Believe It Or Not, These Aren't Actually Design Flaws

Loops on a Grocery Cart

Those loops on the edges of your grocery cart are actually meant to hang bags that hold the more delicate items in your haul, like eggs or fragile produce. You'd think carts weren't intelligently designed, but you'd be wrong.

Notebook Margins

Lines on notebook paper serve a much more important purpose than making sure your writing is straight and your work fits inside a binder. When rats were an issue back in the Middle Ages, the lines were meant to serve as a protective border that rats wouldn't chew through. 

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The More You Know

  • Next time you oversalt a soup, toss in a few wedges of raw apple or potato. Simmer for 10 minutes and discard the wedges to get the flavor back to normal.
  • The largest volcano in the solar system is three times taller than Mount Everest.
  • Instead of hanging unsightly fly paper, take a cup, fill it with an inch of red wine vinegar, seal the top with plastic wrap, and poke a few small holes in it with a pen. The flies will be attracted to the scent of the vinegar, but won't be able to get out.
  • Mount Everest is bigger now than the last time it was measured.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.