I bet you didn’t know, that many items have hidden features that most people have no idea about. From your jeans to the pens that we write with, these hidden features will blow your mind! Here are 10 hidden features of household things you see every day.

These 10 items have a hidden feature that you won’t believe

You’ll be left scratching your head when you see these features.

1. Pen caps

Do you know the holes in the top of the pen caps? Turns out, they’re meant for something really important. They started putting holes in the tops so that babies that swallowed them would still be able to breathe!

2. The hole in the soda pop tab

Although they’re fun to play with, the tabs on the soda pop can is meant for straws. It’s the perfect holder to slide your straw in.

3. Pill bottle tops

There’s actually a trick for those annoying child-proof pill tops! If you don’t have kids, just flip the top upside down and it will screw in without locking.

4. Chinese takeout containers

Did you know the cardboard takeout boxes from Chinese restaurants double as paper plates? That’s right, just unfold it out and it will make the perfect paper plate!

5. Plastic drink lids

If you flip over the plastic cap and look closely, you’ll see that there are ridges that make a perfect coaster for your drink when you’re ready to sip on it.

6. The hole in pot and panhandles

Believe it or not, the hole in the handle of your pots and pans has a purpose. It’s meant to prop your wooden spoons up when you’re making your favorite recipes, this way the sauce will drip right back into the pan.

7. Lines on red solo cups

We’ve all used those disposable red party cups, most of us probably for beer pong and other drinking games. But did you know what the lines on the red solo cups are for? They’re supposed to be used as measurements for beer, wine or liquor. That way people know how much to pour and don’t over-serve themselves.

8. The hole in your McFlurry spoon

Most people tend to think the hole in the McFlurry spoon is to make it a straw, wrong. The hole is an attachment that connects to the machine, that way it’s mixed well every time.

9. That tiny hole on locks

People often wonder what that little tiny hole on locks is for, search no more. The small hole is there for you to add lubrication so locks don’t get stuck, it also will drain liquid out of the lock, in case you submerge it in water.

10. Ridge pattern on coins

Some people think the ridge pattern on coins is just for looks, but that’s not the case at all. The ridges were created to stop fraud, people used to shave the edges of coins in the olden days and make counterfeit coins with the extra metal. The government stopped this by marking the coins themselves.

10 everyday things with hidden features you may not know

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