Do you ever look around your house and see piles of useless stuff scattered everywhere and you don’t know what to do with all of it? Or even worse, do you not know what to do with some of the most basic household items you use everyday?
Prepare to have your mind blown, because some of the most useless things around your house are actually insanely useful.
Who would have thought that some of the most obsolete objects you own, such as a stapler, actually have more than one duty.
Did you know that a stapler actually has a built in staple remover? Or that you’ve been wearing bobby pins wrong your whole life? Neither did we.
Your life will be changed when you find out all of these simple yet ground-breaking product uses – some of which were originally shared byBuzzfeed.
Remember having a five pound pencil case in elementary school because you had a clunky stapler and a staple remover? Well, there was no need because the metal tab on the back of the stapler is actually a staple remover
It seems as though ballpoint pens were created with the idea of chewing the cap in mind because the hole at the top of the cap prevents someone from choking on it and suffocating
Portion control: the hole in the middle of your spaghetti ladle is not just meant for straining water, it measures out a single pasta serving
This is riveting! The metal rivets around the pockets of your jeans aren’t decoration, they actually prevent your jeans from ripping at specific areas of pressure or straining. A tailor from Nevada, Jacob Davis, came up with the idea, presented it to Levi Strauss, who patented the idea and the patent was granted to Levi Strauss & Company on May 20, 1873
The unnecessary baby pocket inside the actual pocket of your jeans was designed to hold people’s pocket watches back in the day
Ever wonder why the ‘F’ and ‘J’ letters on your keyboard have bumps on them? No, it’s not braille, it’s meant for typists to know exactly where all the keys are
Hit the hidden number 57 on the side of a glass Heinz ketchup bottle and never be stuck waiting for ketchup again
The flaps on the sides of an Apple MAC laptop charger are there to wrap your skinny cord around it to prevent it from tearing
The small hole at the end of a tape measure is meant to hook on to nails or screws so the tape doesn’t slip
You’ve been eating Tic Tacs wrong your whole life! There’s a little holster in the cap that dispenses a single Tic Tac serving at a time
The tiny hole in the tab of soda cans is meant to fit a straw so you can drink from a straw and have it stay in place
Ever wonder why pots have little holes in their handles? It’s meant to fit a wooden spoon as a placeholder while you’re cooking
Ever show up to the gas station and completely forget which side your gas tank is on? There’s a little arrow next to the gas tank symbol on the dashboard of your car that points in the direction of your gas tank
This is going to blow your mind! Do you ever get overwhelmed by exit signs on the highway and not know where to exit? Whatever side the exit sign is on, is the side you get off at
If you thought your Chinese food came in those cute little white boxes for decoration, you thought wrong. They actually fold out into one big plate so you don’t have to dig for your noodles
Ever wonder why your fresh-baked cookies don’t come out looking like the ones on the box? It’s because your oven may be running too hot or too cold and you can manually adjust the temperature of your oven, just follow the directions in the manual
If you ever bought a piece of clothing but you’re too scared to wash it, have no fear, some clothes come with extra pieces of fabric so you can test how it will react with different detergents
Never lose a bobby pin again: the wavy part of the bobby pin that has groves isn’t for decoration – it’s actually a grip to hold your hair in place