10 popular life hacks from the Internet that are actually complete nonsense

Life hacks give us cheap and inventive ways to be more organized and productive. For example, it turns out that using a bowl, you can double the power of the built-in iPhone speaker, and the paper clip prolongs the life of a tube of toothpaste. But some "useful tips", rather, complicate life and do not save time and effort in any way. The following life hacks, so popular on the Internet, should be avoided.

1. The toaster will not make good grilled cheese sandwiches.

The life hack is that you need to put the toaster on its side and shove two slices of bread covered with cheese into it. Not only is it a fire hazard, this method is simply ineffective. Oiled bread will stain the toaster with fat from the inside, and the resulting snack will not have the right texture. In addition, the bread may pop out, and then the melted cheese will be all over your kitchen.

2. A wooden spoon will not save the stove from the escaped water from the pan.

The point of the life hack is to put a wooden spoon on a saucepan, and then the water will allegedly not pour out on the stove when boiling. Perhaps if something boils over low heat, using a spoon will stop the foam, but with a sudden and rapid boiling it will not work, the spoon will simply wash away.

3. A nail will not help you open a bottle of wine.

According to the life hack, to pull out a tightly driven cork, you need to drive a nail into it and then pull it out with a hammer along with the cork itself. This advice only works if you drive a few nails into the cork. If you are celebrating the opening of your repair shop, you will probably have the right amount of nails. In another case, it is better to find a normal corkscrew.

4. Storing batteries in the refrigerator will not prolong their life.

Life hack advises to store batteries in a cool place, for example in a refrigerator or freezer. Representatives of the battery manufacturer Energizer claim that in fact low temperatures can shorten the life of batteries, and condensation can provoke the appearance of rust.

5. Ketchup bottles are not the best dispensers for pancake batter.

First, you need to somehow put the dough in a bottle, which in itself does not speed up the process of making pancakes. Then you need to squeeze it out into the pan for a long time and painfully, while it is already starting to burn (only if you don't want to make pancakes for midgets). In addition, pancakes can have a distinct ketchup flavor. Do you need it?

6. Putting cherry tomatoes between two plastic lids and cutting them at once is no easier than slicing them one at a time.

On paper, the idea is quite decent, but in practice it is not so easy. There will be tomato juice everywhere, and it's worth forgetting about neat and even incisions: tomatoes will be sliced at random.

7. If you shake a bag of popcorn, unexploded grains will not fly out.

The point of the life hack is that when the bag of popcorn is inflated in the microwave, open it just enough so that the whole grains fall out, and the popcorn itself remains inside. This tip works if you're not in a hurry to eat your popcorn. And the package will have to be shaken for a very long time, ensuring that all the grains seep through the popcorn and fall out. Obviously, it's better to leave them at the bottom of the package.

8. Toilet paper bushings are not the best speakers for the phone.

According to the advice, you can increase the power of the built-in speakers by gluing four toilet paper cartons and sticking the phone in the middle. The sound will not get louder, but it will be more distorted by cardboard. It is better for these purposes to use a bowl that redirects sound waves up and out, and does not extinguish them with a complex design.

9. A tennis ball will not help you open the car door.

The life hack says that if you locked the keys in the car, you need to take a leaky tennis ball and squeeze the air out of it into the keyhole. Allegedly, the air should push through the necessary levers, and the lock will open. This advice was very popular in 2007, and since then a whole bunch of Internet users have already refuted its effectiveness, even the "Mythbusters" have done it. It just doesn't work.

10. If you urinate on a place stung by a jellyfish, it will not help relieve the pain.

On the contrary, urine can further damage the stung place, eroding the venom of the jellyfish on the skin. It is better to take an anesthetic inside.