10 Things You Didn’t Know The Use For
If you aren’t among the more inquisitive ones chances are that you are unaware about
the use of things you deal with on a daily basis!
Oh, did we trigger the wrong button here?
Chill people, nobody is questioning your intelligence.
All we are saying is that certain things have features for our ease that we don’t even
know about and hence don’t use.
But you know what?
It’s time to change that, you have a right to know why certain things were made the way
they are.
Maybe you could put that to your advantage.
So ready to uncover the secrets daily things are hiding?
Number 10.
Loop at the back of shirts Now this one has baffled all of us for years
but we never got the answer!
Is that loop hanging from the back of shirt, a design element?
We doubt because it does look very decorative.
So what is it?
Actually it has the most obvious reason to be present.
The loop comes handy when you want to hang your shirt and you are short of hangers.
Hanging it through the loop would prevent unnecessary crumpling and creasing.
We never thought about it!
Number 9.
Hole in a padlock Have you ever noticed that your padlock has
an extra hole in its bottom in addition to the key part?
Uhmm, it doesn’t look very decorative, so appearance is definitely not the reason.
Any idea what secret is hiding up such a small hole?
Well, this little hole is to oil the padlock when the need arises and also comes handy
to empty it of any liquid that goes in it.
Could there be any smarter design than this?
Number 8.
Pompom on hats We swear by the cuteness of hats in winters
and especially the ones that have pompoms on the top!
But you’d be surprised to know that those fluff balls weren’t made for a fashion purpose.
In fact, they had a very practical purpose when they were first made in 18th century.
Back in the day, French marines used to wear them for protection against the low ceilings
of ship cabins.
They were also used in uniforms for soldiers to help distinguish the branch of military
a soldier was in.
seems like our perception about these hats will change now!
Number 7.
Color codes on toothpaste You’d say that you already know what those
small markings at the bottom of the toothpaste mean.
It represents the ingredients in the paste where green means all natural, blue means
natural plus medicine, red stands for chemical and natural composition while the black means
purely chemical ingredients.
Satisfied by this explanation?
Uhmm, this is false people!
This is a myth and the truth is rather technical.
Those markings are for the manufacturing machines to know where the tube is to be cut.
Too mundane?
Number 6.
Indentation on tic-tac Do you eat more than one tic-tac at a time?
Most of us do but tic-tac had a vision of being ingested one at a time.
Shocked?
Don’t be, it’s just how they designed the dispenser.
You might have noticed that there is an indentation on the lid but you never thought about the
logic!
Well, if you turn the dispenser over and open the lid, one tic-tac will fit into the indentation
and hence you will devour one.
Now the sweet people were so thoughtful of how much we can indulge in, let’s thank
them!
Number 5.
Dimples on golf balls The person who designed the golf ball must
have been obsessed with dimples, why else would somebody create a ball that had 300-500
dimples on its surface?
This question has baffled you and we know it so we thought we’d tell you the secret
behind it.
Those dimples are actually serving a purpose, more than aesthetic appeal.
It is rather interesting to know that it was found a golf ball without dimples would travel
only about half as far as a golf ball with dimples does.
Why?
Well, the dimples reduce the drag a golf ball would experience while in the air and hence
increase its pace and distance!
Number 4.
Thick cylindrical bits on cables While many of us thought that those bits were
to strengthen the cables at weak points, this isn’t the case!
You might not know that the cylinders are ferrite cores or chokes, and they're essentially
just chunks of magnetic iron oxide that are there to suppress high-frequency electromagnetic
interference.
You have all heard weird interference when our cell phone goes too close to speaker,
right?
Now these ferrite cores help prevent that happen to your monitor, cool!
Number 3.
Little discs under plastic bottle caps As kids we have all tried to remove transparent
disks from plastic bottle caps and closed the lid back.
Surprisingly, it closed just fine so what is the point of an extra disc?
Those discs play an important role in holding back everything inside the bottle, including
the liquid and gas.
If the disc isn’t there, the carbonation won’t stay in the bottle and the drink would
go flat.
Nobody fancies a soda without fizz, so the simple looking disc has all our love!
Number 2.
Diamond shaped patch on backpack Come on, we all thought the presence of a
diamond shaped patch on a backpack to be aesthetic, don’t deny!
Hey hikers, your whole life will change after you know that this patch hangs on your backpack
to play an important role.
Those pig snouts are intended to hold extra gear on cords to be strung through the openings.
You don’t have to put those bulky wet shoes wrapped in polythene in your bag when you
wrap up your camping trip, simply hang them to the diamond snout through the laces and
you are good to go!
Number 1.
No people, the indentation on the toothpick is not there for aesthetic reasons, though
we agree it kinda makes it look more appealing!
So what could be the role?
Maybe it is an indication as to which side is which but sadly, that is also not the purpose.
Actually the ending is like this, so it’s easy to break off.
Once detached, the indented part of the toothpick serves as a holder for hygienic purposes.
Now we must say, the makers were very thoughtful!
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