What other commonly known stuff should I know, but don’t?

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I found out maybe 6 months ago that you should clean out the filter in your tumble dryer on a regular basis, as it gets full of fluff and lint and is a fire hazard. I had no idea. I’m an educated woman, generally reasonably intelligent and practical, I just had no idea you were supposed to do this. I don’t know how. My friend mentioned it in relation to something and I immediately told my husband who looked at me like some kind of moron - turns out he’s been doing it for years!

I’ve been thinking about it recently and I’m starting to wonder what other commonly known stuff you’re supposed to be doing in day to day life that I’m just not. Any ideas? Can be household related or just general life stuff really. I’m starting to wonder what I might be missing out on/ putting us in danger of.

If you get an induction job, your pans need to be magnetic 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️If you know, you know!!

That you can put a euro or two 20p pieces in a shopping trolley. This was life changing!

W is pronounced double yoo but the sound is wa? However a, e, I, o and u are pronounced that way if there's an e involved so pin becomes pine, bon becomes bone etc.

You're supposed to have your boiler serviced annually. This isn't just something for landlords to do, homeowners should do it too. I'm 43, have owned my own home since aged 20, and only found this out 18 months ago..... 🤔🤦🏻‍♀️

The petrol thing wasn’t true in my old Peugeot. And yes, I know it’s the little arrow next to the little picture of the petrol pump. On my Peugeot the arrow pointed one way but the petrol cap was on the other side. So it definitely isn’t true for all cars.

The pronunciation varies depending on where you live. I'm in Ireland where haitch is the standard form and the one taught in schools. I'd be stopping the video to tell kids it's not aitch they should be saying (where we live), but haitch. So it's not as simple as one pronunciation is correct and one isn't, it depends on geography too and the variety of English you speak.

@Justontherightsideofnormal

You cannot stick your fingers down your dogs throat to make them sick

I wouldn't dare to try that!

I did once read something in a book of advice for cyclists. Richard's Bicycle Book by Richard Ballantine. If you are attacked by a dog while riding, and this is more common than you may think, especially in a rural area, and it definitely looks dangerous for you, a good plan is to get hold firmly of a stout stick, or your bike pump, and as the dog attacks you, thrust it as far as you can down its throat, and, if possible, work it around vigorously. This should, the writer says, give the dog something to think about, and hopefully choke it to death or make it ill enough to stop attacking you. In the absence of any instrument to put down its throat, the author suggested making a fist and thrusting an arm directly down its throat, perhaps trying to grasp bits of the dog's interior and causing as much damage as you can. Better your arm, he says, than your throat. Cheerfully, he adds, 'In any event, don't cower or cover up, because the dog will only chew you to ribbons. Attack. Any small dog can simply be hoisted up by the legs and his brains dashed out.'

I can image in a life-threatening situation, those things might be sensible, but I can imagine a daft or gung-ho person getting extreme when the situation didn't really demand it. I'd definitely try to kill a dog that was attacking a child or had got someone on the ground and was going for the throat.

Coloured plastic can be recycled, but there are limited uses (particularly if the colours aren't separated first). Clear plastic has more value because there's a much wider range of uses.

A surprising amount of mixed recycling is hand sorted (which is one of the reasons for washing tins etc first - not healthy for the sorters if it's covered in mould).

Can be done mechanically though. My dad spent decades designing machines to separate domestic waste (before they brought in recycling bins, so it was properly mixed rubbish). A whole warehouse full of ramps, magnets, shakers, wind tunnels and flotation tanks to direct different materials to different collection points. Hard plastics float, glass sinks, crisp packets are lofted by air currents, tins falling off a high conveyor belt drop straight into 1 bucket if aluminum but are diverted to another by a magnet if they're steel ...

These days automatic sorting is a lot easier, with laser sensors and computer analysis replacing many of the purely mechanical methods.

It says this in appliance manual, you should always read them

You have busses that still take cash? Wow! Where do you live?

@LaBefana I live in the country and will remember to always carry my bike pump around 😂 to protect me from savage dogs 😂

I did know of a Rottweiler that was stabbed to death when it went for the wrong person in Bristol about 20 years ago.

If you are attacked by a dog while riding, and this is more common than you may think, especially in a rural area, and it definitely looks dangerous for you, a good plan is to get hold firmly of a stout stick, or your bike pump, and as the dog attacks you, thrust it as far as you can down its throat, and, if possible, work it around vigorously.

And if it ever comes to it, and God knows the world’s full of trouble, if you’re in a tight corner with a shark, try to get up against a rock. They won’t want to bump their noses.

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Any small dog can simply be hoisted up by the legs and his brains dashed out.

Go all Lady-Macbeth-in-lycra on small dogs. Noted.

Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey 😂

Use a key every time, I drive to the supermarket with my phone (all bank card on phone) and my car keys which have my door key on them. Take off door key and use in trolley. It’s a pretty straightforward concept really. I never carry change but always my car keys

History is vast.

For example Cleopatra lived closer in time to the construction of the iPhone than she did to the construction of the pyramids.

If you get tomato based sauce stains on your clothes, hang them in a sunny window for a couple of days and the sun will bleach the stain out. This tip has saved me a fortune in white polo tops for the kids!

Also you know in the U.K. the clocks go backwards and forwards by an hour every six months?
Nope, turns out it's every five / seven months. I only figured that out at the age of 45 😂

Yep! I think the general rule is - if it's stuck but it's supposed to move, use WD-40. If it moves and it's supposed to be stuck, use duct tape.

This is dialectic.

Never knew until this week that we have lymph nodes in our belly area!

Have a DS poorly with epididymitis (another thing I was blissfully ignorant of) and a UTI.

GP said boys often get belly ache when it's something going on down the testicles end and they are fighting an infection.

Also testicular torsion. Yikes. One to be aware of for parents of boys.

And that, friends, is your boys' bits biology 101 lesson for today.

Hmmm I think the petrol filler thing is an urban myth. Works for many people/cars but it’s not intentional.

Loads of things! I didn’t really get taught much as a kid, so had to figure it out myself. My most recent is that you need to vaccume your mattres 😱 had no idea!