30 household tricks that will greatly simplify life

Life is full of many details that you may never have noticed, even though they are right under our noses. Go into any house and you will find hundreds of objects there, large and small. Of course, we all know how to use each of them. There is no doubt about it. Really? Alas, this is not quite true…

As it turned out, many people use things incorrectly or do not know about their alternative use. Meanwhile, even the things we use every day have some peculiarities. When we had enough childish curiosity, we could still notice them, and now we completely ignore them.

We share little secrets that will make life much more comfortable and save your time, money and nerves!

When warming up food in the microwave, leave an empty space in the center of the plate. This way the food will warm up more evenly.

Instead of peeling an orange or tangerine, cut off its upper and lower lids, then cut along the side and unfold.

After use, put a little water in the blender, drip detergent and turn on the blender. The bowl will be clean in a few seconds, and you will only have to rinse it.

The number with the letter M on the cream jar means the number of months during which the cream should be used after opening the jar.

The pieces of fabric attached to the clothes are not needed for patches, but in order to be able to check how various types of detergents and cleaning agents act on them.

When pouring milk or juice from a cardboard bag into a glass, hold the bag so that the hole is at the top and further from the package, as in the photo. So the liquid is evenly distributed in the package and poured without splashing.

The arrow on the car scoreboard next to the gas station icon indicates on which side the gas tank hatch is located so that you can drive up to the column with the right side.

Peel the banana not from the top, but from the bottom – so you won't bruise the fruit. By the way, monkeys peel bananas this way.

To prevent the computer from going into sleep mode, put the watch under the mouse sensor.

A paper clip remover will help you remove the key from the ring without breaking your nails.

Do not cover the entire length of the toothbrush with paste – one ball is more than enough for high-quality teeth cleaning.

If you put two dishes in the microwave at once – one on a rotary plate, the other on any stand – you can warm up lunch twice as fast.

With the help of dental floss, you can easily cut soft cheese.

The patch with two slots on the backpack is designed for fastening and carrying large objects - an axe. saws or polyurethane foam mat.

On the metal hinges on the side of the shopping cart, you can hang packages that do not fit or can be crushed in the cart.

Give preference to wooden hangers for clothes: traditionally they are made of wood species that repel insects, so such a hanger will take care not only that the clothes are not wrinkled, but also that it is not touched by moths.

The "invisible" hairpin should be used with the wavy side down – so it will hold the hair better.

To cool the bottle faster, wrap it with wet paper before putting it in the refrigerator.

Put the liquid components of the dish in the blender first, and then the solid components of the dish: thus, the solid components will flow directly to the knives, and everything will climb faster.

The drawer under the oven is designed to put the finished hot stuff there – it will stay warm for a long time, but it will not burn and dry out.

Plungers are different: ordinary, flat, designed for sinks, plungers with a conical clamping part – for the toilet.

If the key started to jam in the lock, perhaps the mechanism just started to rust. Drop a couple of drops of ordinary vegetable oil into the keyhole – this will solve the problem.

Best of all, the dishwasher washes the dishes standing in the center. So put the dirtiest plates or pans in the center, so that the contaminated surface is oriented towards the jets.

With the help of dental floss, you can cut not only cheese, but also cakes and cupcakes.

There is a perforation on the blade of the paper knife - according to these risks, you can break off the blade when it is blunted, and you will again have a sharp tool at your disposal. And to make it easier to break it off, do it with the help of a specially adapted rear removable part of the handle of such a knife.

To get one TikTak tablet out of the jar, put the jar on its side and open the lid: there will be exactly one candy in a special recess.

If you want to buy a cold drink, choose a thinner bottle – it will be cooled better than a thicker one.

You can open a jar with a valve with the same bottle opener that you usually open bottles and cans – so you don't have to break your nails.

If you tie dental floss into a loop, it will be easier to use it for its intended purpose.

The pointed protrusion in the lid of the tube with cream or ointment is designed to pierce the foil covering the hole in the tube before use.