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25 Hidden Features Of Everyday Objects.

You've probably never heard of these before.

By Nathan Johnson

Published 1 year ago in Wow

You've probably never heard of these before.

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If you get an email in Outlook and you don’t want to deal with it right then but also don’t want to forget it altogether, right click or select the 3 dots on the email and select ‘Snooze’. Pick when you want the message to reappear (later that day, the next morning, etc) and it will be delivered at the top of your inbox at that time!

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Rubbing alcohol kills bugs within seconds. Pour it into a spray bottle and go on a killing spree in a well-ventilated area.

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On Android. (not sure about Iphone), you can schedule text messages. I often send stuff to my employee late at night but I just have it scheduled to send the following morning. Plus it makes them think I'm up early doing boss stuff.

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The bottom of a ceramic coffee cup is great for sharpening knives. Hold the knife against one side of the exposed ceramic ring, raise 15 degrees, and carefully slice forward scraping the knife against the bare ceramic. 5-6 strokes on each edge usually works for me.

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Potato peeler can peel a perfect slice of hard butter from the fridge. No tearing of bread trying to spread hard butter.

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I recently read that the reason old-timey door handles/door knockers were made of brass was because brass kills bacteria.

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In the US, you can always call 911 from a phone even if the phone doesn't have service. Parents, remember this when giving kids old cell phones to play with.

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Many libraries in the U.S. have portable wifi hotspots and laptops that you can check out for a month at a time.

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You can set custom keyboard shortcuts. I use @@ to paste my email and && to paste my address. It’s really useful

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A lot of people forget that most of our smartphones have compasses built in them.

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If you find the childsafe function on the cap of a prescription medicine bottle annoying (and you don't have kids you need to protect), a lot of the tops are designed to be used upside down as well, as normal, easy-to-open screw tops.

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Every time i dig into the settings of my phone (samsung galaxy) i find a bunch of features that arent default on but are actually useful. Like when taking a selfie, rather than awkwardly trying to hit the shutter button, you can just show the camera your palm and it starts a photo countdown.

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Those little plastic “tables” in the middle of your pizza box keep the cheese from sticking to the cardboard, but they also can be used to hold down the neighboring slice, so you can remove your slice without touching any others.

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Many microwaves have a secret silent mode. The most common methods to activate it are holding either 0, 1 or 2 for about five seconds. If none of these work, try holding Start or Cancel for five seconds. Otherwise, search for your microwave brand and include the word “mute”.

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Honda CR-Vs from the early 2000s have a secret picnic table under the floor in the back.

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Hair dryers can double as de-wrinklers when you're too lazy to iron your clothes.

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Whistles are built into the zippers of a lot of outdoor equipment, like backpacks and jackets.

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There are tabs on the sides of aluminum foil, Saran wrap, parchment paper, etc you press in that holds the roll in the container.

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In windows 10, naming a jpg file "folder.jpg" will make that image (and only that image) the preview for the folder. Great when viewing in extra large icons.

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You can replace the large jar on your blender with a mason jar when you need to blend or chop a small volume of something. Just screw the cap with the blades onto any small mouth canning jar and proceed. Blenders were designed for this use.

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The top rack in most dishwashers adjusts up and down so you can fit taller things in the top rack. There are little clips on the sides of the rack that you use to adjust it. Go take a peek at your dishwasher

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Most vegetable peelers have a metal ring on the side. It’s to dig out black spots from potatoes.

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Dude, did you know that most staplers have a built-in staple remover on the bottom? Mind blown!

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Some tubes of medicine have a pointy thing on the cap that allows you to pierce the tamper resistant packaging.

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The apple logo on the back of iPhones is a secret, programmable button.

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