Life is hard and full of unpredictable stuff. That’s why accumulating experience and finding small life hacks along the way can drastically improve your journey as you move forward. These life hacks don’t have to be something profound or cost a million dollars. Very often, it’s the simple things that make our lives more comfortable and pleasant to live.
Whether it’s household hacks like how to best take care of your favorite frying pan to make it serve you longer, or life hacks for excluding toxic people from your life (better yet, recognizing them and not letting them into it in the first place), every piece of knowledge can become a game-changer for someone.
The beauty of such lifestyle hacks is their simplicity. They don’t require any sophisticated knowledge or even particular skills. But once someone shares them with you or you discover them absolutely by chance, you can’t help but think, “How come I’ve never realized this before?”
Luckily, the internet is full of useful life hacks. As soon as people discover something simple but incredibly useful, they usually want to share it with others who might need this knowledge. For this article, we collected some of the best life hacks the online community has to offer. Which one of these made you go “This is something I really needed to know!”? Do you have a simple but invaluable life hack you would like to share with us? Head over to the comment section and let us know.
#81
"If you are having a party, open a bag of chips from the bottom of the bag into a bowl, and then all the pretty whole chips are at the top and all the crumbs are all at the bottom of the bowl."
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8points
#82
"To confirm which circuit breaker is associated to an outlet, plug in an old radio and turn the volume up before you flip the circuit breaker."
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7points
#83
"On the topic of garlic, when you are cooking in the oven, (roast, skillet) you can add garlic cloves with the hard skin (but remove as much as possible paper skin.) It will cook the garlic inside the shell to a creamy texture. It's amazing!"
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7points
#84
"Turn your bed mattress when you renew your blanket. Through time your mattress will deform and that can make you sleep worse."
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7points
#86
"If you accidentally close your browser tab hit Ctrl + Shift + T to bring it back. If you closed multiple ones just keep pressing it."
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7points
#87
"Sometimes you have to work hard, sometimes you have to work smart. But learning to work smart will not come without actually working hard."
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7points
#88
"Don't go to bed with wet hair, especially up in a bun or braids. Not only can you make your pillow get moldy, but you can get a yeast infection on your scalp."
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7points
#89
"If you don’t have grated cheese and you just have cheese, you can use a potato peeler."
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7points
#90
"You can poke a straw through the middle of strawberries, and it efficiently gets the green part out. Useful for making a salad or cooking."
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7points
#91
"Putting your Oreos in the fridge makes them taste far better than room temperature."
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6points
#92
"When you have cold cereal, put the bowl and a glass of milk in the freezer for about 10 minutes beforehand. It will be the best cereal you’ve ever had.
The milk stays cold, and it keeps the cereal from becoming soggy so quickly.
(You can also just perpetually keep an empty bowl in the freezer, which works for cereal or ice cream.)"
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6points
#94
"For people with short fingernails, (mostly men), push down on the closed end of a soda can top to push up the other side to make it very easy to open."
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6points
#95
"Get restaurant quality food at home by adding a little extra salt/butter and turning down the lights."
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6points
#96
"When setting up a Smart TV with Netflix/Hulu etc. you can usually plug in a USB keyboard and enter the password faster avoiding using the remote."
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6points
#97
"The best way to be healthy is to get the correct amount of sleep. Don't go on a strict diet but learn to portion properly and make sure you have a variety of food. Then be active. The first two are more important than the last."
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5points
#98
"When writing an essay, Wikipedia is not considered reliable. But using Wikipedia sources and footnotes are 100% reliable and not even anti-cheat software can trace it."
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5points
#99
"Some gas stations have screens that play ads while you're filling up. If you press a button on the right of the screen, I forget if it's the second from the top or bottom, there's a good chance the ad will be muted. It doesn't always work but it's nice when it does."
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4points
