Amazing Secrets Hidden In Everyday Things - Part 4

most of us like to assume that we have a pretty good understanding of the objects we use and interact with every day but did you know some very common items have secret uses and features that most people never even realize from a game-changing new way to use cell and pepper shakers to the secret functions hidden in the milk bottle get ready for life to never be the same again [Music] impermanent markers picture this horrific moment you're scribbling away on a whiteboard only to have the sudden realization that instead of an easy to erase whiteboard marker pen you've been using a permanent marker usually this would mean you've just ruined a perfectly good white board but not once you know this nifty trick that uses secret properties of permanent marker ink to remove it as it turns out for writing on whiteboards the pigment of permanent markers isn't as permanent as it seems by covering a permanent marker stain and dry erase marker and leaving it for a few moments you'll be able to wipe off the permanent ink with surprising ease this is because dry erase marker ink contains a solvent which dissolves the pigment in permanent marker ink making it not so permanent and allowing it to be wiped clean off pretty satisfying right well if satisfying facts that expand your understanding of the world are your kind of thing i'll let you in on another little secret if you hit those like and subscribe buttons you'll be opening the doors to a whole world of astounding facts and stories in the form of the amazing content i release daily now on to more amazing secrets hidden in everyday things mask magic in recent times face masks have become an everyday item many of us know all too well but what most people don't know is that every standard plain looking mask comes pre-packaged with a useful hidden feature it all comes down to this small metal wire found inside most basic masks the wire's actual function is to bend the mask so it conforms around the bridge of your nose allowing it to fit more snugly as well as reducing the gap at the top of the mask so the glasses don't steam up for those users wearing them this makes the mask comfier and more importantly much more effective at keeping your germs away from other people and keeping theirs away from your mouth and nose but while thanks to the wire it's relatively easy to make a mask feel comfortable on your nose it's another story for your ears those elasticated straps can really start to dig into your ears after wearing your mask for an extended period like on a commute but there's a simple fix that utilizes something you may already be wearing anyway while on your journey to regain some comfort simply hook your mask straps around your headphones like this it'll take the pressure off your ears bring your focus to listen to tunes and allowing you just for a moment to forget that you're wearing a sweaty uncomfortable mask thank me later from a safe distance of course fabric squares have you ever noticed these tiny patches of fabric that occasionally come with new items of clothing if you're like me you might have assumed these little squares are meant to patch up any holes or rips that occur in your clothing and reasonably so but the truth is these little patches aren't intended for clothing repair at all they're provided alongside clothing items for you to test what kind of washing is suitable for the clothes you can send the small patch through a cycle in your washing machine checking various wash temperatures to ensure it doesn't shrink or become decolorized this saves you making a frustrating and possibly costly mistake on a brand new garment it's also a handy way to check how stain removers will interact with your atom of clothing before risking making a stain even worse on the real thing but i guess if you really want to you can still use the fabric to patch up holes too i won't judge you lock down if you've ever purchased a padlock you may have noticed this mysterious little gap sitting at the bottom despite what your imagination might lead you to conclude this isn't the secret access hole for locksmiths or thieves to pop your lock open it's not even for storing toothpicks for easy access although if you tried hard enough you could probably make that work the whole's intended purpose though is to allow water that somehow ends up inside the lock to flow back out without resting the internal mechanisms this comes in particularly handy when used outside like on a garden shed as internal rust from rain could make the lock impossible to open without breaking some locks are also designed so that the hole can be used to pump lubricant into the inner workings keeping them moving smoothly much like how in humans the mouth hole accepts certain lubricants to keep everything running real smooth and effortless i'm talking about beer of course mystery door have you ever been shooting hoops or partaking in some other activity in a sports court only to spot one of these mysterious tidy doors along the court fencing while they come in a range of shapes and sizes there's one thing that unifies them all they're much too small for a regular sized human to walk through so are these doors just for particularly little people who need to quickly evade the cord after an especially bad foul not quite they're actually there for the caretakers of the court so that when they're sweeping trash or blowing leaves they can move the refuse outside the court without needing to walk to the entrance this is why when you encounter these tiny doors they tend to be on the opposite side of the court from the main gate it's pretty handy for caretakers but if you really want to attempt a sliding tackle straight through the gap i suppose you could try that too quick blinkers picture the scene you're driving along in your car approaching a junction and you hit your turn signal only the little clicker and the accompanying dashboard indicator both seem to be blinking faster than usual is this faster blinking some unexpected side effect of premium unleaded nope if your turn signals are blinking faster than normal it's usually an indicator that one of your indicator bulbs is burnt out and needs changing when a turn signal bulb burns out it means more of the allocated voltage for the turn signal relay is made available which allows the process to increase in speed this means the remaining bulb blinks faster while this may look kind of cool better to replace the bulb before you cause a crash and break the rest of your lights or worse your rapidly blinking light starts a parking lot rave listening earphones when you think of a pair of earphones you probably imagine sound coming out of them right well what most people don't realize is that earphones can also take sound in just like a microphone i'm not referring to the microphone attachment that many modern pairs come with either this intriguing method works on the principle that earphones and headphones just like microphones contain a diaphragm that vibrates in response to a sound signal in a microphone this diaphragm usually picks up sound whereas in earphones the diaphragm vibrates to produce the sounds we hear but as the two principles are so similar it's actually possible to use a pair of earphones to pick up and record sound without needing any form of microphone attachment all you need to do is plug your earphones into the microphone port of your computer rather than the headphone port they'd usually go into then open up your recording software of choice choose the earphones as the input device and record away by talking or singing or wrapping into the earphone speakers as earphones aren't really intended to be used in this way you'll probably need to boost the signal with some gain and tweak the equalizer frequencies to your personal taste this trick was much handier back before most headphones came with a built-in mic but it remains an intriguing and fun curiosity to test out to this day with enough tweaking you may even achieve good enough sound quality to become the first earphone only recording artist just be sure to send me a cut of the royalties when you're making it big under the rap name lil earpod pockets full of secrets a common frustration for women buying jeans is the fact that unlike men's jeans most female oriented pairs come with these pointless seeming fake pockets anyone who's bought a suit may also have encountered a similarly baffling variety of pockets that don't open so what's the deal well for starters those fake pockets might not actually be as fake as they seem often garment makers will sew the pockets shut to keep them from being damaged while in transport or on display another reason pockets are sound closed and sometimes removed entirely safe for the exterior is to ensure a tidier appearance for displayed items without pockets hanging open garments look smoother and more form-fitting which is great for stores but not so great for customers who want pockets to store their items in to find out if your fake looking pocket is secretly legit there are a few things to check firstly if the garnet has no internal lining you should probably be able to turn it inside out and check for a pocket lining inside if the garment has an internal lining you may need to feel around for any signs of a less obvious pocket hiding away in there alternatively you can check to see if the stitching sealing the pocket has any gaps the threads are often left intentionally loose over sealed pockets to make them easy to pull or cut open but if you don't see any of these signs don't attempt to open the pocket it's probably fake and ripping it open will only leave you with a hole in your already second-rate pocketless item of clothing fake pockets who needs them screwdriver sophistication anyone who's ever assembled an ever so slightly faulty piece of flat pack furniture can vouch for the frustration of a screw that won't quite budge into its intended hole while it's always important to be careful not to wear the screws head down by overturning sometimes you just need a bit of extra torque unbeknownst to most people though to make things easier on your wrists the shape of many screwdrivers can be used to your advantage some screwdrivers have a hexagonally shaped handle which makes it easy to slip a wrench over for extra leverage other screwdrivers have hexagonal additions to the molding of the main metal shank serving the same purpose with a little extra strength so quit screwing around and grab your wrench next time you're in a twist juice box upgrade when you look at those little flaps on the side of juice cartons you'd be perfectly justified in assuming they're just a byproduct of the cartons folded shape and while that's partially true most people fail to realize that there's actually a hidden function to those triangular flaps turns out when they're opened outward they make for some nifty carrying handles as silly as that sounds initially the method works surprisingly well by securely lifting a juice box by the flaps you avoid exerting pressure on the sides meaning your chances of accidentally squeezing out a spillage are reduced plus by occupying both hands it keeps kids fingers busy so they can't go sticking them somewhere dangerous and of course the same goes for any less intelligent adults you might need to deal with can-do attitude have you ever been caught short at the crucial moment when beer pong is about to begin only to realize there are no bottle openers all too often party goers have resorted to that cringe-inducing method of using someone's teeth but no more it turns out a lot of people don't realize that they may already have a bottle opener available only somewhere they never thought to check next time you need to pop a cap in the non-violent sense check your can opener many modern models come with a bottle opener subtly built into the handle that's easy to miss if you're not paying attention but functions perfectly well but if you find yourself missing both a bottle opener and can opener you still don't need to resort to that awful tooth shattering method i mentioned earlier instead a liner can be used to open bottles simply by creating a leverage point between your index finger the lighter and the bottle cap while the technique can be a little tricky to master and requires a fairly good grip it's an absolute game changer once you get the knack plus assuming you don't break the lighter you might even look cool doing it sneaker holes if you've ever owned a pair of converse sneakers you may have found yourself wondering what the purpose of those holes near the soles are common sense leads most people to the conclusion that they're there to help with ventilation keeping the shoe fresher for longer but this is only partially true while the holes do indeed serve this function their other purpose is more stylistic that's because much like all the other metal ringed holes on the sneakers the holes near the soles are designed to house laces this lower placement allows re-threading the laces down below which when pulled tight makes the shoe appear more narrow this is useful for people with naturally narrower feet but also gives a more unique fitted look to the shoe which of course will match perfectly with any of those form-fitting fake pockets i mentioned earlier that you may have on the rest of your clothing cylinder of silence somewhere in our homes pretty much everybody has a drawer containing a big spaghetti-like pile of old mostly useless electrical cables among these wires accumulated from years of buying new devices you may find a cable with something that looks like this attached if you're like me you'll have spotted these cables over the years and wondered why they require the clunky cylindrical accessory well it turns out that cylinder is more important than it looks the cylinders contain ferrite beads which are blocks of ceramic material that stop unwanted signals making their way into the cable by stopping this interference a cable and the device it connects to is able to work much more efficiently and precisely these magical cylinders basically make your cables act like a regular cable but on a really really good day modular mason jars do you like smoothies and or milk shanks do you like drinking out of mason jars like the hipster that deep down you know you are if you said yes and even if not i have a little pro tip that's going to blow your mind if you own a mason jar and a blender with a screw on top you may be merely a handful of fruit away from making and drinking smoothies with style convenience and speed several major blender brands including oster and tristar sell regular blenders which also allow you to screw mason jars into the blade mount this means that you can make single serve ready to drink blended treats without the need for any extra washing up sure you could buy a nutribullet for a similar experience but as any mediocre cocktail bar owner will tell you there's nothing quite like the charm of a mason jar one word of warning though try to avoid putting your blender on max setting while doing this mason jars aren't designed to withstand the force of thor's hammer so unless you like your smoothie's broken glass flavor blend on a low setting oh and save some for me dropping all these nifty tricks is thirsty work dropped milk the humble milk carton is something most of us feel pretty familiar with we get the idea it holds milk but certain plastic cartons like this variety come with an unusual addition in the form of a circular indentation near the base which serves several ingenious functions firstly the indentation will pop outwards if there's a buildup of gas inside the bottle alerting you to spoiled milk it can also pop outwards if you freeze the milk allowing it to expand without bursting the bottle on top of all that if the milk is dropped the indentation will again pop out absorbing some of the impact and pressure and reducing the risk of the bottle bursting open what's more the indentation structurally stiffens the jug allowing its walls to be thinner meaning less plastic needs to be used in production pretty high tech for a milk bottle right but plastic saving measures aside i'd argue that those circular indentations are really just a precaution to minimize the chances that you'll ever have to cry over spilled milk super salt and pepper when it comes to everyday items it doesn't get much more mundane than salt and pepper shakers but something so overwhelmingly common it's easy to assume you know every possible feature there is to these simple glass containers but did you know there's a smoother more consistent way to use the shakers than the shaking motion that gives them their name it's true and it all comes down to the ridge you see along the bottom of many shakers as demonstrated by twitter user creepy kelly's mom when rubbed together the ribbed bottoms of the two shakers vibrate the glass making the contents flow out smoothly interestingly this feature may actually be more of a happy accident than an intended usage as the ridge's primary purpose is thought to be improving table grip and stability but either way it's still a game changer for anyone who wants seasoning in a hurry have you found any hidden uses or secrets in everyday items i'd love to read yours in the comments down below thanks for watching you

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Length: 16min 40sec (1000 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 04 2020