HIDDEN FEATURES ON EVERYDAY ITEMS

Reddit asked, “What everyday item has a hidden feature that not everyone knows about?” Some of the responses:
– “Hairbrushes- some have a tiny ball at the end of the handle. If you pull that ball, it pops out to reveal a stick. That stick is used for cleaning the hair from your hairbrush and then it pops right back into the handle.”
– “Chinese food boxes unfold to become plates.”
– “The little pepper looking thing that hangs off of most pin cushions is filled with emery powder to help clean/sharpen your pins and needles.”
– “Most caulking guns have a hole near the handle that can be used to snip the tip of the caulking tube.”
– “Some truck beds have indented slots on the sides so you can put 2×6 boards across the bed to section it to keep stuff from sliding around.”
– “The metal part on the end of your tape measure isn’t loose, it’s designed to wiggle by the exact amount necessary to ensure you always get the correct measurement whether you’re measuring from an inside edge or an outside edge.”
– “A lot of microwaves have an option to turn the stupid annoying sounds off.”
– “Aluminum foil comes on a roll in a box. At the ends of the box are triangular cutouts that you are meant to push in, forming a spindle for the roll to rotate on, so the roll doesn’t pull out the box.”
– “On those gas station pumps that advertise to you while you gas up, there are buttons on each side of the screen. Pressing the second from the top on the right side will mute the speaker.”
– “Cars have this really neat lever that tells nearby people which direction you want to go before you move.” (* Hey – wait a minute!)
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you know of a special feature on an everyday item that no one else knows?