17 Hidden Product Purposes Even Your Parents Don't Know

[Music] 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 cup's broken and the noodles are exposed wait is that a space at the bottom of the cup why as spaces for protecting the noodles it's not the company trying to save money or anything notice how the ramen in 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 and 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 projects 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 professors scribbling in the margins of your notebook isn't exactly new except that margins weren't designed for that they're 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 [Music] 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 end push them in and the rolls 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 yummy that's maybe why it's called the hot dog of the sea now 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 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 you're einstein level smart me neither the median 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 it 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 as wallpaper it discovered its true meaning in life it could protect sensitive items when the first computers were 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 own one of the biggest companies in the world selling one of the most known products on the planet how would you keep your company's 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 [Music] 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 cellar 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 wham 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's still hot it's poured into a mold 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 gummies 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 wonder 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 scientist a medal now that little pocket on your jeans wasn't designed for loose change or keys it was originally made to store your pocket watch you don't have a pocket watch how is that possible they were all the rage in the 1890s but that's not all that makes your old pair of jeans interesting look around the pocket areas you'll see rivets sticking out now they're not some cool fashion idea from the past these rivets serve a very crucial role they help protect the sensitive areas of the genes that get the most wear and tear back in the day most people wore jeans to do hard manual labor so they needed to be tough if those guys back then saw you paying a hundred bucks for a pair of ripped jeans they'd probably pass out 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Length: 9min 1sec (541 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 10 2021