apparently that can happen to birds too for example canaries can change colors after eating peppers these birds have a special pigment that allows them to switch Shades depending on their diet so if a yellow canary eats red peppers it can turn orange or red can rocks move on the ground on their own well you might be under that impression if you visit racetrack Playa in California the site is a dry lake bed and home to one of the world's strangest phenomena the so-called sailing Stones thank hundred pound rocks moving around alone leaving behind Trails as long as 1500 feet they were discovered in the 1900s and until recently no one was lucky enough to be on the site while they were moving it was only in 2014 after much observation and research that scientists solved this mystery the sailing Stones appeared because of the perfect balance between wind ice and water when it rains the water that falls on the ground freezes and forms a coat of ice above the ground if it's windy the rocks are easily pushed around sailing along the lake bed but hey if you ever visit racetrack Playa don't disturb the rocks on the western coast of France you'll find the vacation hotspot known as the island of Rey it attracts tourists looking for Scenic Landscapes and beautiful beaches but that's not all it's famous for they're an extraordinary phenomenon occurs when two different wave patterns collide with each other something called a cross seat it's almost as if the sea were a checkerboard divided into hundreds of squares and no it's not an optical illusion across C only happens in places where different quality Waters meet for a tourist to see the cross sea in Rey this probably means that there was a storm in a different sea nearby this stormy water travels with the help of currents and meets the water of Rey creating these oddly shaped Riptides oh and apart from this island and Israel there's nowhere else in the world where you could see such a thing the following site will either give you Goosebumps or make you Marvel at its weirdness I'd say it depends on the time of day you visit next to the small town of griffina in Poland you'll find a very unusual site a pine tree Forest where each tree is bent at its base if you visit during the daytime I guess you'll be fascinated by these trees Sharp 90 degree curves you can even use their trunks as a stool if you decide to have a picnic for example but visiting the site at night will most likely give you chills a thin layer of fog hovers around making the forest seem quite unwelcoming scientists still can't explain why the trees are the way they are so are you at daytime or a nighttime visitor you went for a hike and suddenly encountered a big cloud of fog this may ruin your photo ops but there's one thing you can hope for foggy days are the perfect conditions for a phenomenon called fog bow otherwise known as a white rainbow the button on the top of your baseball cap is there purely for aesthetic purposes by the way this little thing has a name professionals call it a squatcho its initial function was to hold the four panels of the cap together as hat making improved the panels stopped needing it to hold together and squatcho was removed but hats didn't look the same without it soon after the squatcher returned due to popular demand originally high-heeled shoes weren't intended for Galas and props back in the 10th Century horse riding was pretty tough with flat sold shoes and many riders feet would constantly fall out of the stirrups higher heels helped deal with that problem the grip was much firmer with them and they grew in popularity it wasn't long before they became a fashion accessory to match stylish outfits notable people wouldn't want to be seen without them riding a horse with fancy heels was the equivalent of owning a luxurious sports car even though heels were worn mainly by Men At the start ladies picked up on the iconic Trend in the 17th century it's been one of the biggest ever since in ancient Rome salt was so precious that people even called it white gold with scorching heat and no fridges its purpose was to preserve food mainly Meat and Fish as a bonus it made everything tastier salt which is salt in Latin was used instead of money to pay salaries here is where the word salary originated rice is the oldest cultivated food in human history its Origins as wild grass started in a small Valley around 15 000 years ago in Southeast Asia today it's served globally as a staple diet and popular ingredient to 3.5 billion people it would be difficult to imagine a world without video calls you use through your phone camera or laptop the technology has helped game-changing Innovations like working from home still video Call's original purpose is far from how we use them today the technology was introduced to confirm if the coffee was still in a pot in 1993 researchers at the University of Cambridge found it frustrating when they took a break to get a cup of coffee only to find that the pot was empty so they invented a device to monitor it and hooked up a camera that provided their computer with a live stream of the coffee pot thanks to these researchers we can work in pajamas now foreign we know Albert Einstein for various achievements but there's something he co-invented that goes overlooked together with his student he invented a modified refrigerator it's not like the ones we use today in the 1920s fridges weren't quite as safe as they produced poisonous gases he wanted to create a safer version that didn't require electricity without moving parts and only needed a heat source to operate unfortunately there wasn't enough funding so the project dried up later in the 1950s electric Bridges became popular but in 2008 Engineers from Oxford University revived this retro design they're still working on it but once they finish the Einstein fridge will come in handy for rural areas without power and people who want to live off the grid random QWERTY design doesn't make things easier in the 1870s Christopher scholes invented a layout that ensured typing was twice as fast but with commonly used letters next to each other it was a bit too fast and the machines constantly jammed so he then developed the QWERTY design it forced typists to adopt a pecking style this way they would search for a letter and slowly type with their index fingers the keyboards remain unchanged even today and people all over the world have somehow adapted to them the plastic end of your shoelace is an aglet and people have used it since ancient Rome sure thing they had no plastic back then so those aglets Were Made of Stone glass or even metal extra wealthy people could accessorize their shoes with precious metals like brass or silver what came first the TV or the remote control the technology that functions in the remote is older by several decades in 1898 Nikola Tesla created a machine to control mechanical devices with radio waves initially he tried selling the idea of a radio waves device operating IO through remote control boats but the potential buyers were not interested he was way ahead of his time as remote controls were finally used with televisions in 1956 as engineer Percy Spencer initially invented something brilliant in 1945. he was working on a new vacuum tube the magnetron which was used with early radar systems while working on the project he found that the chocolate in his pocket had melted realizing the heating potential of the magnetron he used it on corn kernels which turned into popcorn then he tried testing it with eggs but things got a bit messy so once the yolk was washed away he built a metal box keeping the energy within and the first microwave oven was built foreign a Duke in England requested William Kent an architect to make a traveling device for his kids William accepted and built the first ever stroller but nobody had to push him instead of handles it was built like a carriage and pulled by a goat or a small pony only a few were made as it was pricey more than 100 years later in 1848 the first stroller with push handles became available and more affordable police are often associated with donuts and there is actually a reason why during the 1950s in the USA police officers that worked night shifts found it hard to locate anywhere open for a midnight snack donut shops at this time were family owned they were working hard throughout the night providing fresh donuts for the coming day the shops were vulnerable at night becoming the perfect relationship nourishment for the police and extra protection for the shops popping bubble wrap is an excellent source of relaxation and it's also helpful with delicate packages in 1957 two Engineers glued together two shower curtains trapping the air bubbles between this is how the first bubble wrap was made the result they were looking for was a sort of textured wallpaper still it didn't go well on the market sometime later they tried to sell it as insulation for greenhouses and once again they failed everything changed in 1960 when IBM needed to ship delicate computer parts the bubble wrap was perfect and they continued to collaborate time you receive a package in your mail take a look at your box cutter if it features some diagonal lines on the blade you're in for a little design perk turns out that these are blades that snap off continuously cutting cardboard can dull the sharp edge of the blade to help prevent the need to buy a brand new box cutter the top segment along the next line can be broken off to reach a new sharp edge to do this check out the small hole at the base of the tool sometimes called the blade snapper the people that first came up with this Brilliant Invention were engineers inspired by the way chocolate bars are segmented hold on a minute don't throw away the cardboard package just yet most likely you'll have some silica gel packets somewhere at the bottom of the box since this gel is basically a drying tool it gathers up the moisture out of its environment so you can store these packets for further occasions whether you'll need to dry out your phone or some other electrical object you can place them in a container next to the silica gel to reduce the damage you don't have to be a mechanic to know when a standard car tire needs replacing since they come equipped with a neat indicator take a closer look and you'll see that Treads within the tire are a bunch of rubber notches when the Treads are evened out with the perpendicular bars it's a sign you need to book an appointment with your local car service since most likely the tires have lost most of their traction and may not be safe for driving any longer the upper corners of a car windshield feature textured black dots melted into the glass edges this neat add-on isn't there for design purposes it's called frit glazing which means that a special type of ceramic paint is added to the window for protecting its sealant from UV rays it also conceals and creates a coarser surface for the adhesive used to set the window in place whenever you're up for a drive check out if there's a small tab under your car's rear view mirror bet you didn't know it's there to help switch the mirror from daytime to nighttime views it uses a prismatic Glass Technology to blur the reflection and reduce the glare of headlights behind you in traffic people came up with these manually tilted mirrors in the 1930s but they became standard somewhere in the 1970s while you're in the car check out the headrests as you most likely don't know that they carry a little disguised purpose of course they're adjustable to accommodate passengers of any height so that they get the proper support for their heads and necks the hidden feature is that they are detachable and come with two very solid metal bars should you ever find yourself stuck in a car and need to make a fast getaway These Bars come in handy to crack out the car windows so you're out for a drive and you're suddenly out of gas what I'm about to describe sounds more like a meme than an actual situation bound to happen but what if you're in such a hurry that you accidentally drive off with the gas nozzle still in the tank well the nozzles have been designed to prevent any hazards from happening rest assured they feature a breakaway device that will allow the hose to separate when taken out with enough Force initially designed in the early 20th century to be worn exclusively by basketball players sneakers soon became one of those fashion fundamentals similar to jeans and leather jackets if you take a closer look at them you'll see they have two extra holes on the side similar to the shoelace holes they're manufactured as such not only to provide extra ventilation but to allow people to get extra creative with their laces when wearing the shoes admit it you've always thought that Chopsticks are merged at the end for the sole purpose of keeping them together until you're ready to dig into your meal that may or may not be the whole truth under a more detailed inspection the wooden tools feature a square-shaped end Chopsticks manufactured like this date back to an old Japanese traditional design which can help with breaking the ends easily the separated end can then be used as a resting block for the Chopsticks to keep it more sanitized in hopes it can be used again since they will be touching the table or any other surface women's bikes have a special design which surprisingly has a historical and fashionable purpose the lower frame is for the most part meant to make up for the generally shorter height of ladies compared to that of the average gentleman while that is the case for handlebars and Saddles the overall frame is lower for an additional purpose way back when women wore long skirts and dresses all day every day they needed to make sure their outfits wouldn't get caught in the frame that's how we came up with a lower framed bicycle perfectly made for women and their needs at the time the fact that toothpastes are multi-colored is not just a nice perk to make dental hygiene more fun there's a secret meaning related to each of the colors which dates back to the 1970s in those days people grew more and more interested in their oral health care and as such they were looking for products which could do more than merely clean their teeth one company was the Pioneer in that regard adding mouthwash to its toothpaste meaning the blue strip they later added on the red strip meant to feature ingredients which helped with gum care speaking of toothpaste check the cap next time you open a new tube you may be in for a little surprise there's a pointed cone shape inside the cap so you can puncture the seal of the toothpaste without cutting yourself or ruining your manicure not to mention it's more hygienic since you won't be able to transfer germs or other bacteria into the product itself microwavable instant rice loves to fall over in the microwave if you're me that is and like me you've probably struggled with keeping the package upright as it turns out the flaps that fold out from the bottom create a nice sturdy base push them out and give it a try hey why didn't I learn this in school has that half finished two liter bottle of soda left over from pizza night gone flat rather than pouring it down the drain add it to your compost heat the sugar feeds good microorganisms and increases the acidity of the pile helping organic material break down faster any pair of scissors will go blunt sooner or later but don't let that stop you there's product in your kitchen that can help bring them back to life fast aluminum foil isn't just for leftover lasagna fold a sheet of it into quarters and start cutting cutting through the foil will sharpen those scissors right up but not if they're too blunt rescue them while there's still time those little escalator brushes aren't there to clean your shoes even though they can do a rather good job these bristles are actually a serious safety feature without them clothes shoelaces and bags can get caught in them when they're too close to the sides the little brushes are also there to tickle you to remind you to look down and take care hey I always thought it was a bug rubbing up against me half belts seriously what's up with those things well some military jackets used to double as blankets and the half belt help keep the extra material from getting in the Soldier's way nowadays they're mostly used as a fashion accessory accidentally stapling the wrong pages together is like the worst thing ever well there are worse things but it's certainly annoying especially if the staple takes out a huge piece of your document with it when you try to pry it off there's actually a simple way to make sure that the stapler pins are less tight and easier to pull out take a close look at that metal plate at the front of your stapler known as the Anvil turn the stapler upside down and adjust the settings you're basically changing the stapler setting to Temporary No More Tears No More Tears mention my name and you'll get a good seat toilet seat covers have been used wrong for way too long I see you ripping off that flap that looks like a tongue no you're doing it all wrong instead of tearing it off let the flap sit in the bowl after you put it down the cover when you flush the suction will pull on the flap and take it away aren't you glad you know that now the dark square or rectangle at the end of your toothpaste tube what does that mean is it color coded to show what ingredients are in there or does it show whether the toothpaste synthetic or natural well sorry but the truth isn't that exciting the markings are there for the assembly machines they help the machines know where to cut and fold each tube we've all driven home from the supermarket taken a right turn a little too hard and crash sounds like the groceries volcano just erupted in the trunk look closely in the trunk you might see some little hooks in there you can hang your bags on them yeah some cars have them behind the front seats instead you can use them to hang clothes or even your takeout bag you may have noticed that members of the flight crew like to touch the overhead compartments while they're walking down the aisle they don't have a weird desire to touch everything there are actually handles along the edges to give them a better grip while walking go ahead and use them the next time you feel like a mid-air stroll it's definitely better than grabbing onto everyone's headrests don't you hate that a shiny brass doorknob adds just the right amount of fancy to your front door but that's not all it does brass like anything with copper alloy in it has antimicrobial properties that many harmful germs and bacteria just can't stand in high traffic areas these brass knobs and handles are the perfect way to get rid of those nasty germs without having to use harsh chemicals all the time the only downside is that brass is a lot more expensive than other metals that might be why it's hardly used for this anymore does your toothbrush have a pattern of blue bristles weaved in with the white ones it makes the toothbrush look a lot more stylish but it's not just about looking good those bristles actually have a practical purpose the blue dye is designed to wear off around the same time as when you should replace your toothbrush you should be switching out your toothbrush every three to four months anyway but those blue bristles are there to give you a gentle nudge just in case you forget now you'll walk over them every day and never think about it twice but is there a reason maintenance hole covers are always round in past civilizations like ancient Rome these covers used to be square shaped slabs of stone but all those edges and gaps led to plenty of stubbed toes and accidents for unsuspecting Romans a round cover eliminated the problem plus it meant you could only open it with a specialized tool probably a good idea the thermos was invented by a Scottish scientist but not for keeping his coffee warm he just wanted to keep some chemicals at a stable temperature he placed a small bottle inside of a larger one and then sucked all the air out from between the two bottles the same technique is used to make the modern thermos you can find a pin cushion in just about every household and strangely it's always in the shape of a tomato ever wondered about that little strawberry dangling from the top I'm no biologist but I'm quite sure that strawberries don't grow on tomatoes that little things for the needle you're currently using so you don't lose it in that big pile you have stick deodorants go to waste when the casing starts rubbing against your skin but there's still plenty left in there here's an easy trick to get it out unscrew the bottom and push it up from underneath that'll give you a few more days at least the expiration date on mineral water isn't about water going back actually no water can spoil but the bottle can over time it starts leaking some chemicals that aren't quite safe the spike in the cap of a tube of ointment or cream is there so you can puncture the tiny foil seal no need to grab a toothpick or try to use her fingernails to peel it off Post-it notes are supposed to be peeled off from the side like you're turning the page in a book most of us tear them from the bottom and that just creates a crease and makes the whole note less sticky to prevent water from boiling over just lay a wooden spoon across the rim of the pot it only works for a little while though if the spoon's surface gets heated up to the boiling point the bubbles will just foam up and around it that's why metal spoons won't do they heat up too quickly some erasers have two colors and textures not for pen ink versus pencil lead but for different types of paper you're supposed to use the blue side to remove pencil marks from heavy grades of paper most people use bobby pins upside down the zigzag part goes closer to your scalp the texture keeps the hair and pin in place much better and give your pins a spritz of hairspray before putting them in they'll grip better ever notice the tiny second hole in the lid of your coffee travel mug or to go cup it's there to control how smoothly the liquid flows out from the drink hole without it the hot stuff would just glug out at you like milk from a jug it also lets the steam Escape so the high temperature and built up pressure don't melt the lid or send it shooting off so grocery carts have loops for a reason you don't want to put your jacket in your cart next to a bunch of potatoes and onions do you hang it on the loop instead it's there to help you organize your cart better carts also have a cool section at the bottom whenever your cart's full just lift it up and attach a shopping basket for extra purchases lift up the whole metal thing sit your basket on the horizontal bar above the wheels and secure it with those handy hooks if you've got some pesky parsley stuck in your teeth try this tip it can be hard to get it all out with loose floss you need more tension just tie it in a knot toothpaste drives may seem a bit weird it's just a marketing trick back in the 70s a leading toothpaste brand added a blue stripe to show that their toothpaste had double action solid white toothpaste worked just as well but those blue bristles on your toothbrush actually make sense they gradually lose their color over time when the blues faded it's time to change your toothbrush ever notice that tiny hole on the bottom of a padlock its hidden purpose is to drain water out to keep it from rusting it's also the place to lubricate a padlock a drop of oil in there will make it open and close way easier those ridges on the edge of Dimes aren't just for show people used to shave off the edges then melt the edges down into new coins but thanks to the new design it's easy to tell if someone's been shaving the edges off if you still struggle with peeling an orange here's another way of opening it first cut off the top and bottom make a slit on the side and pull it open then knobbly bit sticking out of the cap of your favorite cream is there for a reason these tubes are usually sealed with foil so unless you love breaking your nails trying to open them just flip the cap over and push the tiny rubber disc under every bottle cap isn't just for seeing if you want a lifetime supply of soda it's what keeps your drink all nice and bubbly the lid keeps the liquid inside the rubber disc keeps the gas inside until you drink it if you use the blue side of your eraser to erase pen your notebooks are probably all full of holes the blue sides there for when you need to erase something on much thicker paper it works on pencil and even ink as long as the paper is thick enough your bobby pins might not stay in place if the grooves aren't facing the right way they should always be on the bottom close to your head still coming loose put a squeeze of hairspray right onto the bobby pin before you put it in your hair many glass bottles usually have some sort of indent at the bottom it's handy if you want to be fancy put your thumb in the indent and pour away the technical name for this little dude is a punt those sugar sticks at your local coffee stand are ready to be opened in a new and easier way look how happy they are try splitting it right down the middle no more sugar on your fingers no more tiny little paper bit even your coffee's happier your cotton rounds pack has those strings on it so you can hang it on a handy hook in the bathroom but there's no need to loosen and tighten back up again every time check out the bottom of the pack

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