Maybe you’ve noticed the little indentation on the lid of a package of Tic Tacs before and figured it was there to tightly seal the container, right? Well, it also serves as a dispenser that gives you one Tic Tac at a time.

Wool socks are both more comfortable and even if they get wet, they feel dry. After all, the most comfortable thing in the world is having your feet warm.

Instead of buying a new bed, if you buy a memory foam mattress pad, you’ll have more comfort.

You simply take the tea bags after using them for tea, dry them out then put them near the toes on the sole of the shoe. This works great in any shoe that absorbs moisture and it stops bad smell.

Color coding is the answer. Not only does it look aesthetically pleasing, it makes finding things a lot easier.

Sure, the main reason that hole is there is for hanging up your pot, but next time you need to set down a messy cooking spoon you’ll know exactly where to put it. Put the handle of the spoon in the hole on the pot handle.

Have a ring around your bathtub or circling the drain in your sink? Grapefruit and kosher salt are an easy and budget-friendly way to remove that. Just sprinkle the salt on the grapefruit and get scrubbing. Bonus: your bathroom is going to smell awesome

Start the day out with a mug of warm water and the juice of half a lemon. Vitamin C and potassium, which are high in lemon, are great for fighting colds, stimulating brain and nerve function and helping control blood pressure.

You can use a cotton ball soaked with milk to remove the hair dye stain.

To cool your tongue after eating spicy food, don’t drink water, but instead try eating a teaspoon of sugar or chewing a slice of bread.

You can add one or two drops of your favorite cologne or perfume to the ironing water to make your clothes smell as you like.

 To prevent eggs from cracking when boiling, put a burnt match in the water.

When you feel nauseous, try eating one or two spoons of ground coffee.

Taking a 3-minute cold shower makes you burn 40 extra calories.

When you have to hang something with exact holes, photocopy the back and use it as a template.

You can open a sealed envelope without any damage after freezing it for a while.

Wipe your shoelaces with a wet cloth after tying them. They will stay tied all day.

If you have poured too much washing powder into the machine, sprinkle salt into the water to settle the soap suds.

When dropping dough from a spoon into a pan, wet the spoon in milk and the dough will not stick to the spoon.

Remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers using a piece of tin foil dipped in Coca-Cola

Hard, refrigerated butter will soften in the microwave in 30 seconds on the defrost setting. But stand there and watch it – a few seconds too long, and you could have a runny mess.

If crumbs, papers or even flatware falls into the gap between your countertop and refrigerator, fill the void with nearly invisible plastic tubing. Clear tubing is available at home centers in several widths starting at 1/8 in.

Clean off shoe scuff marks from vinyl flooring with a clean, dry tennis ball. A light rub and heel marks are erased.

Soaking the ink stain with hydrogen peroxide will help prevent it from spreading during the removal process. The next step would be to blot the stain with a small amount of rubbing alcohol and a clean cloth.

You can seal a lot of envelopes fast with recycled roll-on deodorant bottles. The tops of most roll-on applicators come off easily, allowing them to be filled with water and used as makeshift letter-lickers.