Believe It Or Not, These Aren't Actually Design Flaws

Silica Gel Packets

Silica gel packets are meant to absorb the moisture around them, which is why they typically come in shoe boxes and other packages. They can also rescue your phone if you drop it in the toilet. Instead of letting your phone sit in a jar of rice, try putting it in a bag full of little silica packets.

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The More You Know

  • Next time you oversalt a soup, toss in a few wedges of raw apple or potato. Simmer for 10 minutes and discard the wedges to get the flavor back to normal.
  • Keep all those personal grooming tools in one place. A magnetic strip in the medicine cabinet can be used to store tweezers, clippers and small scissors.
  • An oyster's sex is fluid.
  • With the water running at about half throttle, drop in orange or lemon peels. Run the disposer for five seconds. Citric acid from the peels softens crusty waste and attacks smelly bacteria. Give the acid about 15 minutes to do its work.
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