facts verse presents 10 vintage life
hacks make a fire extinguisher a century
ago people didn't have red fire
extinguishers under their kitchen sinks
to put out a fire in the house they did
however have a recipe to make their own
fire extinguishers to make a fire
extinguisher you would take 2 quarts of
water and melt 1/2 pound of Sal ammoniac
and 1 pound of salt after the
ingredients are mixed you would separate
it into 1 quart bottles if there was a
fire you would pour or smash one or more
bottles onto the fire remove a splinter
back 100 years ago people didn't have
tweezers to remove their splinters
therefore they had to find other methods
it start by filling a wide-mouthed
bottle with hot water you would need to
fill it to the brim to make it effective
next you would push the part of your
hand with the splinter against the mouth
of the bottle when you do this this
suction from the bottle will pull your
skin down and the steam would draw the
splinter to the surface preserve eggs
100 years ago there weren't too many
people who had refrigerators in their
home it wasn't until 1913 that home
refrigerators were even invented and it
was a few years later that they became a
regular appliance in a homeowner's
kitchen since there were no
refrigerators people back then had to
find a way to preserve their eggs to
safely preserve the eggs they would need
to be freshly laid you would simply put
them in a box or a tin full of salt and
bury them
as long as no air got into the shell the
eggs could stay preserved for quite a
while chop down a tree people today
knocked down trees similar to the way
they did it 100 years ago the first
thing you would do back then is to
decide which way you wanted the tree to
fall if you wanted it to fall to the
left you would make the first cuts in
the lower part at the left side the
second cut would be made on the right
side but a few inches higher next you
would tie a rope around the tree and
pull best-case-scenario the tree would
fall immediately stop a mad dog back in
the eighteen hundred's it was not
uncommon for a dog to have rabies
there weren't any veterinarians who were
administering rabies vaccines back then
to stop a mad dog from attacking you
would need a Scouts staff a walking
stick or even a hat as the dog lunges he
will bite whatever you're holding in
your hand when that happens you'll have
a chance to give the dog a good kick so
that you can get away keep plants
watered when you're away if you had
plants on the eighteen hundred's you
couldn't set up a sprinkler system and
keep them outside while you were away
there were no sprinkler systems to keep
your plants watered you'd start by
filling a large pail with water next you
would prop it up above the level of the
plants you would need three strands of
wool and braid them soak the wool and
then immerse it into the water in the
pail when it's wet you would place one
end in the pail and weigh it down at the
bottom with a rock take the other end
and put it in the plants soil you should
use a different braid for each putt
light a match in the wind back in the
1800's it was not uncommon to be out on
a very windy day with no shelter around
and you needed to start a fire if it was
windy well you'd need to know how to
light a match in the wind to make it
easier you would cut the match toward
the striking end of the match when you
strike the match the curled edges would
catch fire and the flame would be
stronger this will give the match a
better chance of lighting make a chair
if a group of friends needed to cross a
stream in the 1800s but one of them
couldn't get across you could make a
chair you start by fastening a rope to
one tree and crossing the stream to tie
it to another tree next you would make a
chair and fasten it to a running loop
you'd also need a light rope to fasten
to the middle of the chair anyone who
cannot swim across can be passed over
rescuing person from shock if you saw a
person being electrocuted in the
eighteen hundred's the first thing that
you would need to do is stay away if
they're still holding the wire if
possible have the current switched off
if not you'd need to be wearing rubber
gloves a waterproof coat or have very
thick cloth covering your hands if
possible you want to stand on dry wood
or glass as soon as the current stops
running through the person you should
send for help
make a water filter this is one of the
most clever life hacks from a hundred
years ago that could still be useful
today in certain cases a century ago
water was not as clean as it is today
back in the 1800s some people didn't
even have running water so to be sure
that their water was clean and safe they
would make a water filter it was
relatively simple to all they would need
is a pail with a hole cut through the
bottom next you'd need to put large
stones at the bottom of the pail smaller
stones over the large coarse sand over
the small stones and finally find sand
on top when you pour the water into the
pail it would come out the hole cleaner
that it was when it went in subscribe
for more huh I wonder how they watched
facts versus videos a hundred years ago
hmm