100-Year-Old Life Hacks That Are Surprisingly Useful Today

Did anyone actually tried this?

It looks like the steam also makes human bodies dissappear. Creepy!

I have broken enough glasses already . I wish I had known this trick.

define hot!

What is sal-amoniac?

This is a very useful life hack. I always needed to draw a duck without pencil leaving the paper and l strugled so much...

"Test the purity of butter by rubbing it on a fresh burn. If the burn still burns, it's butter. If the burn ignites then it is lava."

Why would you want dry potatoes?

If the stick is wet, its raining. If the stick is dry, its sunny. If the stick is gone, its windy.

"How to prevent jug snakes from laying eggs on your feet."

Ok, this one I will try. Do they have a hack for when the candle is too small? ;)

hmmm. Interesting. I feel like this could be use for certain kinds of flower arrangements.

This is really helpful

"How to attract the larger male match during mating season using a captured female."

This chick likes it better when you forget the water and leave the wine in the nottle!

will try this on my Monet next time it gets dirty.

A slice of bread also picked up the small bits

This is not about how to avoid eggs cracking, it's how to keep cracked eggs whole while boiling — are you people illiterate? Consider the fact that people in those days wouldn't throw away an ENTIRE, NUTRITIOUS egg just because it was a little damaged.

Thus ends Red Lobsters reign of terror

Whosoever knocks over the urn now, must agree to consume all of the sand, as is customary.

Apologies to germaphobes, but it is far easier on the form arm and wrist, especially with a full pitcher.

Milk works, my husband had a pen that leaked in the pocket of his nice white shirt and I soaked it in milk. All the ink went.

okWHATjusthappenedinthere

Where are we supposed to be getting all of this sand?

Don't most knots get tighter the harder you pull?

"How to prevent an ornery broom from taking to the air."

Sure, no poisonous gas here....

"How to discover your house's hidden interdimentional portal or rift."

Or don't smoke Gallaher Cigarettes.

Add this final step - hold your arm overhead with fingers 'loosely' straightened - gravity will help blood leave the finger. Jeweler's trick.

Walking in backwards from a cold place to a warm place also stops glasses from fogging up.

Maidens are often quick-witted and nimble. How are we to catch them and extract the hair for this experiment?

What is real lace and what is calcined magnesia?

nice.. now i can wear my loafers on the beach..

"how to shave a pipe"

This works in the northern hemisphere. The method is different for the southern hemisphere. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-an-Analog-Watch-as-a-Compass

At first I saw a man blowing onto pigeon, slightly confusing.

"Be sure to take photos of your experiment using the Gallagher quad copter - pictured at bottom right. Now with compass and extra nicotine."

Bodkin - a blunt, thick needle with a large eye used especially for drawing tape or cord through a hem.

And if you soak an egg for a week in vinegar, the shell disappears & the egg becomes see-through & pickles

...We don't want to upset the ink, don't we?

Useful for children! LOL

I do this daily

And you will have wasted a horrible amount of water :/

Sadly, now, ordinary cloth pins are made of plastic and would melt...

saffron aint cheap , probably cheaper to buy new shoes

when plastic didn't exist....

I'd have glued myself stuck indoors forever

I now limp in pain, but at least my shoes don't squeak.

Or if you haven't got wire, get a piece of thread and put a loop in each end. One end goes round the pencil and the other round a drawing pin or straight pin stuck into the paper.

"Simply insert one of Gallaghers delicious cigarettes into each hole and light. Smooth. Cancery. Cures trees."

Especially useful after walking with brads inserted into the soles of one's shoes.

This is a great method to use in batik or tie dying

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who still use nails?

Water? Well, if it is water-based paint yes... Otherwise, I would use some kind of oil.

I used to make these by rolling the old news paper into tubes then flatten them and then plat them, they used to burn longer doing it this way.

OMG, someone do this with their apple computer.

Wtf is spermaceti?

Where did I leave my seccotine? Always misplacing it.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chilblains/home/ovc-20165478 Chilblains (CHILL-blayns) are the painful inflammation of small blood vessels in your skin that occur in response to repeated exposure to cold but not freezing air. Also known as pernio, chilblains can cause itching, red patches, swelling and blistering on your hands and feet.

What was it used for?