00:00If you ever find yourself stuck in the trunk of your car, stay calm.
00:04All cars are supposed to be equipped with an emergency latch to help open the trunk from the inside in the unlikely case it happens.
00:12These latches are so well thought out that they can be opened by people of all ages.
00:17More so, handles are designed to glow in the dark, too.
00:20You can even pull them with a mouth if there's not enough wiggle room to use your hands.
00:25Never mind how you ended up in the trunk in the first place.
00:28Moving on.
00:29If you're ever working with needle and thread, remember, you don't need to stick the needle directly into the spool.
00:36You may end up losing the needle altogether.
00:38Not to mention you can easily hurt your fingers.
00:41A lot of modern sewing kits these days come with a designated place for safeguarding the needles.
00:47It's located at the bottom part of the thread spool.
00:50You'll just need to pull it out.
00:52It's even made to hold multiple sewing needles at a time.
00:55Disposable ballpoint pens come with a little secret of their own.
01:00Did you ever notice that in some of them, there's a small hole in the plastic part?
01:04It's actually a rudimentary ventilation system.
01:08It's supposed to let the ink easily make it to the tip of the pen.
01:11Okay, I know it's in the name, but you really don't need to shake the seasoning shaker to get any product out.
01:18Don't believe me?
01:20Hey, you're not the only one.
01:21Go grab your favorite seasoning bottle out of your pantry.
01:25If it has one of those removable plastic caps, it's perfect for the experiment.
01:30Instead of shaking the bottle, try holding it from the plastic cap while it's upside down.
01:35Now gently twist the bottle from side to side and, before you know it, you get some gorgeously flowing seasoning without having to wiggle the shaker and make a mess all over the stove.
01:46On the same note, most salt and pepper shakers should have ridges on the bottom of the glass portion.
01:54In case you get any seasoning stuck in there, place the bottom of the salt shaker against the bottom of the pepper shaker and wiggle it around so the ridges click with each other.
02:03The seasoning should easily pour out now without you having to open the bottle.
02:08In colder weather, you often have so many clothing layers on you that you can hardly feel the purse or back straps on your shoulder anymore.
02:16Not to mention how fast they can slide off.
02:20Some jackets come with a built-in solution for that, in the form of a small tab on the shoulder with either a hook or a button.
02:27It's meant to be opened and closed comfortably, so you can keep your purse in place at any time.
02:34You're most likely using it merely to peel the skin of potatoes, carrots, or cucumbers.
02:39But you can use your vegetable peeler for chopping fine strips of onion as well.
02:44Just cut the onion into quarters vertically and then start slicing.
02:49This might also help out with those embarrassing onion tears.
02:53Most people miss this one, but should you ever have a closer look at your toothpaste tube, you will surely see some sort of coloring there, either a dot or a block.
03:03Colors can vary. They can be black, green, red, or even blue.
03:08These color spots are actually meant to help the assembly machines back at the toothpaste factory.
03:13They recognize when and where these machines need to cut the toothpaste tubes and proceed to fold them for packaging.
03:20For most types of footwear, if there's anything that seems a bit out of place, always know that it's there for a reason.
03:27Most manufacturers don't put extra items on shoes just for fun.
03:31It would definitely be a waste of time and resources.
03:33For footwear, like boots, for example, there's often a small loop at the top back of the shoe.
03:40It's there to help you when you need to put the shoe on, since you can quickly pull on it.
03:45Plus, you can also hang the shoes somewhere, most likely to dry, since most boots are meant to be worn in the colder weather.
03:51Now, I've been guilty at least once of overdressing with a bunch of layers, just so I won't need to jam everything in my check-in bag.
04:00But does it become a problem when you actually have to get seated?
04:04What do you do with your coat or your jacket?
04:07Well, have a closer look next time you board a plane on the seat in front of you.
04:11The hook that keeps the tray table upright can double as a jacket hook.
04:16As long as you don't need to have any meals while in the air, you're good to go.
04:21Now, most mascaras expire within 3-6 months, I'm told, depending on the manufacturer.
04:27But you can help speed up that process if you're not careful enough.
04:31Continuously pumping the mascara wand, trying to mix in the product, actually pushes more air into the tube.
04:38This can make it dry much faster, and you evidently won't get the desired results with it anymore.
04:43There's an easy way to check if your mascara is still good enough to use.
04:48If you don't hear a popping noise when you take the brush out, you may very well need to go get yourself a new mascara tube.
04:56Now, I know we're living in the era of Bluetooth-connected devices.
05:01But for better quality sound, they still recommend using headphones that connect via audio jacks.
05:07Remember seeing black ridges on those jacks?
05:10They aren't there just to make them fit when you plug them into your phone or laptop.
05:14Made out of a special insulating material, these bands are meant to guard the wires when sound is being transmitted.
05:21Based on the number of bands, you can figure out which end goes where.
05:26Some empty space under noodles in a cup doesn't mean the company producing them wants to cheat you out of a full portion.
05:32No, no. It's a manner of keeping the noodles intact during their transportation.
05:37It also helps with the circulation of hot water that is poured over the products before you can enjoy them.
05:43The V-shaped neckline was initially designed to serve a bunch of objectives.
05:48First, as a way of prolonging the life of the garment that would maintain its shape over the years.
05:54It's also there to fit your head through the shirt in case it needs some stretching.
05:58This way, it ensures a snugger grip around the neck.
06:01Lastly, it helps absorb sweat in case you're wearing the shirt while exercising.
06:06Now, it's not necessarily a custom anymore, but you may have stumbled upon a dinner jacket with an additional mysterious pocket on the right side.
06:16Turns out, this pocket was used by men to easily reach their train tickets, since most of them had to travel to work every day.
06:23It helped them keep their jacket buttoned up, but also benefited from the use of a pocket.
06:28Now, it's only added as a decoration, and it doesn't serve an actual purpose anymore.
06:34Speaking of things we don't use these days, or at least for their initial purpose, did you know Play-Doh was originally a cleaning product?
06:43In the 1920s, the market was in need of a product that could help them wipe the wallpapered areas around coal-burning furnaces.
06:50The recipe for what we now know as Play-Doh was thus invented.
06:55It was manufactured in white only, and was supposed to clean wallpaper by being rolled back and forth over the dirt.
07:02It was only later, in the 1940s, that new products for cleaning wallpaper were brought up, and Play-Doh was redirected toward another area of the market.
07:12Now, while I enjoy a nice piece of toast for breakfast, isn't it pesky to have to clean out the toaster?
07:19Well, not anymore, since I recently found out that toasters have a slide or a panel at the bottom that helps get rid of all those annoying breadcrumbs easily.
07:29Now, there used to be a time when you could only have access to video games by inserting cartridges in your console of choice.
07:39These tiny objects gave many doctors a lot of headaches.
07:43People soon started popping up in hospitals after swallowing small game cartridges, especially the younger generation.
07:51Nintendo, the company that manufactures the majority of these devices, had to come up with a creative solution to prevent these accidents.
07:58So, these days, Nintendo Switch cartridges are purposely coated with specific chemicals that can leave a really bad bitter taste in the mouth.
08:08Not that I'd, you know, recommend you ever try and taste for yourself.
08:12Hmm.
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