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1. "The calculator app on your phone can make conversions. F° to C°, gallons to liters, feet to meters, etc.
Click on the little ruler next to the clock. The clock shows your calculator history." — Super__Mom 2.
"Are you nearsighted and can’t find your glasses? Use your phone. Turn on your phone camera, and you can hold your phone as close to your eyes as you need to see the screen clearly, and the camera will clearly show you everything in its field of view. A good way to find your glasses if you can’t remember where you put them and are too blind to find them.
" — varthalon 4. "Your vegetable peeler has a ring on the side. This is used to gouge the eyes (black spots) of potatoes.
" — 101_210 6. "In cars, in most with wireless key fobs, if the fob dies and you have to use the physical key to unlock your door, turning the key twice unlocks all the doors the same way pushing the unlock button twice would. Bonus tip: if it's a fob where the physical key is hidden and detachable, it is usually the perfect size for prying the fob open to swap the battery (at least for every set I've seen).
" — Coady54 7. "Caulking guns often have a piece of stuff wire attached to pierce the caulk tube. " — Jackalope_Sasquatch 8.
"You can clear each individual app's cache on your phone, went from 51 GB used down to only 47 GB used in storage." — RoseWould 10. "If your car is sinking underwater and you don’t have a window breaker, remove your seat headrest and slam the two metal pieces into the window.
" — nickmlerman 11. "I had Windows 10 for years before I discovered you can screen-record a video by pressing Win+Alt+R. And a lot of Firefox users don't seem to be aware of Ctrl-I, which brings up a pop-up that makes saving most images and videos very easy.
" — RunDNA 13. "The Android 'clock' app, in addition to the timer and stopwatch, has a 'world clock' feature. You can keep a list of cities, as many as you want, and it will display the current time for each city.
" — J662b486h 15. "Most vacuums have a notch where you can fit in the nozzle part so the tube stays upright for tidy storage." — Medical_Sandwich_171 Do you have something to add? What is a hack you're surprised more people don't know about? Tell us in the comments below!.
