Did you ever wonder why elevators ding so much? If you are in an elevator, you don’t need a ding to remind you that the doors are opening, you can probably figure that out on your own. But not everyone can. As it turns out, elevators are one of the many and growing numbers of things in our life that have been modified and specifically suited to adhere to the needs of the visually impaired and other handicaps.
The dings in an elevator on each floor are actually to let everyone know the direction in which the elevator is going. One ding means the elevator is going up, and two dings mean that it is on its way down. Pretty clever, right?
Colorful Bread Tags
Everyone is familiar with the little bag seals that come with the bread from the grocery store. At first, you may not pay any attention to the color of these bag clasps, but you really should. The colors of the tags are not random. They are actually there to let you know exactly how old the bread is.
In fact, it actually says the days of the week on each colored tag in order to indicate the day that this specific bread was made and delivered to your store. What's more, the colors are usually already organized in alphabetical order to help you find the freshest bag.
YouTube
Unfortunately, there are no innovative and new ways to be using YouTube. But this tip will certainly make your YouTube surfing much simpler. While there are millions of keyboard shortcuts that differ between Mac and Windows and even between YouTube, Facebook, and others, there are three that seem to be fairly universal. If you're in the middle of a YouTube clip and you think you missed something, pressing the "J" key will rewind your video by 10 seconds.
Conversely, if you'd like to fast forward, pressing the "L" key will fast forward your video by 10 seconds, and pressing the "K" will pause and play. It may seem unimportant to some people, but boy, can it get frustrating trying to rewind by dragging your mouse and ending up having to watch the whole thing from the beginning.
Staplers
Did you know that staplers have a double function? If you haven't noticed, on the same end with which you do your stapling, there is also an anvil. This is to help you pull the staples out. But very few people can honestly say that they know the trick behind "outwards" stapling. By flipping it around in the opposite direction, the staple’s prongs will turn outwards instead of inwards towards each other – the way a stapler works.
In our household, its become a thing with the younger generation. They sit and staple papers together and then remove them one by one. It guarantees about 15 minutes of peace and quiet.
Flashlights
Every household has a flashlight, or at least it should. Megalite, one of the more popular flashlight brands, comes with a super handy, super-secret replacement lightbulb that not many people know about. If you unscrew the end of the flashlight like you normally would in order to replace old batteries, you will find an extra compartment that pops out.
Inside the compartment, you will find an extra lightbulb for your Megalite. Just unscrew the bottom, pop open the little plastic case containing the secret light bulb and voila! Your flashlight just increased its life expectancy by at least another 40 years!