Secrets Hidden In Everyday Objects That Will Blow Your Mind

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• SF

  @Sfoxey · 1 year ago

  Our local wawa's disabled the mute buttons almost a year ago. And they're super loud, so people have been putting duct tape over the speaker lol

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• FL

  @Flodarien · 1 year ago

  We have those exact same gas pumps here in Quebec, but the configuration on them is completely different. They don't have ads on them, only instruction on how to use the pump. On most of them, the lower right button, before using your card or lifting the pump, enables you to set a limit on the transaction so that it does not uses the maximum amount. Then 7 of the 8 buttons gives you a quick selection on the amount, like 20$, 50$, 100$, etc, or the option to manually input the amount.

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• WI

  @wiG5944 · 1 year ago

  For those wondering what the other other buttons do on a gas station pump:<br>1. Mute<br>2. Volume up<br>3 Volume down<br>4. Language selection<br>5. More info (about the ad)<br>6. Request assistance<br>7. Brightness up<br>8. Brightness down<br>The order varies from pump to pump, and the owner may choose to disable any number of them or change what they do (hence why they&apos;re not labelled). Most often the owner will disable all of them, or if they feel nice they&apos;ll leave the mute button usable.

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• WA

  @wackydoomturtle1801 · 1 year ago

  The pencils fact was genuinely interesting. Particularly for me as pencils here are usually a light orange, not yellow.<br>Except, ironically, for the premium &quot;Ticonderoga&quot; which also came in a triangular form for better penmanship and less cramps.

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• CR

  @creationsmaxo · 1 year ago

  One secret about cereals nowadays: many of them are now less healthy than a potatoes chips due to their higher values in sugar and salt.<br>In North America, over 80% of the cereals boxes available in supermarkets have more salt than a majority of the potatoes chips in bags.<br>Potatoes chips usually have around 300mg to 420mg per 50g while the supposedly healthy cereals usually have around 380mg to 520mg of sodium per 50g.<br>As a reminder, an &quot;average&quot; adult shouldn&apos;t exceed sodium intakes of around 2000 to 2200mg per day without some good reasons and should drink at least 1 liter of water (not coffee or energy drink or carbonated drinks) per 1000mg of sodium eaten. In a bowl of cereals, you can easily have close to 80g to 100g of cereal (~2 cups or a bit more) meaning that you can have 40% to 50% of your sodium intake just from eating a bowl of cereal in the morning.

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• US

  @user-sam4465 · 1 year ago

  &quot;There are actually no nuts in there&quot;. That&apos;s nuts!!!!!!!!

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• EA

  @eastcoastandloveit3857 · 1 year ago

  I will say this a lot of companies use things to prolong shelf life . &nbsp;I know first hand what happens to some salmon products to do this and add the pink color . And the sad part is it doesn&apos;t have to be put on the label.

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• RE

  @Red-sm1cl · 1 year ago

  NOOOO, we don&apos;t use the diamonds for stud placement. Studs are at 16 inch intervals on modern homes (red squares). The diamonds are used for floor joist placement, occasionally truss placement but if you use those you have to use 5/8 rock so some builders still use 16 in intervals on trusses and only use diamonds for flour joists.

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• YO

  @yogiperogy · 1 year ago

  Peach and apricot pits contain cyanide as well as benzaldehyde!

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• NI

  @Nicholas_Steel · 1 year ago (edited)

  Various softdrinks in Australia ditched Artificial Colours &amp; Flavours over the last 6 or so years, and shockingly, for products that claim only the colouring agent is different (if you manage to snag an old and a new product to compare their labels)... the taste can vary drastically between the old and new product.<br><br>Clearly the colouring agent isn&apos;t necessarily tasteless colouring and can be a key component to a products flavour.

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• TH

  @thenemesis3054 · 1 year ago

  Every one stop what you&apos;re doing BE AMAZED just dropped

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• JO

  @joepersch6779 · 1 year ago

  Sorry to tell you, a lot of gas stations are disabling the mute buttons. Every gas station around me that has this setup has disabled the mute button. I know because I try it all the time.

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