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Discover the hidden wonders of everyday items in this eye-opening exploration. From the overlooked safety feature in your pen cap to the clever design of your microwave, learn how ordinary objects are engineered with purpose. These ingenious details solve real-life challenges and enhance our daily routines. Prepare to see your belongings in a whole new light as we unveil the secrets of design that often go unnoticed. Get ready for a journey into the fascinating world of everyday engineering!
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00:00There's nothing better than a nice piece of buttered toast for breakfast, if we're not counting hot fudge sundaes.
00:06But if you find it harder to spread out cold butter over your toast, here's an idea.
00:11Use a cheese grater. Figure out the amount you need and grate the product.
00:16The process will also soften the butter, making it easier to spread, and you won't have to melt a too
00:21large amount of it in the process.
00:23But still, that hot fudge!
00:26Dried pasta comes in all sorts of different shapes and sizes for a reason.
00:31That's because each type of pasta goes best with a particular sauce.
00:35Pasta shells, for example, are perfect with denser and chunkier sauces.
00:40Why? Because the sauce gets inside the shells, making it easier to serve and eat the dish.
00:46The ribbed outer surface also helps with covering the shells in the sauce.
00:52If you ever end up burning your cookies, you can save them with your trusty grater, too.
00:58Just grate off the blackened parts after carefully taking the cookies from the baking tray.
01:02But be careful and wait until the cookies have cooled down.
01:06Also, if you ruin their shape a bit, you can always dip them in some melted chocolate.
01:12After the chocolate cools down, you'll have perfectly shaped cookies.
01:16Although, after it gets past your lips and beyond, does the shape of the cookie actually matter?
01:22Just saying.
01:24If you like adding a lot of ingredients to your sandwiches, but don't really appreciate it when the bread gets
01:30soggy,
01:30there is a way to reduce the amount of moisture.
01:33Pick your sliced tomatoes or cucumbers and place them between two paper towels for up to five minutes.
01:39After that, you can use them.
01:42Also, make sure to spread butter, cheese, or sauces, like mayo or ketchup, onto the bread first.
01:48This will help you seal the bread and keep moisture at bay.
01:53Some people think that the little white string that you find near an egg yolk needs to be removed before
01:59you cook the egg.
02:00Well, I'm here to tell you that these strands are called calaza, and you don't actually need to get rid
02:05of them.
02:06They help keep the yolk in place, at the egg's center.
02:09A calaza is not going to mess up the consistency or the taste of your food.
02:13So, removing it is completely up to you.
02:16Ever notice that most juice boxes come with two flaps, one on each side?
02:21Those are actually handles.
02:24Manufacturers design the boxes this way to make it easier for us to hold them.
02:28This way, we don't end up squeezing the box, making the juice spill out.
02:34Now, you don't need to be a baking pro to know that you can use both white and brown sugar
02:39in your recipes.
02:40But have you ever wondered what the difference between these two is?
02:44It turns out that the only thing that sets them apart is that, during production, a small amount of molasses
02:51is added to the brown sugar.
02:53Molasses is basically a sort of syrup you get when processing sugarcane.
02:57It's usually removed during the refining process.
03:00That's how white sugar is produced.
03:02But if some amount of molasses remains in the final product, we end up with brown sugar, with its specific
03:09taste and darker hue.
03:11It's a good thing.
03:14There are a lot of things you can put in your dishwasher, apart from your dishes.
03:18For example, you can clean such things as your silicone oven mitts or the knobs of some kitchen appliances, like
03:25your oven or stove.
03:26Some kitchen sponges and reusable towels may be safe to clean in the dishwasher as well.
03:32Speaking of kitchen cleaning products, there are a lot of things you can do with dish soap, like de-griming
03:39your patio furniture.
03:40Just add a bit of dish detergent to some warm water and use the solution to wipe down your outdoor
03:45furniture with a piece of cloth.
03:48Finally, rinse it clean using your garden hose.
03:51You can also use dish soap to get rid of greasy stains on your clothes, be it pasta sauce or
03:57salad dressings.
03:58Hey, sometimes we miss our mouths!
04:00So, just apply a little dish detergent to the stain and then rinse with water.
04:05Use non-colored soap for lighter clothes.
04:08For more difficult stains, let the dish soap sink in for a bit, then throw the piece of clothing in
04:13the washer as usual.
04:14And think about maybe getting a bib.
04:17If none of the methods have helped you organize your closet, and you're still overwhelmed with large piles of clothes,
04:24there's a simple way that might be effective.
04:26It's called the one-in-one-out rule.
04:30That means for every new piece of clothing you buy, you need to get rid of one you already have.
04:36That means you'll always be decluttering your space.
04:39To make it easier to find something in your closet, good luck, keep your most used items at eye level.
04:45This way, they'll be easier to find and pull out when you're in a hurry.
04:49Those items that you tend to use less often, like your evening clothes, for example, can stay on the shelves
04:55above or below your eye level.
04:58You can make good use of old spice tins.
05:01If you glue some powerful magnets to the inside of the tins, they can double as magnetic shelves.
05:06You can use them for all sorts of everyday items, like kitchen pliers, ice cream scoops, or even cutlery.
05:14You can also place them on any metallic surface, like your refrigerator door.
05:18They'll blend in nicely with your kitchen magnets.
05:22Hidden in your laundry room, there's a great tool for picking up pet hair.
05:26It sometimes works better than lint rollers.
05:29Take a dryer sheet and, using some elbow grease, you'll get rid of that dog or cat hair in no
05:35time.
05:36It works on all sorts of surfaces, but it's especially effective for upholstered furniture.
05:42Now, if you don't like it when a door starts squeaking whenever you enter a room,
05:46get a bar of soap and rub it straight on the hinges.
05:49This will only help for a while, though, but it'll do the trick until you manage to get to a
05:54hardware store.
05:55And, you know, buy some oil.
05:58Have you ever noticed that in some elevators, there's a star next to the number of a specific floor?
06:04No, it's not to indicate where my office is.
06:08It's there to point out where the nearest exit is.
06:10And it's not always on the first floor.
06:13It's most likely located on the floor closest to the street.
06:17Have you ever wondered why stop signs are red?
06:21Well, back in the day, they didn't actually have any particular color at all.
06:25Before the 1920s, they didn't even have a standardized shade.
06:29In 1922, though, someone came up with the octagon.
06:33But initially, it was painted yellow.
06:36All because the red coloring tended to fade out too quickly because of sun exposure.
06:40So, yellow turned out to be the best option.
06:44It took another 30 years for fade-resistant enamel paint to be invented.
06:48We ended up changing the color of the stop sign back to red.
06:52After all, it's still the best color if you want something to be easily noticeable.
06:57Do you know there's a type of rose that can grow taller than people?
07:02According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the tallest rose bush ever found grew in Vienna, Austria.
07:08It was a staggering 28 and a half feet tall.
07:12Yes, it arose to a great height.
07:15In the same way we all have unique patterns on our fingerprints, no two tigers have the same set of
07:21stripes.
07:21It makes it easier for people working with this feline species to distinguish one tiger from another.
07:28I'll bet you didn't know the White House has its own flower shop hidden in the basement of the building.
07:33It's supposed to provide flower arrangements for all sorts of events that take place there.
07:39It's probably no surprise that pizza has become an American staple dish despite its Italian origin.
07:46People in the U.S. love it so much that they buy 350 slices of pizza every second in the
07:53States.
07:54Man, I am not getting my fair share.
07:56To manage the huge demand for this delicious dish, around 17% of all restaurants in the U.S. are
08:03pizzerias.
08:05Finally, there's a way to make lemon juice without the seeds getting into your beverage.
08:10Try cutting the fruit in two and squeezing it with a pair of kitchen tongs.
08:14The pointed end of the lemon should be facing down.
08:17The juice will flow down, but the seeds will remain inside the lemon.
08:22Ooh, lemonade.
08:23It goes well with pizza.
08:27You know how it goes.
08:28As the years pass, common knowledge slips away faster than you can say,
08:32what's that thingamajig for?
08:34Just think, our grandkids will probably be scratching their heads over the buttons on our old school phones.
08:41So it's no wonder that some ancient artifacts have got us all stumped too.
08:47Take a look at this funky object.
08:49Any guesses on what it is?
08:52A musical instrument, a toy, or maybe something out of this world?
08:56Beats me, and even the experts have no exact answer.
09:00This little guy is a Roman dodecahedron, discovered by some amateur archaeologists near Lincoln, England.
09:06It's shaped like a fist and made of a mix of metals.
09:11Now, as for what this thingy was used for, that's the million-dollar question.
09:16Supposedly, these guys were all the rage back in the day in northern Gaul and Roman Germany.
09:22According to some ancient maps, similar dodecahedrons have turned up in Europe, Britain, and even along the Maritime Silk Road
09:29in Southeast Asia.
09:31The plot thickens as more and more of these dodecahedrons pop up.
09:36Some had wax inside, leading scientists to think they were candle holders.
09:41Others think they might have been used for knitting gloves, since none have been found in warmer regions.
09:47There's even one found in Geneva with zodiac signs etched on it, sparking some woo-woo theories about fortune-telling.
09:55And now, a fresh discovery has got everyone's head spinning.
09:59Could this be some kind of sacred tool for the Romans?
10:02Who knows? Maybe it's the first multi-tool ever, invented way before Swiss army knives were a thing.
10:09Carved stone balls from Scotland are another historical mystery.
10:13They most likely date back to the late Neolithic period, and come in various types, from sandstone to granite.
10:20They're all roughly the same size, and have intricate, evenly spaced patterns of circular bosses or knobs.
10:27Most of these designs have six bosses, but the number can range from three to 160.
10:34Some of these balls are more skillfully crafted than others, and a few even have extra decorations.
10:39There are over 400 carved stone balls, and mostly found in Scotland, although some have turned up in Northern England
10:47and Ireland.
10:47These stone balls rarely show signs of damage or use, and there are no clues that would give away their
10:54function.
10:54Most experts think they weren't practical tools, but had some symbolic or social importance.
11:00Probably a sign of power or prestige within their communities.
11:05The Fulcton drums are the three stone cylinders from Neolithic Britain, discovered in the late 19th century in a burial
11:13mound in East Yorkshire.
11:15Nothing similar has been found anywhere else in the British Isles, from any prehistoric period.
11:21Each drum is decorated with unique designs covering the sides and domed tops.
11:26The decorations are mostly geometric, arranged in panels with stylized human faces peeking out from two of the drums.
11:34Recent studies of the artifacts using new technologies show that the designs had been carved and re-carved over time.
11:41A team of experts also analyzed the composition of the drums, and it turns out that they were made from
11:47local chalk.
11:49In the late Bronze Age in Europe, long before coins became common, finely crafted metal objects served as portable wealth
11:57and symbols of high status.
12:00Across Europe, archaeologists have found all sorts of artifacts, from gold adornments worn by elites to large bronze cauldrons used
12:08in feasts.
12:09Beautifully decorated gold rings discovered in Wales are among these items.
12:14They're known as lock rings and may have been used to hold hair.
12:18Now they're flattened after spending nearly 3,000 years underground.
12:23They used to have cone-shaped openings at each end.
12:26They were found at different times, but were likely worn as a pair and buried together in a single hoard.
12:34Other Roman artifacts made of the copper alloy were first catalogued as lunate pendants.
12:40But during a recent re-examination, experts found that these items were actually small mortar and pestle sets, known as
12:48cosmetic grinders.
12:50They were used to grind minerals for makeup and were specifically designed for applying liner and shadows to the eyes.
12:57They were mistaken for pendants because of suspension loops that allowed them to be carried on a cord.
13:02These cosmetic sets from the 1st century of the current era were unique to Britain.
13:07They proved the influence of imported cosmetics and beauty trends from the Mediterranean and Roman provinces, including Egypt.
13:16The Salzburg Cube, also known as the Wolf's Egg Iron, was discovered in the late 19th century in Austria.
13:23It doesn't really look like a cube, but is more like a rounded object with two flat sides.
13:28Down the middle, it has a groove, and the surface is covered with pits and craters.
13:34Workers accidentally found this artifact when they blew apart a piece of coal.
13:39The coal seam it came from is thought to be over 60 million years old.
13:44The Salzburg Cube moved between museums, mysteriously vanished in the early 20th century, and then showed up again.
13:52Some researchers thought it must be a Victorian-era candlestick holder.
13:56But still, no one knows the true story of the cube or its current location.
14:02Archaeologists have unearthed an incredible historical find in Pakistan,
14:07an ancient sphinx estimated to be around 12,500 years old.
14:12The region where it was found was once a busy center of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
14:18It had advanced urban planning, intricate art, and sophisticated drainage systems.
14:23The discovery of the ancient sphinx is a good example of their progressive art.
14:28We all know of the Great Sphinx of Giza, but what was the significance of the sphinx in the Indus
14:34Valley culture?
14:36Their sphinx has designs and carvings that show scenes with their daily activities,
14:41which means it may have had a more complex role than a symbol of power or guardian.
14:46It could stand for a balance between humans and nature, or even a deity associated with agriculture.
14:54Arauca in Chile sits on the sandy dunes of the Atacama Desert, known as the driest desert in the world.
15:02Long before this coastal town was built in the 16th century, the Sinchoro people called this region their home.
15:10Archaeologists found hundreds of their mummies.
15:13Radiocarbon dating showed that these mummies are over 7,000 years old,
15:17which makes them 2,000 years older than the famous Egyptian mummies.
15:22The Sinchoro used special techniques to preserve the mummies, not just relying on the dry climate for that.
15:28And unlike the Egyptians, they didn't just do it for the elite members of their society,
15:33but for everyone, no matter what age or status they had.
15:37The local people living in Arauca now are so used to finding mummies in their backyards
15:42that they don't feel weird about living among them.
15:46In the winter of 1850, a powerful storm with extra high tides hit the west coast of Orkney, Scotland.
15:53The wind and waves ripped away the surf, covering a mound, and revealed stone-built structures beneath.
16:00A local antiquarian decided to dig up the village that he thought was from the Iron Age.
16:05He managed to unearth the remains of four houses and many artifacts from two villages.
16:11The villages had been buried under sand, so everything was really well preserved.
16:17Carbon dating wasn't a thing back then yet, so it was tricky to tell the exact age of the villages.
16:23Almost a century later, with new tech, researchers were finally able to tell that the place was actually from Neolithic
16:29times.
16:30You can still see stone dressers and box beds in the prehistoric houses.
16:37Archaeologists and historians working on the famous Terracotta Army
16:40think that it might have been inspired by, or modeled, on ancient Greek sculptures.
16:45It would mean there was a cultural contact between East and West much earlier than we thought,
16:51long before the Silk Road trade route.
16:54There was probably Western influence in China during the era of its first emperor,
16:59who took the throne in 246 before the current era.
17:03Before that time, China didn't have a tradition of building life-sized sculptures.
17:08Earlier Terracotta soldiers were much smaller, less than 10 inches tall.
17:13Greek artists might have even been present to train Chinese sculptors.
17:19Some men wear shoes with hidden heel lifts to look taller.
17:23Such shoes can make a person up to 6 inches taller.
17:26They look like regular shoes, but inside they have this extra insert.
17:31Sometimes, such an insert is glued down.
17:34Sometimes it's removable, and you can choose the height you need yourself.
17:39When the Titanic hit the iceberg and sank sometime later,
17:43the Atlantic Ocean was around 28 degrees Fahrenheit,
17:46which means the water was below its freezing point.
17:49No wonder so many passengers didn't make it.
17:53Some birds have a row of bristles protruding from the edges of their eyelids.
17:58Those bristles can probably be called eyelashes.
18:01But while human eyelashes are modified hairs meant to protect the eye,
18:05bird eyelashes are modified feathers.
18:09Identical twins don't actually have the same fingerprints,
18:12so you can't blame your misdeeds on your sibling after all.
18:15Different factors during development in the womb,
18:18like the position of the womb,
18:20umbilical cord length,
18:21and the rate of finger growth impact fingerprints.
18:25Earth's rotation speed is changing.
18:28It's slowing down right now while we're talking.
18:30It means that, on average,
18:33the length of the day gets 1.8 seconds longer every century.
18:37600 million years ago, a day lasted a mere 21 hours.
18:43Most world maps are wrong.
18:45On the majority of maps, they still use the Mercator Projection,
18:49which was the first developed in 1569.
18:52But this method is very inaccurate,
18:54and makes Alaska look as large as Brazil,
18:57while in reality, it's five times smaller.
19:01As for Greenland,
19:02it looks 14 times larger than it actually is.
19:05For a map to be precise,
19:07it would need to be life-sized and round,
19:10not flat.
19:12Ants don't have lungs.
19:14They breathe through tiny openings known as spiracles.
19:17An ant may have 9 or 10 of those on each side of the body,
19:21depending on the species.
19:24The average color of the universe is poetically called Cosmic Latte.
19:28In a 2002 study,
19:30scientists discovered that the light coming from other galaxies
19:33averaged into a beige color that was very close to white,
19:37just like the drink beloved by many.
19:42There is such a thing as minus decibels.
19:44The quietest place on Earth is Microsoft's anechoic chamber in Redmond, USA.
19:49The level of sound there is minus 20.6 decibels.
19:54Such chambers are built out of heavy concrete and bricks,
19:57and are placed on springs to stop vibrations from entering the chamber through the floor.
20:04Bananas are radioactive!
20:06Wait, where did you go?
20:08It's not that bad.
20:10Bananas are rich in potassium,
20:11so each banana is slightly radioactive due to the natural isotope potassium-40.
20:17On the other hand,
20:18your body contains around 16 milligrams of potassium-40,
20:22so you're actually about 280 times more radioactive than that poor banana.
20:27And in any case,
20:28your body gets rid of that excess potassium-40 from a banana
20:31within several hours.
20:35There's simply no such thing as a straight line.
20:38You just need to zoom in close enough,
20:40and you're bound to spot some irregularities.
20:43Even a laser light beam is a bit curved.
20:47In emergencies,
20:48fish form orderly lines.
20:50For example,
20:51when evacuating through narrow spaces in dangerous situations,
20:55school of neon tetrafish cue
20:57so that they don't crash into one another
20:59or clog up the line.
21:02Scientists think that this behavior means
21:04that fish can respect social rules
21:06even in emergency situations,
21:08unlike us humans.
21:11Hippos can't swim.
21:13These animals have large bones.
21:15These bones are so big and dense
21:17that it makes hippos barely buoyant at all.
21:19So these animals don't swim.
21:22Instead,
21:23they perform something like
21:24a slow-motion gallop on the riverbed.
21:27Hippos can also sleep underwater
21:29thanks to a reflex that allows them to rise to the surface,
21:32take a breath,
21:33and sink back down to the bottom
21:35without waking up.
21:40Lego bricks can withstand compression
21:42better than concrete.
21:44A regular plastic Lego brick
21:46can support the weight of 375,000 other bricks
21:50before it breaks.
21:52Theoretically,
21:52it could allow you to build a tower
21:54more than 2 miles in height.
21:56But if we decide to scale this up
21:58to house-sized bricks,
21:59the price would be exorbitant.
22:02If you ever go to space,
22:04you can take your yo-yo with you.
22:06In 2012,
22:07NASA astronaut Don Petit
22:09took a yo-yo on board
22:11the International Space Station
22:12and used it to show some tricks.
22:15You see,
22:15a yo-yo mostly relies
22:17on the laws of conservation
22:18of angular momentum
22:19to perform tricks.
22:20And if you keep the string taut,
22:22these laws apply in microgravity too.
22:26There's a theory that claims
22:28that we sweat when we're anxious
22:29to alert the brains of other people
22:31that they're primed for that danger
22:33that's making us feel anxiety.
22:35Brain scans have revealed
22:37that when you sniff the sweat
22:38produced by a panicking person,
22:40regions of the brain
22:41responsible for emotional
22:42and social signals
22:44light up.
22:45And when you are anxious,
22:47your sympathetic nervous system
22:48produces hormones,
22:49including adrenaline,
22:51which switches on
22:51your sweat glands.
22:54There are rainbows on Venus
22:56and they're called glories.
22:58A glory looks like a series
22:59of colored concentric rigs
23:01and is caused by the interference
23:03of light waves inside droplets
23:05rather than the process
23:06of reflection, refraction,
23:08and dispersion of light,
23:09which produces rainbows.
23:13Protons look like bagels,
23:14spheres,
23:15peanuts,
23:16and rugby balls.
23:17In other words,
23:18protons come in different shapes
23:19and sizes.
23:20Their appearance changes
23:22based on the speed of quarks,
23:23smaller particles within them.
23:26If you look at the moon
23:27while being in the southern hemisphere,
23:29it will seem to be upside down,
23:31and the man on the moon
23:32will look more like a rabbit.
23:35You will remember
23:36more of your dreams
23:37if you sleep badly
23:38and wake up many times
23:39throughout the night.
23:40You're also more likely
23:42to remember your dream
23:43if someone or something
23:44wakes you up
23:45in the middle of it.
23:46Dogs tilt their heads
23:48while listening to people
23:49to pinpoint familiar words
23:50like walkies
23:51more effectively.
23:53It also helps them
23:54to understand the tone
23:55of your voice better.
23:56There's also an idea
23:57that if a dog
23:58doesn't tilt its head often,
23:59it's because it relies
24:01more on sight
24:01and less on sound.
24:06Mirrors facing each other
24:07won't produce
24:08infinite reflections.
24:09Each next reflection
24:11will be darker
24:11than the previous one
24:12and eventually
24:13they will fade
24:14into invisibility.
24:16Mirrors absorb
24:17just a fraction
24:18of the energy
24:18of the light
24:19falling on them.
24:20So the total number
24:21of reflections
24:22mirrors can produce
24:23is around several hundred.
24:26You can smell ants
24:28since many species
24:29of these insects
24:29produce strong smelling chemicals
24:31when they feel threatened
24:32or angry
24:33or when they're being squished.
24:35Trapjaw ants
24:36release a chocolatey smell
24:37when they're crushed
24:38and citronella ants
24:40give off a lemony odor
24:41when they're threatened.
24:44Giraffes hum
24:45when they want
24:46to communicate
24:46with each other.
24:48Researchers think
24:48that this low-frequency
24:50humming
24:50might be a form
24:51of contact call
24:52between individuals
24:53that have been separated
24:54from their herd.
24:56It can also help giraffes
24:58find each other
24:58in the dark.
24:59But the coolest thing
25:00about these magnificent animals
25:02some scientists think
25:03that they could
25:04sleep talk too.
25:08And a cool bonus story
25:09for you
25:10about a marathon runner
25:12who took over 50 years
25:13to finish the race.
25:15Japanese marathoner runner,
25:17Shizo Kanakuri was
25:18selected as
25:19one of the two athletes that
25:21Japan could send to
25:22the 1912 Stockholm
25:23Olympics. But
25:24Kanakuri shockingly
25:26disappeared during the
25:27marathon race.
25:28It turned out
25:29that after a rough
25:3018-day-long trip
25:31to Stockholm
25:32first by ship
25:33and then by train
25:34the man was exhausted.
25:36During the race
25:37he stopped running
25:38because his condition
25:39simply didn't allow him
25:40to run further.
25:42The athlete stumbled
25:43into a nearby garden party
25:44where he drank orange juice
25:46and stayed for a while
25:47to recover.
25:48Later
25:49Kanakuri
25:50was so embarrassed
25:51by his failure
25:52that he returned to Japan
25:53without notifying anyone
25:55including race officials.
25:56So
25:57Swedish authorities
25:58considered him missing
26:00for 50 years
26:01before finding out
26:02that he was peacefully
26:03living in his home country.
26:05In 1967
26:06the athlete
26:07was offered
26:08the opportunity
26:08to finish his run.
26:10He accepted.
26:1154 years
26:138 months
26:136 days
26:145 hours
26:1532 minutes
26:15and 20.3 seconds
26:17after he started the race
26:18he completed the marathon.
26:20It was a long trip.
26:22Along the way
26:23the man got married
26:24had 6 kids
26:25and 10 grandchildren.
26:29Fun fact
26:30Olympic synchronized swimmers
26:32now renamed
26:33artistic swimmers
26:34don't usually wear
26:35swim caps.
26:36When they compete
26:37they put
26:38Nox gelatin
26:38in their hair.
26:40The result resembles
26:41unflavored jello.
26:42Athletes mix
26:43the gelatin with water
26:44and it turns
26:45into a gooey mixture.
26:47After that
26:47they comb
26:48and brush
26:48the substance
26:49into their hair
26:50pull it into a bun
26:51and put a headpiece
26:52over it.
26:53When it all dries
26:54it becomes really hard
26:56and swimmers
26:56hair doesn't fall out
26:58when they swim.
26:59They often add glitter
27:00and other decorations
27:01to make their hairstyles
27:02even more exciting.
27:04The blanket octopus
27:05is called this way
27:06because of the females
27:07of this species.
27:09They're supersized
27:10and rarely seen.
27:11They have a long
27:12fleshy cape
27:13which encloses
27:14their tentacles.
27:15Female octopuses
27:16are large
27:17up to 6.5 feet
27:18in length.
27:19Thanks to this cape
27:20they look even larger
27:21and much more intimidating
27:22to potential predators.
27:24But the coolest thing
27:25about these creatures
27:26is that the male
27:27blanket octopus
27:28grows to be
27:29a mere 1 inch in length
27:30which is smaller
27:31than a walnut.
27:32This makes
27:33the blanket octopus
27:34a species
27:35with the largest
27:36gender size difference
27:37in the entire
27:38animal kingdom.
27:40Red Bull
27:40has published a video
27:42showing the so-called
27:43world's fastest
27:44camera drone
27:45following a racing car
27:46around Silverstone's
27:47Grand Prix circuit.
27:48The Dutch Drone Gods
27:50are a company
27:51that custom-built
27:52the manually piloted
27:53drone designed
27:54specifically for
27:55keeping up with cars
27:56moving at speeds
27:57of over 186 miles per hour.
28:00It took more than a year
28:01for Red Bull
28:02and the Dutch Drone Gods
28:03to create a drone
28:04that could accelerate
28:05twice as fast
28:06as a Formula One car
28:08reaching this
28:08breakneck speed
28:09in just 4 seconds.
28:11The drone's top speed
28:12is almost 220 miles per hour.
28:16Recently,
28:17scientists have concluded
28:18that water
28:19might not be wet.
28:20You see,
28:21wetness is usually
28:22defined as a liquid's
28:23ability to maintain
28:24contact with a solid surface.
28:26It means that
28:27the water itself
28:28isn't wet,
28:29but it can make
28:30other objects wet.
28:32Okay.
28:34The Maldives
28:351000 Rufia banknote
28:37has captured the attention
28:38of people from
28:39all over the world
28:40and received a lot of praise
28:41for its stunning design.
28:43The note features
28:44the striped pattern
28:45of the skin
28:46of a majestic whale shark
28:47and a green sea turtle
28:49against a vibrant
28:50blue backdrop.
28:51It's already been called
28:52the prettiest currency
28:54in the world.
28:56Now,
28:57wearing a tie
28:58might be more dangerous
28:59than you think.
29:00It can reduce blood flow
29:01to the brain
29:02by 7.5%,
29:04making you dizzy
29:05and nauseous
29:06and causing headaches.
29:07Ties can also increase
29:08the pressure in your eyes
29:10if it's too tight.
29:11Plus,
29:12they're great
29:12at transporting germs.
29:14Gotta think again
29:15whether following
29:15that dress code
29:16is so necessary.
29:19A young girl
29:20from Washington
29:21broke a Guinness World Record
29:22by putting on
29:2345 sweaters
29:25at a local library.
29:26Sophia Hayden
29:27pulled on
29:28each sweater
29:28individually
29:29all the way down
29:30to her waist
29:30before moving
29:31on to the next one.
29:32It was done
29:33to comply
29:34with Guinness World Record rules.
29:35She also had to make sure
29:37that none of those sweaters
29:38was ripped
29:39since damaged items
29:40didn't count.
29:41As a result,
29:42she broke the record
29:43for the most sweaters
29:44worn at once.
29:46The previous record
29:47was 40 sweaters
29:48and it was set
29:48by a French
29:4911-year-old boy
29:50in 2022.
29:52Later,
29:52Sophia's mother
29:53admitted that
29:54it had been tricky
29:55to gather enough sweaters
29:56for that attempt.
29:57The sweaters
29:57were then donated
29:58to charity.
30:00Now,
30:01it was Louis XIV of France
30:02who is believed
30:03to have brought
30:04salt and pepper together,
30:06forming the basis
30:06for modern cooking.
30:08At that time,
30:09only rich people
30:10could afford
30:10to add pepper
30:11to their meals.
30:12And the king
30:12liked his food
30:13to be lightly seasoned
30:14with just salt and pepper.
30:21Our sun produces a sound,
30:23but sadly,
30:24we can't hear it.
30:25It's emitted
30:26in the form of pressure waves,
30:28and their wavelength
30:29is measured
30:29in hundreds of miles.
30:31It means
30:31they're far beyond
30:32the range
30:33of human hearing.
30:36Now,
30:36while we're on the topic
30:37of space,
30:38let's discuss the fact
30:39that our solar system
30:40has a wall
30:41surrounding it.
30:42Well,
30:43kind of.
30:43It's called
30:44the heliopods,
30:45and it's the region
30:46of space
30:46where solar wind
30:48isn't hot enough
30:48to push back
30:49the wind of particles
30:50coming from distant stars.
30:52That's why
30:53this region
30:53is often considered
30:55the boundary
30:55between the solar system
30:57and interstellar space.
30:59Another space fact
31:00for you.
31:01Comets smell
31:02like rotten eggs.
31:03I know,
31:04ew.
31:04Other smells
31:05that might surround them
31:06are those
31:07of burning matches
31:08and even almonds.
31:09That's because
31:10of the traces
31:11of hydrogen sulfide,
31:12ammonia,
31:13sulfur dioxide,
31:14and hydrogen cyanide
31:16found in the makeup
31:17of some comets.
31:18In 2016,
31:19promotional postcards
31:20were even made,
31:21carrying the pungent scent
31:23of a comet.
31:25Now,
31:25in any career field,
31:27the average worker
31:28is productive
31:28for around 60%
31:30of their working time
31:31each day.
31:31But,
31:32if we talk about
31:33office workers,
31:34this percentage
31:35drops drastically.
31:36One study determined
31:37that the average
31:38office worker
31:39is productive
31:40for a mere
31:412 hours
31:41and 23 minutes
31:42per day.
31:43The thing is,
31:44employees are interrupted
31:45in general
31:46every 3 minutes
31:47and 5 seconds.
31:48And it takes people
31:49a whopping 23 minutes
31:51to get refocused
31:52after an interruption.
31:53It means that employees
31:54get 3 minutes
31:55of work done
31:56for every 26 minutes
31:57they spend
31:58at their workplace.
31:59Unbelievable.
32:00No wonder
32:01that statistically,
32:02people working remotely
32:04are much more productive.
32:07Scottish soccer team
32:08Inverness Caledonian
32:10Thistle Football Club
32:11is known for using
32:12cameras with AI
32:13ball tracking
32:14to live stream
32:15their matches
32:16on YouTube.
32:17Well,
32:17once,
32:18in a 2020 match
32:19against Our United
32:20to be precise,
32:21when a camera
32:22repeatedly tracked
32:23an official's
32:24bald head,
32:25mistaking it
32:26for the soccer ball.
32:27Uh-oh,
32:28what a blunder.
32:30Now,
32:31speaking of sports,
32:32football teams
32:33wearing red kits
32:34reportedly play better.
32:36Accordingly,
32:37the color of your attire
32:39affects not only
32:39how you're perceived
32:40by others,
32:41but also how you feel.
32:43A review of football matches
32:44in the past 55 years
32:46has shown that teams
32:47wearing red
32:48consistently play better
32:50in home matches
32:51than teams dressed
32:52in any other color.
32:55One more awesome story
32:56connected to sports.
32:57In order to draw
32:59some of the most
32:59wanted criminals
33:00out of hiding,
33:01the U.S. Marshals Service
33:03once came up
33:04with an offer
33:05crooks couldn't resist.
33:06They invited them
33:07to the Super Bowl.
33:08In December 1985,
33:11more than 100 people
33:12came to the
33:13Washington Convention Center
33:14after receiving
33:15a letter informing them
33:16that they had won
33:17tickets to the largest
33:19sporting event
33:19in the country.
33:20According to the invites,
33:22they had been selected
33:23randomly from a
33:24clearinghouse list
33:25of D.C. residents
33:26and were supposed
33:27to receive two tickets
33:28to the Redskins
33:29vs. Bengals game
33:30that day.
33:31But to get in,
33:32they had to come
33:33to a pre-game party
33:34to collect their tickets.
33:35And guess what?
33:37The plan worked
33:38like a charm.
33:39Over 100 criminals
33:40were arrested,
33:41which made
33:42Operation Flagship
33:43one of the most
33:44successful
33:45in U.S. police history.
33:48Now moving on.
33:49Your brain is eating
33:50itself non-stop.
33:52Wait,
33:52don't panic yet.
33:53It's a totally
33:54normal process
33:55known as phagocytosis.
33:57During this process,
33:58cells envelop
33:59and consume
34:00smaller cells
34:01or molecules
34:01to remove them
34:02from the system.
34:03Luckily,
34:04phagocytosis
34:05isn't harmful.
34:06It actually helps
34:07preserve your gray matter,
34:08keeping it in top shape.
34:10Boy,
34:10I could use more of that.
34:12Giraffes
34:13are 30 times
34:14more likely
34:15to get hit
34:15by lightning
34:16than people.
34:17Between 1996
34:18and 2010,
34:20there were just
34:20five documented
34:21lightning strikes
34:22on giraffes
34:23that ended tragically.
34:24But if we consider
34:25the fact
34:26that the population
34:27of the species
34:27was just 140,000
34:29at that time,
34:30it makes for around
34:310.003
34:33lightning casualties
34:34per 1,000
34:35giraffes
34:36each year.
34:37This is 30 times
34:38more than the number
34:39of tragic accidents
34:40involving lightning strikes
34:42that happen to people.
34:44Animals experience
34:45time differently
34:46from us humans.
34:48To smaller animals,
34:49the world around them
34:50moves more slowly.
34:51For instance,
34:52salamanders and lizards
34:53experience time
34:55not as fast as,
34:56let's say,
34:57dogs and cats.
34:58All because
34:59of the perception
35:00of time,
35:00which depends
35:01on how quickly
35:02the brain can process
35:03incoming information.
35:05And finally,
35:07snails do have teeth,
35:09between 1,000
35:10and 12,000
35:11to be precise.
35:12These teeth
35:12aren't like ours,
35:13though,
35:14so there's no need
35:14to picture snails
35:15with silly,
35:16toothy grins.
35:17Snails' minuscule teeth
35:18are all over
35:19their file-like tongues.
35:21So there.
35:24It's breakfast,
35:24and you crack open
35:25a hard-boiled egg.
35:27You find that it's green.
35:28Looks disgusting.
35:30Well, it looks like
35:31you cooked it
35:32for too long.
35:33This happened
35:33because of the
35:34thin sulfur layer
35:35in the whites
35:36and iron in the yolk.
35:37Though the mixture
35:38of these chemicals
35:39is black,
35:40it's such a thin layer
35:41mixed into the yellow yolk,
35:42that it turns green.
35:44But don't fear.
35:45These strange green eggs,
35:47they're completely
35:48safe to eat.
35:49While sitting for a photo,
35:51it would be weird
35:52to say anything
35:53other than cheese
35:53to get that perfect smile.
35:55But in the 19th century,
35:57it was different.
35:58Photographers
35:59would ask their subjects
36:00to say prune instead.
36:02The reason was
36:03to obtain
36:03that thin,
36:04duck-like expression.
36:06It was considered a print,
36:07improper way
36:08to present a photograph.
36:10Strawberries
36:11aren't even considered
36:12a berry
36:13and are more
36:13of a false fruit,
36:14further identified
36:15as multiple fruit.
36:17What we believe
36:18is that the tiny little brown
36:20or white things
36:21are seeds,
36:21but they're actually
36:22individual fruits
36:23attached to its flesh.
36:25But how did this mistake
36:27start in the first place?
36:28Well,
36:29the confusion began
36:30hundreds of years ago
36:31when it was first named.
36:33However,
36:34this was a long time
36:35before botanists
36:36were even around
36:37to help clarify
36:38this mistake.
36:39Sci-fi films
36:40are often inspired
36:42by real-life
36:42space exploration.
36:44But there's one thing
36:45that NASA implemented
36:46after watching
36:47a sci-fi movie.
36:48A 1929 flick,
36:50Woman in the Moon,
36:51introduced a countdown
36:52that built up anticipation.
36:54NASA found this helpful
36:55and started using it
36:56in 1969.
36:58Not only is it
36:59an exciting moment,
37:00but it does also
37:01have a practical use.
37:03It helps the massive team
37:04behind each launch
37:05ensure they're synchronized
37:07perfectly down
37:07to the last second.
37:09This one might change
37:11your appetite
37:11the next time
37:12you see a juicy apple.
37:14Usually picked
37:15around August to November,
37:16the shiny supermarket apples
37:18are covered in hot wax,
37:19then hot air dried
37:21and sent into cold storage.
37:23Before they arrive
37:24at the supermarket
37:25looking fresh,
37:26they've been in storage
37:27for anywhere between
37:286 to 12 months.
37:30I bet you can't do this.
37:32Try and hum
37:33while closing your nose.
37:35No noise came out, right?
37:37Without an exit for air,
37:39it's physically impossible
37:40to make any noise.
37:42The world's largest
37:43national park in Greenland
37:45covers a staggering
37:47375,000 square miles.
37:49That's twice the size
37:50of California.
37:52But although it's huge,
37:53there are only up to
37:5440 permanent residents
37:55in this massive area,
37:57making it one of the most
37:58isolated places on Earth.
38:01Issues with bad breath?
38:02Gum is the typical choice,
38:04but other things
38:05are just as effective.
38:06Cucumber is a great
38:07natural solution
38:08and a more efficient one.
38:10Working similarly to gum,
38:12it helps stimulate
38:13saliva production,
38:14but what makes it different
38:15from other odor defeaters
38:16is its water content.
38:18Washing away
38:19any unwanted pieces
38:20of food still remaining
38:21also helps to avoid
38:22a dry mouth,
38:23which causes odors.
38:25You would think
38:26that Z would be
38:27the last letter
38:28put into the alphabet,
38:29but it was actually J.
38:31Long ago in 1524,
38:34an Italian grammarian
38:35wanted to identify
38:37a way to separate
38:38I and J.
38:39Together,
38:40they were a vowel,
38:41and J was then used
38:43as a consonant
38:43that sounded like Y.
38:45It wasn't until 1633,
38:48when an English grammar book
38:49explained the proper use
38:51of J,
38:51and it was entered
38:52into the alphabet
38:53in the way we use it today.
38:55The first vacuum cleaner
38:57was invented in 1901,
38:59the size of a Winnebago,
39:00and it took four people
39:01to operate it.
39:02A petrol engine
39:03used to supply power
39:05also required a horse
39:06to move it around.
39:07I would suppose
39:08that it was mainly used
39:09for cleaning up
39:10after the horse in the end.
39:12It wasn't long after
39:13that they found easier ways
39:15to clean the house,
39:15and in 1910,
39:17the first handheld vacuum
39:18was invented.
39:19If you've been told
39:20that you sweat like a pig,
39:22there is no need
39:23to be offended.
39:24It's actually more
39:25of a compliment,
39:25as pigs don't sweat.
39:27All swine are born
39:28without sweat glands,
39:29and the only way
39:30to cool off
39:31is to find a nice puddle,
39:32or more famously,
39:33some mud.
39:35Umbrellas were invented
39:36around 4,000 years ago,
39:38and were only socially
39:39acceptable for women
39:40to use them.
39:41Their original purpose
39:42was to keep the sun
39:43out of your eyes,
39:44and as a fashion accessory.
39:46It wasn't until
39:47the mid-18th century
39:48that men were allowed
39:49to use them,
39:50in the modern,
39:51water-resistant version
39:52we use today,
39:53was made.
39:54And most importantly,
39:56the very first dog umbrella
39:57was invented in 1965.
40:01Dentists can be very strict
40:03on what sweets you eat,
40:04so you would be amazed
40:06to learn that cotton candy
40:07was invented by a dentist.
40:09John C. Wharton,
40:11a dentist and confectioner,
40:13wanted to give his clients
40:14a treat every visit.
40:16Hmm, maybe he gave them
40:18this treat
40:18to ensure they came back
40:20more often.
40:22If we could theoretically
40:23build a highway
40:24to outer space,
40:26and could adjust
40:27the effects of gravity,
40:28it would only take you
40:29an hour to drive to space
40:31if you drove at 60 miles per hour.
40:33Let's make this happen,
40:35Elon Musk.
40:37How heavy could a cloud be?
40:39It looks like it couldn't
40:40weigh too much
40:40as it floats easily
40:41up in the sky.
40:43But a cloud could weigh
40:44anywhere up to
40:451 million pounds.
40:47That massive cloud
40:48is able to float above you
40:49because the air's lighter
40:50up there
40:50and less dense
40:51than dry air below.
40:53You can see the same effect
40:54when observing oil
40:55floating on water.
40:57You think you yawn
40:58because you were bored
40:59or tired?
41:00Well, it's a myth.
41:02You yawn more often
41:03later in the day,
41:04but it's just your body
41:05helping you remain alert.
41:07Through inhaling cool air
41:08and stretching the muscles,
41:10it cools the flow
41:10to the brain.
41:12Researchers identify
41:13five brain sizes
41:14in different species
41:15of animals
41:15based on their yawns.
41:17The larger the brain,
41:18the longer the yawn.
41:20So how long do you yawn?
41:22Playing video games
41:23regularly increases
41:24gray matter in the brain
41:25for all you gamers out there,
41:27which helps to boost
41:28brain connectivity
41:29through muscle control,
41:30memories,
41:30perception,
41:31and spatial navigation.
41:33An experiment
41:34at a New York medical center
41:36found that surgeons
41:37who played three hours
41:38of video games
41:38made 37% fewer mistakes
41:41and performed 27% faster
41:43than other non-gaming doctors.
41:46Have you ever wanted
41:47to be just a little bit taller?
41:49Well, get your space boots on.
41:51The human body
41:52can grow up to 3% taller
41:54when in space.
41:55While living on Earth,
41:56our spines are compressed
41:58by gravity.
41:59But in zero gravity,
42:00the decompression
42:01lets the spinal discs expand,
42:03allowing the spine
42:04to lengthen.
42:06Cows don't have full REM sleep
42:08while standing.
42:08But they can have
42:09a light nap.
42:10This is an evolutionary trait
42:12that helped their ancestors
42:13avoid predators.
42:15They stand idle
42:16during a power nap
42:17if they need to make
42:18a quick getaway.
42:19They do have full REM sleep
42:21only by lying down.
42:22They only need
42:234 hours of sleep
42:24to fully energize
42:25for the next day.
42:27Women have more
42:28taste buds than men,
42:29and 35% of women
42:30are considered
42:31super tasters.
42:32And only 15% of men are.
42:35Not surprisingly,
42:36more women prefer
42:37pineapple on their pizza,
42:38Now don't be triggered
42:40if you disagree.
42:42While sleeping,
42:43you're incapable
42:44of sneezing.
42:45This might seem impossible,
42:46especially when you
42:47have a cold.
42:48But while your body
42:50is resting,
42:50the nerves that help
42:51you sneeze
42:52are as well.
42:53While you sleep,
42:55the brain ignores
42:55any irritating sensations
42:57or tickling
42:58that would typically
42:59create the sneeze.
43:01Our calendar year
43:02once used to end
43:03in February.
43:04This is because
43:05it was the last month
43:06to be added
43:07to the calendar.
43:08A calendar year
43:09once only lasted
43:10304 days,
43:12so there was plenty
43:13of room for more months.
43:14It was changed
43:15in the year 46 BCE
43:17to the calendar
43:18we know today
43:19by Julius Caesar.
43:21They previously
43:22followed the lunar calendar.
43:24Julius Caesar
43:24saw issues with this
43:26as it didn't match
43:27the seasons.
43:28He hired an astronomer
43:30who created a calendar
43:31based on the solar year.
43:34Now, it should come
43:35as no surprise
43:36that most things
43:37around us
43:37seem to have
43:38a hidden purpose.
43:40Hey, down at the aquarium,
43:41they have a hidden porpoise.
43:43But I digress.
43:45Now, please tell me
43:46in the comments
43:46if you like my joke
43:48or about how many
43:49of these 26
43:50multi-porpoise
43:51thingamabobs
43:52you knew about before.
43:53It's cool either way.
43:54Let's go!
43:56Check the space button
43:57on your phone,
43:58tap and hold it,
43:59and see how it turns
44:00into a cursor.
44:02This way,
44:02you can navigate
44:03the text you've typed easily
44:05instead of trying
44:06to tap that very letter
44:07you wanted to change.
44:08If this feature
44:09doesn't work on your phone,
44:11consider upgrading
44:12your firmware.
44:13Hair conditioner
44:14is meant to make
44:15your hair soft,
44:16but it can also be used
44:17as a makeshift
44:18fabric softener.
44:20Use it for hand-washing only.
44:21Your washing machine
44:23might dislike this trick.
44:25Use an old pillowcase
44:27to separate
44:27your delicate laundry
44:28from the rest of your clothes.
44:30Underwear, slips, stockings,
44:32you name it.
44:33Before laundry,
44:34make sure your stuff
44:34doesn't fall out
44:35into the washing machine
44:37by turning the pillowcase
44:38into a drawstring bag.
44:40Sew a hem
44:41into the opening of the case
44:42and feed a string
44:43through the hem,
44:44then pull it,
44:45and you're done.
44:46Then just toss
44:47the filled pillowcase
44:48into the washing machine.
44:50It will act as a wash bag,
44:52making your delicates
44:53last longer.
44:54If you have toothpaste
44:55based on baking soda,
44:57it will be helpful
44:58not only to make
44:59your breath fresher,
45:00but also to clean stuff
45:02around the house.
45:03Usable food containers
45:04tend to soak in food odors,
45:06but if you scrub them
45:07with such toothpaste,
45:09the smells will be gone
45:10before long.
45:11Also, try cleansing
45:12your kitchen sink with it,
45:14too.
45:14It will return the shine.
45:17The big toe
45:18isn't just a thumb
45:19for your foot.
45:20It has its own name,
45:22Hallux.
45:22Hey, Hallux,
45:24how the hell
45:24are you doing, bud?
45:26This toe is the exact reason
45:28we can keep our balance
45:29when standing upright.
45:31Inserting bobby pins
45:32correctly is with
45:33the wavy side down,
45:35but that's if you use
45:36them on your hair.
45:38Alternatively,
45:39you can put one
45:40at the end of the
45:41toothpaste tube
45:42in your bathroom,
45:42and it doesn't matter
45:43which side in this case.
45:45The bobby pin will help
45:46you squeeze the toothpaste
45:48to the very last drop.
45:50Just slide it down
45:51the tube as you keep
45:52using it,
45:52and you might save
45:53a few days before
45:54putting toothpaste
45:55on your shopping list.
45:57If you paint a fence
45:58or walls in your house,
46:00paint dripping from
46:01the brush on the ground
46:02or floor would usually
46:03make you irritated.
46:05To avoid that,
46:06stretch a large rubber band
46:07across the opening
46:09of the paint can.
46:10After dipping the brush
46:11in the can,
46:12scrape the excess paint
46:13off with the help
46:14of the band.
46:15Now it won't leave
46:16a mess beneath your feet.
46:18Not only is baking soda
46:20good at fighting
46:21foul odors,
46:23salt does the job too.
46:25For example,
46:26if your sneakers
46:26start insulting your nose
46:28with their smell,
46:29sprinkle a pinch of salt
46:30inside and leave
46:32them overnight.
46:33Sodium chloride crystals
46:34eliminate bacteria
46:35and the odors
46:36they create.
46:38Don't forget to shake
46:39your sneakers out
46:40before putting them
46:40back on.
46:42You don't have to take
46:43a complete set of cutlery
46:45when going on a summer
46:46picnic with your friends
46:47or family.
46:48Some toothpicks
46:49and dental floss
46:50will be more than enough.
46:51Cut soft products
46:53like cheese or bread
46:54using the floss.
46:55It's strong enough
46:56to cut them into
46:57smooth and neat slices.
46:58Just make sure
46:59the floss is unflavored
47:00unless you fancy
47:02your cheese and bread
47:03with a hint of peppermint.
47:05Ooh.
47:05As for toothpicks,
47:07they can quickly act
47:08as forks,
47:09and it's more fun
47:10this way.
47:10When you're finished
47:11with a picnic,
47:12you can also use
47:13the floss and toothpicks
47:14for their direct purpose,
47:16of course.
47:17Candlewax can be a nuisance
47:19to remove from furniture
47:20when it hardens.
47:21But you can get it soft again
47:23by using a blow dryer
47:24and then remove the stain
47:26with a soft cloth.
47:27Or, for better effect,
47:29put a cloth or towel
47:30over the wax drip
47:31and turn the blow dryer
47:33on high heat.
47:34The blob will soften
47:36and soak into the cloth,
47:37after which,
47:38you only need to wipe
47:39the surface clean.
47:40The little dots
47:42along the edges
47:43of bus windows
47:43are called frit.
47:45Now, don't worry,
47:46it's nothing to frit about.
47:48The glass is fitted
47:49into a special rubber frame,
47:50and the frit is there
47:52to protect the sealant
47:53from UV rays.
47:54It's essentially
47:55a baked-in ceramic paint
47:57that makes the edges tougher.
47:59Those flaps
48:00on your laptop charger
48:01are there
48:02to protect your wire.
48:03You can wind the wire
48:05around these clips
48:06to keep it safe and neat.
48:11Glasses or sunglasses
48:12have a frame
48:13that seems too shabby
48:15at first glance
48:15with a bouncy
48:16and flexible feel.
48:18They're not broken, though.
48:19On the contrary,
48:21it's the sign
48:21of a good product,
48:22so grab those
48:23if you have a choice.
48:25This kind of flexibility
48:26provides extra comfort
48:28when wearing
48:28and also doesn't let
48:30the glasses break
48:30or become too loose.
48:33Sandpaper can have
48:34a lot of different applications,
48:36like sharpening scissors
48:37or needles,
48:38roughing slippery shoe soles,
48:40or removing stains
48:41or scuffs from suede.
48:43As for sharpening,
48:44tinfoil also does
48:46the trick with scissors.
48:47If you don't have
48:48a special tool
48:49for your cuticles handy,
48:51take a pencil
48:52with an eraser
48:53at the other end.
48:54Just push the cuticles
48:55back gently.
48:56The thing works
48:57miracles with that.
48:59Many types of fruit,
49:00like oranges,
49:01come in mesh bags.
49:03These things are rough enough
49:04to scrub dishes
49:05or your kitchen sink.
49:07Just tie one
49:07into a tight knot
49:08instead of simply
49:09throwing it away.
49:11Now,
49:12you don't need
49:12a special money clip
49:13to keep your cash
49:14in one place.
49:15A simple binder clip
49:17will suffice.
49:18It does the job
49:19with the same efficiency.
49:20Or,
49:21you can give your cash
49:22to me.
49:23I'll watch it for you.
49:24Trust me.
49:26When you come across
49:27a yogurt
49:27that comes with fruit
49:28or some sweet topping
49:30in a separate container,
49:31don't go scooping
49:32the topping
49:33with your spoon
49:34to mix it
49:34with the yogurt.
49:35The containers like this
49:36have a special structure
49:38that lets you
49:39fold them in two
49:40and simply pour
49:41the topping
49:41into the yogurt.
49:43Now,
49:44using the same plunger
49:45on your sink
49:45and your toilet
49:46is actually
49:47not the best idea.
49:49The one with the simple cup
49:51is made for sinks,
49:52while toilets
49:53require another type.
49:55It also has a cup,
49:56but an additional flap
49:57folds out
49:58from inside it.
49:59The flap perfectly fits
50:01the toilet drain opening,
50:02creating enough suction
50:04to get rid of the clog.
50:06Um,
50:06that's what we're calling it?
50:08Okay.
50:10Fix a broken bracelet
50:12until you get it repaired
50:13using a paper clip.
50:15Latch both ends
50:16of the brake
50:16into the paper clip
50:18and twist it hard
50:19to fasten it
50:20on your wrist or ankle.
50:21If the cup of a drink
50:23you just bought
50:24has a lid
50:24and you'd like to sip it
50:26without hurry,
50:27you can take the lid off
50:28and use it as a coaster.
50:30Mess-free and neat.
50:32Packing up your jewelry
50:34for a trip
50:34or just sorting it neatly
50:36in the jewelry box,
50:37use buttons you don't need
50:39as earring holders.
50:40Put the earring pins
50:42through the holes
50:42in the button
50:43up to two pairs
50:44and lock them
50:45like you would
50:46on your ears.
50:47Clear discs
50:48that are said
50:49to stabilize your earrings
50:50and make them look better
50:51on your ears
50:52aren't actually to be worn.
50:54Their real purpose
50:55is to hold the earrings
50:56in place
50:57while they're in the package.
50:59Old tissue boxes
51:00can be used
51:01to store some other stuff
51:02when the tissues are gone.
51:04For example,
51:05you can put a bundle
51:06of plastic bags in there
51:08and get them out
51:09one by one
51:09like you would tissues.
51:11There's often
51:12a serrated opening
51:13at the point
51:14where the blades
51:15and handles
51:15of kitchen shears meet.
51:17It can be used
51:18to strip various herbs
51:19like thyme,
51:20chives,
51:20or rosemary
51:21of their leaves
51:22in a single motion
51:23instead of plucking them
51:25with your own hands.
51:26And that little hole
51:28next to the camera
51:29on your iPhone
51:30isn't a flash.
51:31It's a microphone.
51:32One of three,
51:33in fact.
51:34They're meant
51:34to pick up every sound
51:36regardless of how
51:37you hold your phone.
51:38And this particular one
51:39also helps
51:40with voice recognition.
51:42Ooh, hello!
51:43Do you recognize my voice?
51:45Do I sound like myself?
51:46Hey, is this thing working?
51:48off my mind
51:48because of
51:48the same thing.
51:48You
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