14 Life Hacks To Use in a Pinch

Featured 05/29/2022 in ftw

You never know when you might need to use some "useless" fact you've read about online, but that doesn't mean you'll never have to. And since we always like to be prepared for the worse, we've rounded up some easy home tips and tricks that you can use when you're in a pinch.

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1. This travel pillow helps you lay down with headphones and sleep with newly pierced ears.
2. “Dry on low to not prematurely deteriorate your shoe’s adhesive, and this will get them nice and dry in a single cycle!”
3. Literally a mind-blowing idea!
4. “This is how I let my toast cool so one side doesn’t get soggy.”
5. “Needed more desk space for a drawing pad. I opened the side table drawer and am using that huge cutting board I never use.”
6. “Use ’empty’ peanut butter jars to make overnight oats in. It also works with salad dressing in mayonnaise jars.”
7. How to silence the kitchen smoke alarm when you’re not tall
8. Have a slat bed that creaks and squeaks? Slide cotton swabs under the slats where it meets the frame.
9. A Kinder surprise spoon, just so you know...
10. Make “salad crispies” with all the leftover chip crumbles inevitably accumulated.
11. “I had no sifter when making banana bread, so I used the flat cheese grater.”
12. Grate some toast for easy breadcrumbs!
13. When you lose power, you can use empty milk/water jugs to dramatically improve the light output from a flashlight.
14. Zipper always falling down? Use a key ring to keep it up!

1. This travel pillow helps you lay down with headphones and sleep with newly pierced ears.
2. “Dry on low to not prematurely deteriorate your shoe’s adhesive, and this will get them nice and dry in a single cycle!”
3. Literally a mind-blowing idea!
4. “This is how I let my toast cool so one side doesn’t get soggy.”
5. “Needed more desk space for a drawing pad. I opened the side table drawer and am using that huge cutting board I never use.”
6. “Use ’empty’ peanut butter jars to make overnight oats in. It also works with salad dressing in mayonnaise jars.”
7. How to silence the kitchen smoke alarm when you’re not tall
8. Have a slat bed that creaks and squeaks? Slide cotton swabs under the slats where it meets the frame.
9. A Kinder surprise spoon, just so you know...
10. Make “salad crispies” with all the leftover chip crumbles inevitably accumulated.
11. “I had no sifter when making banana bread, so I used the flat cheese grater.”
12. Grate some toast for easy breadcrumbs!
13. When you lose power, you can use empty milk/water jugs to dramatically improve the light output from a flashlight.
14. Zipper always falling down? Use a key ring to keep it up!