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00:00Some men wear shoes with hidden heel lifts to look taller.
00:04Such shoes can make a person up to 6 inches taller.
00:07They look like regular shoes, but inside they have this extra insert.
00:12Sometimes, such an insert is glued down.
00:15Sometimes it's removable, and you can choose the height you need yourself.
00:20When the Titanic hit the iceberg and sank sometime later,
00:24the Atlantic Ocean was around 28 degrees Fahrenheit,
00:27which means the water was below its freezing point.
00:30No wonder so many passengers didn't make it.
00:34Some birds have a row of bristles protruding from the edges of their eyelids.
00:39Those bristles can probably be called eyelashes.
00:42But while human eyelashes are modified hairs meant to protect the eye,
00:46bird eyelashes are modified feathers.
00:49Identical twins don't actually have the same fingerprints,
00:53so you can't blame your misdeeds on your sibling after all.
00:56Different factors during development in the womb,
00:59like the position of the womb,
01:01umbilical cord length,
01:02and the rate of finger growth impact fingerprints.
01:06Earth's rotation speed is changing.
01:09It's slowing down right now while we're talking.
01:11It means that, on average,
01:13the length of the day gets 1.8 seconds longer every century.
01:17600 million years ago,
01:19a day lasted a mere 21 hours.
01:23Most world maps are wrong.
01:25On the majority of maps,
01:27they still use the Mercator projection,
01:29which was the first developed in 1569.
01:32But this method is very inaccurate,
01:35and makes Alaska look as large as Brazil,
01:38while in reality,
01:39it's five times smaller.
01:41As for Greenland,
01:42it looks 14 times larger than it actually is.
01:46For a map to be precise,
01:48it would need to be life-sized and round,
01:50not flat.
01:53Ants don't have lungs.
01:54They breathe through tiny openings known as spiracles.
01:57An ant may have 9 or 10 of those on each side of the body,
02:01depending on the species.
02:04The average color of the universe is poetically called Cosmic Latte.
02:09In a 2002 study,
02:11scientists discovered that the light coming from other galaxies
02:14averaged into a beige color that was very close to white,
02:17just like the drink beloved by many.
02:22There is such a thing as minus decibels.
02:25The quietest place on Earth
02:27is Microsoft's anechoic chamber in Redmond, USA.
02:30The level of sound there is minus 20.6 decibels.
02:34Such chambers are built out of heavy concrete and bricks,
02:38and are placed on springs to stop vibrations
02:40from entering the chamber through the floor.
02:45Bananas are radioactive.
02:47Wait, where did you go?
02:49It's not that bad.
02:50Bananas are rich in potassium,
02:52so each banana is slightly radioactive
02:54due to the natural isotope potassium-40.
02:58On the other hand,
02:59your body contains around 16 milligrams of potassium-40,
03:03so you're actually about 280 times more radioactive
03:06than that poor banana.
03:08And in any case,
03:09your body gets rid of that excess potassium-40
03:11from a banana within several hours.
03:16There's simply no such thing as a straight line.
03:19You just need to zoom in close enough,
03:21and you're bound to spot some irregularities.
03:23Even a laser light beam is a bit curved.
03:28In emergencies, fish form orderly lines.
03:31For example,
03:32when evacuating through narrow spaces in dangerous situations,
03:36school of neon tetrafish cue
03:38so that they don't crash into one another
03:40or clog up the line.
03:42Scientists think that this behavior means
03:44that fish can respect social rules
03:46even in emergency situations.
03:49Unlike us humans,
03:52hippos can't swim.
03:54These animals have large bones.
03:56These bones are so big and dense
03:58that it makes hippos barely buoyant at all.
04:00So these animals don't swim.
04:03Instead,
04:03they perform something like
04:05a slow-motion gallop on the riverbed.
04:08Hippos can also sleep underwater
04:10thanks to a reflex
04:11that allows them to rise to the surface,
04:13take a breath,
04:14and sink back down to the bottom
04:16without waking up.
04:21Lego bricks can withstand compression
04:23better than concrete.
04:24A regular plastic Lego brick
04:26can support the weight of 375,000 other bricks
04:30before it breaks.
04:32Theoretically,
04:33it could allow you to build a tower
04:34more than 2 miles in height.
04:36But if we decide to scale this up
04:38to house-sized bricks,
04:40the price would be exorbitant.
04:43If you ever go to space,
04:44you can take your yo-yo with you.
04:46In 2012,
04:48NASA astronaut Don Petit
04:50took a yo-yo on board
04:51the International Space Station
04:53and used it to show some tricks.
04:55You see,
04:56a yo-yo mostly relies on the laws
04:58of conservation of angular momentum
05:00to perform tricks.
05:01And if you keep the string taut,
05:03these laws apply in microgravity too.
05:07There's a theory that claims
05:08that we sweat when we're anxious
05:10to alert the brains of other people
05:12that they're primed for that danger
05:14that's making us feel anxiety.
05:16Brain scans have revealed
05:17that when you sniff the sweat
05:19produced by a panicking person,
05:21regions of the brain
05:22responsible for emotional
05:23and social signals light up.
05:25And when you are anxious,
05:27your sympathetic nervous system
05:29produces hormones,
05:30including adrenaline,
05:31which switches on your sweat glands.
05:34There are rainbows on Venus
05:36and they're called glories.
05:38A glory looks like a series
05:40of colored concentric rings
05:42and is caused by the interference
05:43of light waves inside droplets
05:45rather than the process
05:47of reflection, refraction,
05:48and dispersion of light,
05:50which produces rainbows.
05:53Protons look like bagels,
05:55spheres, peanuts,
05:56and rugby balls.
05:57In other words,
05:58protons come in different shapes
06:00and sizes.
06:01Their appearance changes
06:02is based on the speed of quarks,
06:04smaller particles within them.
06:07If you look at the moon
06:08while being in the southern hemisphere,
06:10it will seem to be upside down,
06:12and the man on the moon
06:13will look more like a rabbit.
06:16You will remember more of your dreams
06:18if you sleep badly
06:19and wake up many times
06:20throughout the night.
06:21You're also more likely
06:22to remember your dream
06:23if someone or something
06:25wakes you up in the middle of it.
06:27Dogs tilt their heads
06:28while listening to people
06:29to pinpoint familiar words
06:31like walkies more effectively.
06:33It also helps them
06:35to understand the tone
06:35of your voice better.
06:37There's also an idea
06:38that if a dog
06:39doesn't tilt its head often,
06:40it's because it relies
06:41more on sight
06:42and less on sound.
06:46Mirrors facing each other
06:48won't produce
06:48infinite reflections.
06:50Each next reflection
06:51will be darker
06:52than the previous one,
06:53and eventually,
06:54they will fade
06:55into invisibility.
06:57Mirrors absorb
06:58just a fraction
06:58of the energy
06:59of the light
07:00falling on them,
07:01so the total number
07:02of reflections
07:02mirrors can produce
07:04is around several hundred.
07:06You can smell ants
07:08since many species
07:09of these insects
07:10produce strong-smelling chemicals
07:12when they feel threatened
07:13or angry
07:14or when they're being squished.
07:16Trapjaw ants
07:17release a chocolatey smell
07:18when they're crushed,
07:19and citronella ants
07:21give off a lemony odor
07:22when they're threatened.
07:25Giraffes hum
07:26when they want to communicate
07:27with each other.
07:28Researchers think
07:29that this low-frequency
07:30humming
07:31might be a form
07:32of contact call
07:33between individuals
07:34that have been separated
07:35from their herd.
07:37It can also help
07:38giraffes find each other
07:39in the dark,
07:40but the coolest thing
07:41about these magnificent animals?
07:43Some scientists think
07:44that they could sleep talk, too.
07:48And a cool bonus story for you
07:51about a marathon runner
07:52who took over 50 years
07:54to finish the race.
07:56Japanese marathoner runner
07:57Shizu Kanakuri
07:58was selected
08:00as one of the two athletes
08:01that Japan could send
08:02to the 1912 Stockholm Olympics,
08:04but Kanakuri
08:06shockingly disappeared
08:07during the marathon race.
08:09It turned out
08:10that after a rough
08:1118-day-long trip
08:12to Stockholm,
08:13first by ship
08:14and then by train,
08:15the man was exhausted.
08:17During the race,
08:18he stopped running
08:19because his condition
08:20simply didn't allow him
08:21to run further.
08:23The athlete stumbled
08:24into a nearby garden party
08:25where he drank orange juice
08:26and stayed for a while
08:28to recover.
08:29Later,
08:30Kanakuri
08:30was so embarrassed
08:31by his failure
08:32that he returned to Japan
08:34without notifying anyone,
08:36including race officials.
08:38So,
08:38Swedish authorities
08:39considered him missing
08:40for 50 years
08:41before finding out
08:43that he was peacefully living
08:44in his home country.
08:45In 1967,
08:47the athlete was offered
08:48the opportunity
08:49to finish his run.
08:50He accepted.
08:5254 years,
08:538 months,
08:546 days,
08:555 hours,
08:5532 minutes,
08:56and 20.3 seconds
08:58after he started the race,
08:59he completed the marathon.
09:01It was a long trip.
09:03Along the way,
09:04the man got married,
09:05had 6 kids,
09:06and 10 grandchildren.
09:10Fun fact,
09:11Olympic synchronized swimmers,
09:13now renamed artistic swimmers,
09:15don't usually wear swim caps.
09:17When they compete,
09:18they put Nox gelatin
09:19in their hair.
09:20The result resembles
09:21unflavored jello.
09:23Athletes mix the gelatin
09:24with water,
09:25and it turns into
09:26a gooey mixture.
09:27After that,
09:28they comb and brush
09:29the substance
09:30into their hair,
09:31pull it into a bun,
09:32and put a headpiece over it.
09:34When it all dries,
09:35it becomes really hard,
09:36and swimmers' hair
09:37doesn't fall out
09:38when they swim.
09:39They often add glitter
09:40and other decorations
09:41to make their hairstyles
09:43even more exciting.
09:45The blanket octopus
09:46is called this way
09:47because of the females
09:48of this species.
09:49They're supersized
09:51and rarely seen.
09:52They have a long,
09:53fleshy cape
09:54which encloses
09:54their tentacles.
09:56Female octopuses
09:57are large,
09:57up to 6.5 feet in length.
10:00Thanks to this cape,
10:01they look even larger
10:02and much more intimidating
10:03to potential predators.
10:04But the coolest thing
10:06about these creatures
10:07is that the male blanket octopus
10:08grows to be a mere
10:10one inch in length,
10:11which is smaller
10:12than a walnut.
10:13This makes the blanket octopus
10:15a species
10:15with the largest
10:16gender-sized difference
10:18in the entire animal kingdom.
10:20Red Bull has published
10:22a video showing
10:23the so-called
10:24world's fastest camera drone
10:26following a racing car
10:27around Silverstone's
10:28Grand Prix circuit.
10:29The Dutch drone gods
10:31are a company
10:32that custom-built
10:33the manually piloted drone
10:34designed specifically
10:35for keeping up with cars
10:37moving at speeds
10:38of over 186 miles per hour.
10:40It took more than a year
10:42for Red Bull
10:43and the Dutch drone gods
10:44to create a drone
10:45that could accelerate
10:46twice as fast
10:47as a Formula 1 car,
10:48reaching this breakneck speed
10:50in just 4 seconds.
10:52The drone's top speed
10:53is almost 220 miles per hour.
10:56Recently,
10:57scientists have concluded
10:58that water
10:59might not be wet.
11:01You see,
11:01wetness is usually defined
11:03as a liquid's ability
11:04to maintain contact
11:05with a solid surface.
11:07It means that
11:08the water itself
11:09isn't wet,
11:10but it can make
11:11other objects wet.
11:12Okay.
11:15The Maldives'
11:161,000 rufia banknote
11:18has captured
11:18the attention of people
11:19from all over the world
11:20and received a lot of praise
11:22for its stunning design.
11:24The note features
11:25the striped pattern
11:26of a skin
11:26of a majestic whale shark
11:28and a green sea turtle
11:29against a vibrant
11:30blue backdrop.
11:31It's already been called
11:33the prettiest currency
11:34in the world.
11:37Now,
11:38wearing a tie
11:38might be more dangerous
11:40than you think.
11:40It can reduce blood flow
11:42to the brain
11:43by 7.5%,
11:44making you dizzy
11:46and nauseous
11:46and causing headaches.
11:48Ties can also increase
11:49the pressure in your eyes
11:50if it's too tight.
11:52Plus,
11:52they're great
11:53at transporting germs.
11:54Gotta think again
11:55whether following
11:56that dress code
11:57is so necessary.
12:00A young girl
12:01from Washington
12:01broke a Guinness World Record
12:03by putting on
12:0445 sweaters
12:05at a local library.
12:07Sophia Hayden
12:08pulled on
12:08each sweater
12:09individually
12:09all the way down
12:10to her waist
12:11before moving on
12:12to the next one.
12:13It was done
12:14to comply
12:14with Guinness World Record rules.
12:16She also had to make sure
12:17that none of those sweaters
12:19was ripped
12:19since damaged items
12:21didn't count.
12:22As a result,
12:23she broke the record
12:24for the most sweaters
12:25worn at once.
12:26The previous record
12:27was 40 sweaters
12:28and it was set
12:29by a French
12:3011-year-old boy
12:31in 2022.
12:32Later,
12:33Sophia's mother
12:34admitted that
12:34it had been tricky
12:35to gather enough sweaters
12:36for that attempt.
12:38The sweaters
12:38were then donated
12:39to charity.
12:41Now,
12:41it was Louis XIV of France
12:43who is believed
12:44to have brought
12:45salt and pepper together,
12:46forming the basis
12:47for modern cooking.
12:48At that time,
12:49only rich people
12:50could afford
12:51to add pepper
12:52to their meals
12:52and the king
12:53liked his food
12:54to be lightly seasoned
12:55with just salt and pepper.
13:02Our sun produces a sound,
13:04but sadly,
13:05we can't hear it.
13:06It's emitted
13:07in the form
13:07of pressure waves
13:08and their wavelength
13:09is measured
13:10in hundreds of miles.
13:11It means they're far beyond
13:13the range of human hearing.
13:16Now,
13:17while we're on
13:17the topic of space,
13:19let's discuss the fact
13:20that our solar system
13:21has a wall
13:22surrounding it.
13:23Well,
13:23kind of.
13:24It's called
13:24the heliopods,
13:25and it's the region
13:27of space
13:27where solar wind
13:28isn't hot enough
13:29to push back
13:30the wind of particles
13:31coming from distant stars.
13:33That's why this region
13:34is often considered
13:35the boundary
13:36between the solar system
13:37and interstellar space.
13:40Another space fact
13:41for you.
13:42Comets smell like
13:43rotten eggs.
13:44I know,
13:44ew.
13:45Other smells
13:46that might surround them
13:47are those of
13:48burning matches
13:48and even almonds.
13:50That's because
13:51of the traces
13:51of hydrogen sulfide,
13:53ammonia,
13:54sulfur dioxide,
13:54and hydrogen cyanide
13:56found in the makeup
13:57of some comets.
13:58In 2016,
14:00promotional postcards
14:01were even made,
14:02carrying the pungent scent
14:03of a comet.
14:05Now,
14:06in any career field,
14:08the average worker
14:08is productive
14:09for around 60%
14:10of their working time
14:11each day.
14:12But if we talk
14:13about office workers,
14:15this percentage
14:15drops drastically.
14:17One study determined
14:18that the average
14:19office worker
14:20is productive
14:20for a mere 2 hours
14:22and 23 minutes per day.
14:24The thing is,
14:25employees are interrupted
14:26in general
14:27every 3 minutes
14:28and 5 seconds.
14:29And it takes people
14:30a whopping 23 minutes
14:31to get refocused
14:32after an interruption.
14:34It means that employees
14:35get 3 minutes of work
14:36done for every 26 minutes
14:38they spend
14:39at their workplace.
14:40Unbelievable!
14:41No wonder that,
14:42statistically,
14:43people working remotely
14:44are much more productive.
14:48Scottish soccer team
14:49Inverness Caledonian
14:50Thistle Football Club
14:52is known for using
14:53cameras with AI
14:54ball tracking
14:55to live-stream
14:56their matches
14:57on YouTube.
14:57Well,
14:58once,
14:59in a 2020 match
15:00against Our United
15:01to be precise,
15:02when a camera
15:03repeatedly tracked
15:04an official's
15:05bald head,
15:06mistaking it
15:07for the soccer ball.
15:08Uh-oh,
15:09what a blunder.
15:11Now,
15:12speaking of sports,
15:13football teams
15:14wearing red kits
15:15reportedly play better.
15:17Accordingly,
15:18the color of your attire
15:19affects not only
15:20how you're perceived
15:21by others,
15:22but also how you feel.
15:23A review of football matches
15:25in the past 55 years
15:27has shown that teams
15:28wearing red
15:29consistently play better
15:30in home matches
15:31than teams dressed
15:32in any other color.
15:35One more awesome story
15:37connected to sports.
15:38In order to draw
15:39some of the most
15:40wanted criminals
15:41out of hiding,
15:42the U.S. Marshals Service
15:44once came up
15:45with an offer
15:45crooks couldn't resist.
15:47They invited them
15:48to the Super Bowl.
15:49In December 1985,
15:52more than 100 people
15:53came to the Washington
15:54Convention Center
15:55after receiving a letter
15:56informing them
15:57that they had won tickets
15:58to the largest sporting event
16:00in the country.
16:01According to the invites,
16:02they had been selected
16:04randomly from a
16:05clearinghouse list
16:06of D.C. residents
16:07and were supposed
16:08to receive two tickets
16:09to the Redskins
16:10vs. Bengals game
16:11that day.
16:12But to get in,
16:13they had to come
16:14to a pre-game party
16:15to collect their tickets.
16:16And guess what?
16:17The plan worked
16:18like a charm.
16:20Over 100 criminals
16:21were arrested,
16:22which made
16:23Operation Flagship
16:24one of the most successful
16:25in U.S. police history.
16:28Now moving on,
16:30your brain is eating itself
16:31non-stop.
16:32Wait, don't panic yet.
16:34It's a totally normal process
16:35known as phagocytosis.
16:38During this process,
16:39cells envelop
16:40and consume smaller cells
16:41or molecules
16:42to remove them
16:43from the system.
16:44Luckily, phagocytosis
16:46isn't harmful.
16:47It actually helps
16:48preserve your gray matter,
16:49keeping it in top shape.
16:51Boy, I could use more of that.
16:53Giraffes are 30 times
16:54more likely
16:55to get hit by lightning
16:57than people.
16:57Between 1996
16:59and 2010,
17:00there were just
17:01five documented
17:02lightning strikes
17:03on giraffes
17:04that ended tragically.
17:05But if we consider
17:06the fact
17:06that the population
17:07of the species
17:08was just 140,000
17:10at that time,
17:11it makes for around
17:120.003
17:14lightning casualties
17:15per 1,000
17:16giraffes
17:17each year.
17:17This is 30 times more
17:19than the number
17:19of tragic accidents
17:21involving lightning strikes
17:22that happen to people.
17:25Animals experience time
17:26differently from us humans.
17:28To smaller animals,
17:29the world around them
17:30moves more slowly.
17:32For instance,
17:33salamanders and lizards
17:34experience time
17:35not as fast as,
17:37let's say,
17:37dogs and cats.
17:38All because of
17:40the perception of time,
17:41which depends on
17:42how quickly the brain
17:43can process
17:44incoming information.
17:46And finally,
17:47snails do have teeth,
17:49between 1,000
17:50and 12,000
17:51to be precise.
17:52These teeth aren't
17:53like ours, though.
17:54So there's no need
17:55to picture snails
17:56with silly toothy grins.
17:58Snails' minuscule teeth
17:59are all over
18:00their file-like tongues.
18:02So there.
18:04You see these blades?
18:06They have notched corners
18:07to make your cutting
18:08experience smoother.
18:09Ooh.
18:10The front edge notch
18:11helps with separating
18:13blades during manufacturing,
18:14while the trailing edge notch
18:16helps the blade
18:17glide easily.
18:18And a fun fact,
18:20that notch on the front
18:21also helps you spot
18:23unused sections
18:24of the blade.
18:25Just a little visual indicator
18:26to make your life easier.
18:28When it comes to silver
18:29versus black blades,
18:30they're both made
18:31from the same stuff.
18:32But black blades
18:34are sharper
18:34and are better suited
18:35for cutting through
18:36tough materials,
18:37while silver blades
18:39strike a balance
18:39between cutting power
18:41and durability.
18:42If you want that
18:43extra cutting oomph,
18:45go for black.
18:46Oh, almost forgot.
18:47The only thing
18:48those blades
18:48aren't meant to cut
18:49is food.
18:51It has a rust-proofing
18:52oil coating,
18:53which is not safe
18:54for humans.
18:56Check this one out.
18:57It's totally giving me
18:59childhood vibes.
19:00Now, I remember my grandma
19:02having tomato-shaped
19:03pin cushions
19:04just like this.
19:05And sometimes,
19:06they would look more
19:06like a salad,
19:07with a little pepper
19:08thrown in there.
19:09Well, believe it or not,
19:11this salad actually
19:12has a purpose.
19:13The tomato
19:14keeps your pins in place,
19:16while the pepper
19:17keeps them sharp.
19:18Those peppers
19:19are filled with sand,
19:20which helps keep
19:21your pins nice and sharp.
19:23And it's not just sand.
19:24Crushed walnuts
19:25can also be used
19:26to keep your pins
19:27in tip-top shape.
19:30Now, look at this
19:31multiple pocket tool
19:32and this little hook on it.
19:34It's a bit of a mystery,
19:35but it's actually
19:36pretty handy.
19:37I counted at least
19:38four different applications.
19:40One, you can use it
19:41to carry all sorts
19:42of awkward stuff,
19:43like camping gear
19:44or heavy parcels.
19:46Two, need to twist
19:47some wire
19:48or play around
19:49with knots?
19:50The parcel hook
19:51has got you covered.
19:52Three, this hook
19:54can save the day
19:55with those stubborn zippers,
19:56like the ones
19:57on your luggage.
19:58Four, it's great
19:59for pretending
20:00to be a budget version
20:01of Captain Hook.
20:02If you know more applications,
20:04let me know
20:05in the comments.
20:07Apple users,
20:08with this feature,
20:09you'll never get
20:10laundry surprises again.
20:12Now, I bet you've
20:13had this situation
20:14at least once
20:15in your life.
20:16You wash your stuff
20:17and when you take it
20:18out of the washing machine,
20:19the size seems
20:20to only fit your cat.
20:22Your iPhone camera
20:23can actually translate
20:24those funky laundry symbols
20:26for you.
20:27There are two requirements,
20:28though.
20:29You must have iOS 17
20:30and your phone
20:31must be in English.
20:33Take a photo
20:33of the care label,
20:34go to the Photos app
20:36and see the details
20:37of the image.
20:38Everything will be
20:39automatically decoded
20:40and explained to you.
20:43Now, many toasters
20:44come with nifty
20:45removable crumb trays
20:47at the bottom.
20:48It's super important
20:49to give these trays
20:50a good clean
20:50every now and then
20:51to keep your toaster
20:52running smoothly
20:53and avoid any potential
20:55fire hazards.
20:56Just pop them out,
20:57shake out the crumbs,
20:58and you're good to go.
21:00Where you shake them out
21:01is up to you.
21:02Those little compartments
21:04on your gas pump
21:04aren't just for show.
21:06They're actually there
21:07to hold your cap
21:07while you're filling up.
21:08This nifty feature
21:10keeps things tidy
21:11and prevents any spills
21:13or drips on the handle.
21:14So, say goodbye
21:15to messy refueling experiences
21:17and hello to a cleaner pump.
21:20Plus, it makes the whole process
21:21way more convenient
21:23and efficient.
21:25Now, I'll bet
21:26your oven gets so greasy
21:28and dirty sometimes
21:28that you can even hear it oink.
21:31Just kidding.
21:32I know you're a tidy person.
21:34Anyway,
21:35if you're looking for a way
21:36to bring your kitchen cleaning
21:37to a whole new level,
21:39here's a tip for you.
21:40Most oven doors
21:41have handy latches
21:43that let you pop the door off
21:44for easy cleaning,
21:46saving your pore back
21:47from the strain.
21:49When you're draining noodles
21:50or potatoes,
21:51there's no need to bother
21:53transferring everything
21:54to a colander in the sink.
21:56Just throw the colander
21:57right into the pot,
21:59hold it down,
21:59and pour the liquid out.
22:01It makes life so much easier,
22:03especially when you want
22:04to save that starchy water
22:06for recipes.
22:07It's a must
22:07for authentic pasta,
22:09by the way.
22:11So let's say
22:12you've snagged this gem
22:13at a thrift store
22:14a while back
22:15for just under a dollar.
22:17It's seen better days,
22:18serving as an ashtray,
22:20but you decide
22:21it's time to give it
22:22a new lease on life.
22:23Here's the lowdown
22:24on how to make it shine again.
22:27Mix up a solution
22:28of boiling water,
22:29baking soda,
22:30and table salt
22:31in a bowl lined
22:32with aluminum foil.
22:33Let the piece soak
22:35for about 15 minutes
22:36and repeat this process
22:38three times.
22:39In between soaks,
22:41gently scrub any rough spots
22:42with a microfiber cloth.
22:44After the final soak,
22:46dry the piece off
22:47and rub on some toothpaste,
22:49baking soda,
22:49and peroxide.
22:50Buff out any remaining tarnish
22:53with a clean,
22:53dry microfiber cloth.
22:55Rinse it off,
22:56and now your piece
22:57is practically gleaming
22:59like a mirror.
23:01These aluminum foil boxes
23:03have nifty little tabs
23:04on the sides
23:05that make it super easy
23:07to grab a sheet
23:08without any hassle.
23:09It's like a fancy
23:10little bonus
23:11that makes the product
23:12a breeze
23:12and ensures you'll have
23:14a smooth sailing experience
23:16every time.
23:18Manual can openers
23:19often come with
23:20a handy built-in feature
23:21also known as
23:23a bottle opener.
23:24It's like getting
23:25two tools in one.
23:26But did you know
23:27that this bottle opener
23:28actually has another
23:30useful function?
23:31It can help you loosen
23:32those stubborn,
23:33hard-to-open jars.
23:35Simply lift the lid slightly
23:36at a couple of points
23:38with the bottle opener
23:39and then watch it
23:40as it effortlessly
23:41twists right off.
23:43Yeah!
23:45Okay, I just found that,
23:47apparently,
23:48you're supposed to save
23:49the first and last slices
23:50of a loaf of sliced bread
23:52for last.
23:52It's like a bread hack
23:54or something.
23:55Apparently,
23:56those end pieces
23:56help keep the rest
23:57of the bread fresher
23:58for longer
23:59and you shouldn't eat them
24:00until you've devoured
24:01the rest of the loaf.
24:02So, next time you're
24:03making a sandwich,
24:05save those heel slices
24:06for the very end.
24:08Even bread eating
24:09needs a good strategy.
24:11Now, look at those
24:12blue levers
24:12on the top rack
24:13of your dishwasher.
24:14I was curious about them, too.
24:16And it turns out
24:17they are actually
24:18water bottle sprayers.
24:20They help to ensure
24:21that your bottles
24:21get a thorough cleaning
24:23and rinse during
24:24the wash cycle.
24:26Many vegetable peelers
24:28have those little scoops
24:29on top
24:29for taking out
24:30the eyes from potatoes.
24:32And here's a cool tip.
24:33You can actually use
24:35vegetable peelers
24:36in both directions
24:37to peel faster.
24:38But most people
24:39just stick to one direction.
24:42When using yellow mustard,
24:44make sure to push
24:45the lid of the bottle
24:46all the way open
24:47until you hear
24:48a satisfying click.
24:49This way,
24:50the lid will stay
24:51securely in place
24:52and won't get in the way
24:53when you're dispensing
24:54the mustard onto your food.
24:56It's a simple step
24:57that can make
24:57your condiment experience
24:59hassle-free
25:00and enjoyable.
25:01So there!
25:03You know that little hole
25:05at the end of your pot or pan?
25:06Well, it's not just for show.
25:08You can actually use it
25:10as a handy holder
25:11for your forks and spoons.
25:13Next time you're cooking up
25:14a storm in the kitchen,
25:15just pop your utensils
25:17in that convenient little hole
25:18and keep them close at hand.
25:22Okay, just a heads-up
25:23to remember
25:24to switch the direction
25:25of your ceiling fan
25:26for the changing weather
25:28and to give it
25:28a good clean, too.
25:30I've seen that a lot of folks
25:31found it helpful before
25:33to reverse the fan's direction
25:35by flipping a switch
25:36for different seasons.
25:37So this is just
25:38a friendly reminder
25:39to go ahead
25:40and do it again,
25:41pushing hot air down
25:43and pulling cold air up.
25:47When you're chowing down
25:48for some pizza,
25:49just tear off
25:50the top of the box
25:51and use it
25:52as a big old plate.
25:53You can even rip
25:54the box in half
25:55and fold it
25:56to save some leftovers
25:57for later.
25:58Well, that's it for today.
26:00What, you want to know
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26:07Go ahead.
26:11You're heading to a supermarket
26:13to get a few small items.
26:15The self-service checkout
26:16is way faster
26:18than waiting for people
26:18to unload
26:19their huge shopping carts.
26:21But this loud voice
26:23from a machine
26:24commanding over and over again
26:26spoils all the appetite.
26:28I have some good news for you.
26:30You can turn it off.
26:32Take a closer look
26:33at the screen.
26:34You'll probably see
26:35a volume button
26:36at the bottom.
26:38Use your finger
26:39to mute the annoying
26:40polite voice
26:41once and for all.
26:43Not all machines
26:44have this hidden option though,
26:46but it's definitely
26:47worth checking out.
26:49Usually,
26:50a sunflower oil bottle
26:52has this weird inner cap.
26:54Most people remove
26:55the entire top layer
26:56and throw it away.
26:58But there's actually
26:59a better way to use it.
27:01Turn the removed element
27:03inside down
27:04and put it
27:05into the bottleneck.
27:06It will make
27:07a great dispenser
27:08and you'll never
27:09spill more oil
27:10than you wanted
27:11in your salad.
27:13Planning a picnic
27:14with your friends
27:15in the wild?
27:16Forget about
27:17the classic picnic basket.
27:19We got it all wrong.
27:20It's not a basket,
27:21but a bucket.
27:23Yep,
27:24it's way better
27:25to put your picnic stuff
27:26into several buckets.
27:27This will help
27:28evenly distribute
27:29the weight
27:30among all guests.
27:31and when you find
27:32a nice spot
27:33for your picnic
27:34and get all the stuff out,
27:35turn the buckets over
27:37and use them as stools.
27:39When the food is over,
27:40put the buckets
27:41into each other
27:42to save space
27:43on the way back home.
27:45Your toast
27:46is getting burnt,
27:47but you don't have
27:48any kitchen tongs
27:49at hand?
27:50Take two identical forks,
27:52put them together
27:53time to time,
27:55stick them tightly
27:56with a rubber band.
27:57And voila,
27:58your tongs are ready.
28:00Ever wondered
28:01what this double bottom
28:02under the Nutella lid
28:03is for?
28:04There's only one way
28:05to find out.
28:06Here's a brand new
28:07Nutella jar.
28:09Let's remove
28:09the white carton circle
28:11and then peel off
28:12the foil.
28:13Surprise!
28:14There should be
28:15a little knife
28:15to cut the gold foil cover.
28:17Now you know
28:18how to get access
28:19to your favorite
28:20guilty pleasure
28:21without scratching
28:22your hands.
28:24Don't throw away
28:25the glass jar
28:26after you're done
28:27with Nutella.
28:27It can turn
28:28into a candle holder
28:29or a lantern.
28:31Wash it,
28:32paint it to your taste,
28:33add some decorations
28:34or lettering.
28:36Glue a decorative rope
28:38around the neck
28:39of the jar.
28:40Set a candle
28:41inside the jar
28:42or put string lights
28:43inside it.
28:44No one will ever guess
28:46that it used to be
28:47a Nutella jar.
28:48It'll be our secret.
28:51Have you ever wondered
28:52why Ritz crackers
28:53have ridges?
28:54You can use them
28:56as a safe knife
28:57for cheese
28:58and similar soft products
29:00like cucumber,
29:01ham and so on.
29:03Just roll the cracker
29:04as if it were
29:05a tiny pizza cutter
29:07and press.
29:08Now all the ingredients
29:09fit on your cracker perfectly.
29:11Enjoy your snack.
29:13Do you have one
29:14of those old baking trays
29:16that you never use
29:17but still hesitate
29:18to throw away?
29:19Good news!
29:21You can recycle it
29:22and make a gorgeous frame
29:23for a painting
29:24or a picture.
29:25There are two ways
29:26to do so.
29:28De-grease the surface
29:29of your tray
29:30and attach the image
29:31to the bottom.
29:32In this case,
29:33the frame will stick forward.
29:35Or you can flip the tray
29:37upside down
29:38and the edges
29:39will hide behind.
29:40Hang this construction
29:42on a wall
29:42or put it on a shelf.
29:44And feel free
29:45to use metal paint
29:46to give your frame
29:47an appropriate color.
29:50An old cutting board
29:51can make a great frame
29:53for a mirror.
29:54Use double-sided tape
29:56to attach a matching mirror
29:57to the surface
29:58of your board.
29:59Make sure the mirror
30:01is firmly glued.
30:02And now you can hang it
30:04on a wall
30:04using the board's handle
30:06or put it on a cabinet
30:08and lean it on a wall.
30:09Don't forget to wash
30:11and dry the cutting board
30:12before beginning this DIY.
30:14We don't want the mirror
30:15to smell fishy.
30:17Another superpower
30:19of a cutting board
30:20is keeping wires
30:21tangle-free.
30:22Wrap some string lights
30:23around an old wooden
30:25cutting board
30:25and put it in your closet.
30:27The next holiday season,
30:29you'll have it
30:30completely untangled.
30:33A hair dryer
30:34can make a great
30:35mini vacuum cleaner
30:36when you need
30:36an emergency cleaning.
30:38Cut a plastic bottle
30:40and dry it.
30:41Put a layer of fabric
30:42on the fan
30:43of your hair dryer.
30:45Then place the fan
30:46in the plastic bottle
30:47bottom portion.
30:49Fix the bottle
30:50and attach it
30:51to the hair dryer
30:51using a plaster.
30:53Turn it on
30:54and you're ready
30:55to clean the mess.
30:56You can use
30:57a retro gas stove grate
30:59to hang
31:00your indoor plants.
31:01Attach it to the wall
31:02with screws
31:03or nails.
31:04Now you're ready
31:05to hang flower pots,
31:07string lights,
31:08and any other
31:08decor items.
31:10If the color
31:11of your stove grate
31:12doesn't match
31:12the interior,
31:13you can always fix this
31:15using spray paint.
31:18Chopsticks
31:18and wooden ice cream sticks
31:20can also turn
31:21into a beautiful panel
31:22that will decorate
31:23your interior.
31:24Glue the edges together
31:26to create a grid.
31:27You can also put together
31:29your name
31:30or any other word
31:31you want
31:32out of sticks.
31:33Then wrap the grid
31:34around with string lights
31:35and enjoy your decor.
31:38Don't throw away
31:39wrinkled kitchen foil.
31:41It can help
31:41to sparkle up your day.
31:43Crumple identical
31:44foil balls
31:45and glue them
31:46over a glass,
31:47a mirror frame,
31:48or even a book
31:49and your life
31:50will immediately
31:51become more glamorous.
31:53If you need
31:54to sharpen
31:55your dull scissors,
31:56take aluminum foil
31:58and crunch it up
31:59into a ball.
32:00Sharpen the edges
32:01of the scissors
32:02right on that
32:03ball of foil.
32:04To speed up
32:06your ironing routine,
32:07place sheets of tinfoil
32:09under your ironing board
32:10and then put the cover
32:11back on.
32:12The tinfoil
32:13will reflect the heat.
32:15The iron will get hotter
32:16and will do the job
32:17much faster.
32:19If you struggle
32:20to organize
32:21all your jewelry
32:22and lose your favorite items
32:24from time to time,
32:25use a sponge
32:26to store it.
32:27Just make a few cuts
32:28and put your shiny
32:29little friends
32:30inside these cuts.
32:32They will sit firmly
32:33in the sponge
32:34and won't fall out
32:36or mix.
32:37You can also use
32:38a sponge
32:39to create an organizer
32:40for your jewelry.
32:42Find a cute box,
32:43cut your sponge
32:44into matching pieces
32:45and put them
32:46inside the box.
32:48Use glue
32:49or tape
32:50to attach the sponge
32:51to the box
32:52and enjoy
32:53your new jewelry casket.
32:55You can easily make
32:57chocolate-filled strawberries
32:58at home.
32:59Take a plastic syringe,
33:01fill it with chocolate paste,
33:02remove the leaves
33:04from a strawberry
33:05and stick the syringe
33:06into the hole
33:07from which the sprig
33:08usually sticks out.
33:10Squeeze chocolate
33:11into the berry
33:12and it's ready.
33:13You can use
33:14the same technique
33:15when you bake eclairs,
33:16apples
33:17or want to leave
33:19a chocolate note
33:19on a pancake
33:20to surprise
33:21your significant other
33:22in the morning.
33:24Wooden pants hangers
33:25with metal clips
33:26can be handy
33:27when it comes
33:28to hanging curtains
33:28or a backdrop
33:30for your photo shoot.
33:31If you need
33:32to hang curtains
33:33but don't have
33:34any special hooks,
33:35attach several
33:36plant hangers
33:37along the entire
33:38length of the curtains
33:39and then hang
33:41this construction
33:41on a ledge.
33:43An old metal tea jar
33:45serves as a mini shelf
33:46for small things
33:47in your kitchen.
33:48Apply double-sided tape
33:50to the jar
33:51and stick it
33:52to the top corner
33:53of your cabinet.
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