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....

Just need to find some potassium. I just had some...must be with my stash of sand.

Who has natural potassium lying around? Every chemical salt blows up in water but I don't have pure potassium unless I'm a chemist

Good thing I keep my Potassium dealer on speed dial

LOL, why do you have potassium?

Even 100 years ago, would it really be easier to get potassium (which *must* be stored in 100% water free environment, like kerosene) than to get some, say... matches? Not to mention the certainty of having one's head entirely burned by this hack :D

One of Houdini's party tricks

Potassium hydroxide is a toxic byproduct; this isn't a life hack, it is dangerous. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng0357.html

because your friends are easily amazed

Potassium was easy to buy then until the matchbox girls strike and awareness of phossy jaw.... Not pretty!

Just another way to kill yourself slowly....

"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...