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Amazing Life Hacks Will Make Your Life Easier

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By Paul Ulane Nov 28, 2012

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    You may not know this, but we spend the majority of our time trying to improve your existence. That's why we've compiled a second edition of incredibly valuable life hacks. If you follow these tips, your life will be easier, happier and more efficient. 

    For instance, just turn your toaster sideways and you can make deliciously crispy grilled cheese sandwiches. 

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    You will never have another awkward elevator conversation again if you use this tip for taking the express right to your floor.

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    Open up the most annoying type of packaging in the universe simply by grabbing your can opener and running it along the edges of the plastic container.

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    Plastic bag handle knots are always a huge pain to pull apart. But if you push them apart, they come undone almost immediately.

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    Turn your iPhone charger into a beer bottle opener and enjoy a nice cold one every time you finish charging your phone.

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    Tie your two cords into a loose knot and you will never accidentally yank the cord out when you step a little too far away from the outlet again.

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    Bro, you can totally wear your flip-flops year 'round now that you know you can use a bread bag clip to plug up worn out holes.

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    Grab a couple of leftover metal binder clips and you will never have to untangle your millions of electronics cords again.

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    Stop fumbling around with buckets at terrible angles in the sink and enjoy a beautiful indoor waterfall instead.

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    Oh my Lord. I want Cool Ranch pepper on everything I eat for the rest of my life.

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    Clean up your shower head the easy way by attaching a bag and soaking it in vinegar overnight.

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    Get rid of all those beer bottle cap marks in your finer wood furniture in no time with a little bit of walnut.

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    CD cases aren't just for CDs anymore, you can also keep your bagels fresh for days in a container shaped perfectly for the tasty snack.

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    Use a rubber band to keep your paint buckets clean around the edges.

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    You will never hit the snooze button again if you wake up to your favorite song blaring out of your computer speakers.

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    Cut off the top of a Gatorade bottle, shove it down on the top of an open plastic bag and then screw the cap back on to keep the contents of the bag fresh. 

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    Use a hanging shoe rack to keep all of your cleaning supplies in order.

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    Empty and clean out an old lotion bottle to hold all of your important personal belongings for beach trips.

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    This amazing two-pinch technique will help you fold all of your shirts in seconds.

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    Clear up your hazy car headlights with some toothpaste and elbow grease. 

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    Turn a standard cupcake into a delicious cupcake sandwich with tasy icing filling.

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    Get gum out of your clothes by freezing them for an hour and then picking it off.

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    Use an old pants hanger as a cheap cookbook holder.

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    Scare away any mice or rats in your apartment with pepper. Apparently they're terrified of it.

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    If you unfold a folded ketchup cup you can stuff more ketchup into those little cups. And we all need more ketchup.

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    Remove the stems from strawberries with a straw.

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    If you don't have a computer bag, follow these simple instructions to carry your laptop around in a sweatshirt instead.

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    Bread tabs make great placeholders for your tape rolls.

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    Use an upside down muffin pan to toast up some crispy tortilla bowls.

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    Whiten up your whites by soaking them in hot water for 10 minutes with a slice of lemon.

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    Just wrap a stocking around your vacuum cleaner to pick up tiny items that would usually just fly into the cleaner.

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    Use toilet paper rolls to keep your wrapping paper in order.

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consultingxna

The grilled cheese/toaster trick worked---sort of. It did not mess up the toaster since I trimmed the cheese to be sure it was well inside the edges of bread to avoid melting over and dripping. However on my toaster by placing it on its side gravity worked against this and caused one side of the bread to get too close to heating element so the toast edges burned badly.

December 17 2012 at 3:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
cookiee99

Elevator trick is not true!! I tested it and it does not work! Too bad!

December 06 2012 at 4:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
speegs

The iPhone charger trick is guaranteed to break your charger, but I did the one with the tortillas on a muffin pan today and it worked very well. I'd say lower the temp to 350 and go for 12 minutes.

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glassman0571

This should read "as seen on Reddit" and the toaster trick didn't work out too well for ANYONE.....too bad the author didn't do their homework.

November 29 2012 at 2:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Amy Ballato Clark

I tried the sideways toaster grilled cheese... set the toaster on fire.

November 29 2012 at 9:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Amy Ballato Clark

I tried the toaster grilled cheese and set my toaster on fire....

November 29 2012 at 9:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
msmousiecat

DO NOT TRY THE GRILLED CHEESE IN THE TOASTER! It sounds reasonable but I spent an hour cleaning the cheese out of my toaster.

November 28 2012 at 9:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Tom Hawkey

The Youtube alarm trick doesn't work either. I get no "reload tabs" option while right clicking on any part of the page.

November 28 2012 at 9:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Jason

The elevator trick does not work, I have tried it on every elevator I've come across since I saw this online a few years ago.

November 28 2012 at 6:42 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
Mr Wonderful

All modern elevators have the door close disabled unless in private mode which requires a key

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1 reply to Mr Wonderful's comment
Get real.

Seems to work fine on both my office and apartment building.

November 28 2012 at 3:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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