30 Popular Products With A Secret Feature That Only A Few People Know About

I thought I was going to learn a trick and ended up laughing.

This is such a valuable feature on cars that some drivers don't want to risk wearing it out by using it too much - or at all.

This was funny.

Other side if you're in a right-hand drive car 💜

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So that's how it works! /S

So please feel free not to use the speaker. No one actually wants to hear your dumb convo.

Truly innovative.

I did not know that. I'll have to try that with mine.

I usually can't hear them if I don't have it on speaker

I logged in just to upvote this. Wish I had known this years ago.

In addition to CMD+SHIFT+T, CMD+Z also does that in Safari.

Also if you're a multi-tab opener, there's a Google extension (maybe for other browsers as well but not sure) that will auto save all open windows so you don't lose your precious tabs in case your partner accidentally closes them all.

This is useful. Thank you.

Also, right click on menu bar, choose "reopen closed tab".

This is clever and funny!

Does Haagen-Dazs still do the app/QR code thing? They used to (still?) release the ice cream with a little QR code on the lid. If you downloaded their app, you point your camera at the code and a little VR instrument appears above and plays a song. When the song ends, your ice cream should be soft enough to scoop. Tried it with multiple cartons once - ended up with different instruments above each one.

https://open.spotify.com/user/w2p1oq867ns7jele6g3lw66fk?si=3tK7tETVS7uk-oAsVbGF0A Here's the link if anyone wants it.

What? No more pasta getting thrown at walls to see if it sticks? 🤣

I like this!

I found this out when using my mom's setting kit, but mine just has pins in a box and no tomato. I'll have to see about getting one, or making one (maybe I'll make one that looks like Pinhead...)

I've been sewing for years and just learned this.

Thank you! Recently started sewing and while I have one of those, never knew this, but wondered if it might be so. Meant to google to find out but never got around to it, so thanks! Suspicion confirmed!

Handiest thing I ever had when I was doing a lot of sewing

I have never ever seen this on a pin cushion... Maybe it's a regional thing?

I’ve always wanted to know if 500 people made a joke about turn signals!

That joke went meta lmao

I use ctrl + f a lot, in documents, spreadsheets, and internet pages.

Oooo, meta. Very nice.

This comes in super handy on open book exams.

I splurged 10 years ago on a Litter Robot. These run around $500 (I used my tax refund and it was the best money I think I've ever spent.) A piece broke, and I called to see if I could just order the piece. The rep said they no longer made that model. I wasn't super upset. Ten years is a good run. So I was about to order a new one, when she told me they'd be happy to just send me a new unit. A brand new, $500 unit. I was blown away. Can't recommend the original Litter Robot highly enough!!!!

Most horseback riding helmets have a similar policy. If you fall off a horse and the helmet (and/or your head) hits the ground/sustains damage you can send the damaged helmet back to the manufacturer. They will provide you with a new one for a small fee. Then they study the impact in order to make safer helmets. I once got my head/helmet stepped on after a fall - I always wonder what they learned from that. :) I've done the replacement option twice and will forever be loyal to the company.

I caught my Northface jacket years ago in such a way that the zipper was broken. I sent it off and they repaired it! No questions asked, because I was honest that it was my carelessness. I just had to ship it to the address, but they shipped it back, completely repaired!

Timbuk2 does this as well, bloody awesome....

I think LL Bean has backed off this recently, but they had an incredibly liberal return policy for decades. At their main store in Freeport, the return counter was the busiest department. At least once I got a refund for a discontinued item, based on the current price if they still made it

I do it after every load.

My FIL was Fire Chief in his city. He said that the lint in the dryer is the most common reason for house fires.

I was shown in my teens how you can use dryer lint to help start a campfire. When I saw how quickly and easily that stuff burst into flames, you can bet I’ve spent my whole life cleaning the lint trap after every damn load.

#1 cause of appliance fires. Most dryers are in the basement, so when the overheated lint catches fire, the conflagration can get totally out of hand before you're aware while up on the 1st or 2nd floor. Mark your calendar for a lint duct cleaning every 6-months.

We were laissez faire about it until a bit of lint escaped and caught fire. Now, we are super diligent!

Control Z will bring back your accidental deleted sentence, paragraph, etc. if you hit delete while the text is highlighted.