14 Everyday Items You’ve Probably Been Using The Wrong Way

Designers and manufacturers of everyday items and tools are always trying their best to make our lives easier. However, most of the time, we are still using these items the same way; the old school way.

There are a lot of simple things added to everyday items that we don’t know about, or even when we notice them, we think that they are there for aesthetic reasons. For example, have you ever thought that without the small hole at the bottom of your padlock, your lock may stop functioning?

Or that the hole on the ballpoint pen is a life-saving tool? In this article, we will provide you with many tips and hacks that suggest you probably been using everyday items in the wrong way, and you will also realize that everything added on these items is there for a specific reason.

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Pen Caps

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Many believe that the hole on the cap of a ballpoint is just there to provide the pen with Ventilation and keep it from drying out. While others think that the hole serves as a pressure-relief tool to keep the pen from leaking.

However, all of these are wrong speculations, the real reason ballpoint pen manufacturers put the hole is to prevent the user from suffocating when swallowing the cap. This is really helpful with kids who developed a habit of chewing the cap. Nice move pen brands!!

The Extra Fabric

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Sometimes, when you buy clothes online or from brick-and-mortar stores, you notice that they come with an additional piece of fabric__ on which there is usually a button. Many people think that this piece of fabric is there to make patches.

However, the real reason is that they are used to test how different laundry products will affect the fabric. This is a really helpful solution especially for people who are traveling somewhere and have to use new detergents.

So if you don’t want to ruin the luxury fabrics that you got from high-end fabric brands, use the extra fabric to test it first.

Stuff On Jeans

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Men in jeans during the 19th century were usually Wild West cowboys/ gold miners. The little pocket means jeans are designed to hold the fancy pocket watches that these men used to hang to a chain.

This tradition is still carried out by Levis jeans and other jeans brands. Also, the studs on jeans have a story of their own. It was a very reoccurring issue when jeans were first made to have seams of other types of trousers torn.

The reason behind that is that workers use to hang some of their tools on their pockets. This is why jeans manufacturers came with the clever idea of putting studs on jeans.

Holes On Shoes

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You probably were passing by an all-star shoes store or looked at your own converse all star and wondered about the extra holes in them.

Well, you are not alone; many people think that since these are basketball shoes, you will have to make the laces go through the additional holes to have a tighter fit.

Whereas the real reason is far simpler than that, these holes are there to prevent you from having smelly feet; since they provide you with shoes-ventilation.

The Measuring Tape

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Learning a tape measure tip can exempt you from a lot of trouble, and you will also end up saving a lot of time. Actually, measuring tape brands are giving you many tools on the tape to increase efficiency.

For example, the hole on the measuring tape is there to help you attach the tape to a nail or screw. This way, you’ll avoid the frustration of having the tape slipping.

Furthermore, when your hands are busy and you can’t put a sign on where your measurement is, the little sharp edge of the tape can help you mark the spot you want.

Pasta Utilities

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There are minor details on your kitchen utensils and utilities that always left unnoticed but can substantially help to make cooking easier.

For example, the hole on your pasta casserole is known by the mass that it serves to hang the pot; however, it also serves to put the Wooden Cooking Spoon; which is always a dilemma because every time you take the spoon off the pot you start looking for a place where to put it without getting it dirty.

Also, the hole on your pasta spoon can serve you to specify how much one person’s portion of spaghetti is.

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