50 People Share Hidden Features In Everyday Things That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Before

On galaxy phones when you take a screenshot theres a square with down arrows that will automatically extend the screenshot to get more in the picture.

Edit: apparently this works for all Androids!

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

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

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

Garlic press - you don’t have to peel the garlic before pressing, the press does it for you.

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

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

Put a damp paper towel over rice, tortillas, or just about anything that dries out in the microwave to keep it soft.

My VW automatically switches the vent to recirculate, when I shift to reverse. This minimizes the intake of exhaust gases when backing up.

Many ceiling fans have a switch to reverse the direction for differences of summer and winter Temps. Your fans should pull up in the winter and push down in the summer.

A lot of screwdrivers/nut drivers have a hole at the top of the handle. That’s so you can insert another screwdriver (usually a Phillips head one) and now it’s like a t-driver for extra leverage.

On a smart phone if you are typing and hold down the space bar button you can then scroll left and right to move the cursor on the text!

Measuring tapes.

The metal clip at the end moves 1/8" to account for the thickness of the end clip in both the push and pull motions.

The hole at the end is for placing on the edge of a nail to get measurements from odd spots.

The red numbers are all 16" apart to help you measure standard stud bay distances.

The little black diamonds are every 19 3/16" so you can evenly mark and break down a standard 8' sheet of stock into 5 equal parts.

If you need to get a quick half of a whole measurement, lock the tape at the whole measurement, and fold the end of the tape to touch the body of the tape, your half mark is right there at the inside bend. Can also be used for lazy subtraction or addition of measurements.

EDIT - The most commonly added thing here, by an overwhelming margin, is that tape measures often have the physical size of the body of the tape measure marked on it somewhere so it can be used for "inside" measurements. Honestly, this is one of those things I forgot to add because I use it so often that I've just memorized the size for my tape (3 1/2") and never think about it.

Pedestrian crossing control boxes (i.e., beg buttons) in the UK have a little cone on the underside to assist visually impaired users. If you hear a crossing beep, you might not know whether your crossing is the active one. But the little cone rotates when the crossing you engaged is active, so you know for sure.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-22706881

Most libraries have passes to your favorite local museums, zoos, and major attractions that you can check out for free and save hundreds of dollars a year.

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

The stapler built into the work printer is the best stapler in the office. If your stack of documents can fit in the slot at all, it’ll staple.

Most pocket knives that copy the swiss army knife model, have an Awl. This is used the same as a needle, but for sewing-together leather pieces. Makes a good leather-punch if you lost weight and need some new belt notches.

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

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