Today I

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Today I found out how to hack an alarm clock to do really cool things. (note: This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Swiss Army Knives . All opinions however are 100% mine.  If you are interested in picking up the Swiss Army Knife used in this article, you can do [...]

Today I found out how to tell if you are a supertaster.  What’s a supertaster you ask?  More or less, it’s just someone with a heck of a lot more taste-buds than the average person.  Specifically, someone with more than about 35 papillae per 7mm diameter circle on their tongue.  Papillae are tiny structures on [...]

Today I found out what the color of the twist tie or tabs on bread packaging means; namely, what day of the week the bread was baked on.  This practice of having a different color twist ties or tabs for different days of the week is not meant necessarily to be used by the customer, [...]

Today I found out how to make maple syrup.  Ever find yourself sitting there enjoying a stack of pancakes dripping with melted butter and maple syrup (getting hungry aren’t you?) and find yourself wondering, “I wonder how maple syrup is made?” Ya me neither.  However, on the off chance you’re out of maple syrup and [...]

Today I found out how to speed tie shoes.

Today I found out how to survive being trapped in quicksand. First, don’t panic! Panicking in quicksand is pretty much one of the few ways to turn this slightly dangerous situation into deadly.  Second, if you are wearing something heavy attached to yourself like a backpack, unstrap it immediately if you feel it pushing you [...]

Today I found out twelve ways to remove a stripped screw.  We’ve all been there; trying to void a warranty or otherwise take something apart and you go to take that one last screw off and invariably it strips.  Now what?  You can either A: Think Hammer… really, really big hammer; or B: Read the [...]

Today I found how to easily sharpen scissors from home. The two easiest methods, that still do a very good job, involve using sand paper or aluminum foil.  In both methods you literally just cut the material using full scissor strokes each time.  If you want to sharpen them more “professionally” and you have a [...]

Today I found out how to drastically increase the life of your shaver razor blades, such as Gillette or Schick Brand razors.  This trick is incredibly simple and just as incredibly affective.  It will also save you a nice chunk of change over time and make all your dreams come true… For instance, Gillette Fusion [...]

Today I found out how to survive being buried alive in a coffin.  Yesterday, I posted an article on taphophobia and I got an email from a reader wondering if I could write-up an article on the best ways to actually get out of a coffin, if you happen to find yourself buried alive in [...]