Just think of how much easier this whole life would have been if you knew some things earlier. Like, mastering the art of tackling zip lock bags, organizing your sheets, relieving heartburn, calming an iPhone alarm, the list is endless.
But TikToker Sidneyraz has set out on a mission to get our lives back by sharing some very relatable, super simple, low-key and sometimes plain hilarious know-how tips for everyday life. In a series of viral videos, Sidneyraz tells the viewers ‘something I didn’t know until I was in my 30s’ and enacts the things in funny home scenarios.
With a whopping 842.2K followers and some videos racking up more than 5M views, you can see that this guy has definitely hit our soft spot: FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) on even more years wasted without knowing such obvious, yet game-changing things.
#1 Not Being Hungover Is Better Than Being Drunk
#2 Dishwashers Have A Filter You’re Supposed Clean
#3 Hiring Movers Is Worth It
Not everything goes downhill as we age. Well, surely our close friends circle becomes smaller, hangovers get worse and more responsibilities fall on our shoulders. But a new body of research has shown that some of our brain abilities improve as we age.
For example, a 2011 study looking at data from more than 60,000 people found that our ability to recognize faces continued to improve as we age—until just after we hit age 30. “At almost any given age, most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others,” lead study author and MIT department of brain and cognitive sciences researcher Joshua Hartshorne commented to Business Insider.
#4 You Can Change Which Way The Refrigerator Foor Opens
#5 Salt Stops The Oil From Splattering In The Pan. Apparently
#6 How To Squeeze A Lemon
Another more recent study found that some of our abilities, like reading others’ emotions and recalling events that have just happened, to name a few, keep improving until we turn 30. Incredibly, skills like basic math and a larger vocabulary rise throughout our lives and reach their peak around when we turn 50.
#7 Fruit Lasts Longer If You Take Out Of These And Put It Into Someting Airtight
#8 Travel Pillows Go In Front
#9 The Abc Song And Twinkle Twinkle Are The Same Tune
Does that mean that we get smarter with age? Well, it depends what we define as ‘smart,’ but some of our cognitive abilities do indeed improve as we age. However, some will deteriorate, like our ability to quickly process and recall information (also known as fluid intelligence), which peaks at about the age of 18. After its peak, those abilities continually fall over the rest of our lives.
But that doesn’t mean it’s bad news for us. There is another study suggesting thathaving a greater purpose in life can help protect against cognitive decline among older adults. In fact, greater purpose in life has been linked to reduced all-cause mortality and cardiovascular problems, increased longevity, maintenance of general physical functioning, reduced risk of stroke and reduced incidence of sleep disturbances.
#10 How To Line This(Bread Tin) With Foil. Flip The Pan Over. Spread Foil Over. Make The Shape Over. And Now It’s Easily Lined
#11 You Can Store Avocados In Water To Keep Them Fresh Longer
#12 There Are Tags On The Bottom Left Corner Of Fitted Sheets?
#13 How To Clena The Microwave. Take Some Lemon Water. Microwave That For A Minute And A Half And It Should Wipe Out More Smoothly
#14 You Can Pick Up Flour With A Whisk, Apparently
#15 How To Put Trash Bags In The Trashcan
#16 How To Wrap A Towel Around Myself
#17 If You Keep Rotating Nothing Will Drip Down The Sides
#18 You Can Use A Pistachio Shell To Open A Pistachio
#19 How To Use A Can Opener
#20 You Can Add Tinfoil If You Don’t Have The Right Size Battery
#21 How To Fill The Cooler
#22 The Drawer At The Bottom Of Your Over Is Not For Storing Pans, It’s A Broiler
#23 Chesse Gaters Lay Down
#24 Where The Instant Pot Lid Goes
#25 You Can Flip The Pan Over Instead Of The Thing In The Pan
#26 You Can Stop A Pot From Boiling Over By Putting A Wooden Spoon On It
#27 There’s A Shiny Side And A Dull Side To Tinfoil And The Shiny Side Is Supposed To Touch The Food Food? Shiny Traps Heat Better, Dull Doesn’t
