Stuff you really should have learned as a kid, but actually only learned recently?

[Edwin]

Just a bit of fun for Sunday. I'll go first...

Something I learned last week: When you brush your teeth, spit out the toothpaste but don't rinse your mouth out with water. If you rinse, it stops the toothpaste from working because the active ingredients need time to do their stuff and, well, they'll be gone.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/dentalhealth/Pages/Teethcleaningguide.aspx

(I'd always rinsed, as you can probably guess from the theme of this thread.)

 

[dee]

There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.

 

[dee]

oh...... and apparently you'll eat about 70 spiders and various insects through out your life while your sleeping.

 

[RobM]

In my 44 years I have struggled opening many jars where the lid is sealed tight. I found out a couple of weeks ago that if you turn any airtight jar upside down and bang it hard, once, on the bottom it opens no problem.

 

[mat]

In my 44 years I have struggled opening many jars where the lid is sealed tight. I found out a couple of weeks ago that if you turn any airtight jar upside down and bang it hard, once, on the bottom it opens no problem.

Do you also open the jar upside down?

 

[dee]

Just realised its more top tips than factorama.

This has saved me a couple times. If you have a crosshead screw thats rounded off so you cant unscrew it. Rubber band between screwdriver and screw fixes it.

 

[RobM]

Do you also open the jar upside down?

Only once lol

 

[domainseller200]

People will judge you no matter what you do, so just do what makes you genuinely happy.

 

[JMI]

Play the game.. or make your own game up.

 

[Blossom]

I read today that apparently those paper sugar packets are designed to be ripped straight down the middle instead of at one end

 

[findtim]

does it really matter? whatever "it" is

 

[dee]

Hitchhikers guide, the meaning of life is "42"

42 in ascii code is the asterisk. So a wildcard and whatever you want.

Douglas Adams meant the meaning of life "is whatever you want it to be"