24 Products That Have A Better Use Than Their Intended Functions.

Brilliant and creative ways for using everyday products.

Published 2 years ago

Brilliant and creative ways for using everyday products.

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Royal Dansk tins as sewing kits. It seems universal, every person I've spoken to, every ethnicity, age, culture--- they all know about it. Amazing.

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I was a medic in the Army. Tampons were part of my regular trauma kit in the field because they were perfect for quickly plugging gunshot wounds.

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A tennis ball. Entertains animals for days, works as an amazing massage tool in physical therapy, protect your floors from chairs that scratch and more!

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I always keep fingernail clippers in my purse because I can use them to cut SO. MANY. THINGS. Little plastic tags on new clothes, zip ties, or even yarn when you want to knit on a plane and they don't let you have scissors!

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Not 'better', but medical tape is great for getting a straight line with eyeliner and eyeshadow. Not many people will use medical tape in their day to day life, but this tape pulls off to leave perfect lines without pulling off foundation.

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Pipe cleaners, meant for cleaning tobacco pipes. More often used in a million craft projects.

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Toothbrushes for cleaning bikes and cars (not the whole car, just little corners).

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Melamine foam, AKA magic eraser sponges and Mr. Clean Magic Sponges. Melamine foam was originally used as pipe insulation and soundproofing but was later discovered to clean surfaces like magic!

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Bluetooth speakers. I bought one once for it's intended purpose of listening to music, but then when I realized how small they actually are, they've pretty much became one of my favorite tools for office pranking and shenanigans: * Record a co-worker's desk phone ringing, place the speaker behind their phone, and then start playing the ring tone over it * Electronic whoopee cushion * Hide it in an inconspicuous place in an otherwise open area, then play a whispering voice "Hey , look over here" as people walk by- great for people who believe in ghosts! * If someone keeps a door closed normally, hide it as close to the door as possible, then play knocking sounds * Hide it in a cubicle/office and just play random, loud sound effects

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Tube guitar amps. They were never intended to produce distortion, but a whole genre of music was born by "misusing" them!

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Neoprene. Apparently it was originally used as a lining for industrial waste but obviously now makes a good wetsuit (and has many other industrial uses).

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Aluminum foil. People use it to wrap food while they can use it to make rockets, electromagnets and hats that prevent the government from mind-controlling you.

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I have noticed the upvote / downvote buttons have far more utility as “I like this” / “F**k you” buttons than as a rating of how relevant the content is which it was made for

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Condoms are awesome. They are used to cover gun barrels, cook meatloaf, waterproof phone covers, ice packs, and everything in between. If you ever need a cheap, waterproof container that can be used for many different things, use a condom.

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Originally, gasoline was a by product of making kerosene. Dunno if it counts but by products don't usually have an intended use.

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Listerine was used as a surgical antiseptic when it was first invented and now it's a mouth wash.

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"Water pipes" All over the smoke shop there are signs saying that all the glass products are "for tobacco use only." However, I find that they work much better for smoking marijuana over tobacco. Who knew?

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Safety pins, originally designed to fasten cloth baby diapers now used in a million other ways.

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A whole slew of medications. My daily medication is an anti-seizure medication. Works like s**t as an anti-seizure medication, but works **fantastically** as an anti-psychotic.