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Find out if an egg is boiled or not without cracking it
How to find if and egg is not boiled before cracking it. If I have boiled several eggs and after that someone have mixed them with other not boiled eggs, how can I separate them. Of course I don't want to break the eggs.
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How to keep your hands warm in winter while working on a laptop?
It's really cold here nowadays so I usually have a quilt over me. My problem is that I can't get my laptop under the quilt because I won't be able to see what I'm doing. Because of this, I have to keep the laptop on my lap outside of the quilt,…
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How can I quickly cool a water bottle?
Sometimes I only have 10-15 minutes and I have a water bottle out, but it's near room temperature. I need it to be near freezing, but I don't have time to do anything.
Usually I will just put it in the freezer until I have to leave, but that usually…
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How to revive dried up pens
I found a box of several old ballpoint pens. When I open them up, I can see each has a significant amount of ink in it. However, when I try to write with one, no ink is transferred to the paper.
I've tried running them under water, but this doesn't…
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How do I seek justice against vending machines?
The Problem
Anyone who has attempted to buy products from a vending machine has probably had the experience of having their money stolen. In the most egregious form of this problem, the vending machine takes the entire value of an item after a user…
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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
How do I find my gold ring which is lost inside the grass in my garden?
Please tell me an easy way to find my ring quickly.
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How can I improvise a magnifying glass?
Are there any ways to improvise a magnifying glass with common things you could find at any house? (Or if not, less common things that aren't too rare to find.)
For example, in case you have some kind of medicine package and you find yourself trying…
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I forgot my toothpaste and it is impossible to buy in this situation, are there any substitutes?
During my travel I forgot to bring my toothpaste and I just noticed it in a time where it is impossible to buy toothpaste, are there any other things that I can use assuming that I have my toothbrush, but I don't have toothpaste?
Most of the time I…
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Ηow can I keep my jeans' zippers from unzipping on their own?
A lot of jeans have zippers that open on their own. For me, it is quite uncomfortable to be re-zipping them in the middle of the street.
What can I do to prevent this?
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How can I clean my sticky keyboard?
My keyboard is sticky. Obviously, since it is electronic, I can't use an abundance of soap and water.
I've tried a damp cloth, but it is not effective. How can I clean it, without ruining it?
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How to keep bread fresher for longer
How do you keep bread fresh (lasting to/beyond the actual expiration date quoted on the packaging) as the bread I purchase always goes stale/moldy within a couple of days of opening.
I've heard that freezing the bread is a viable alternative, but…
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Best way to know if somebody has broken into my room without camera
I will be on leave so as a precaution I want to see if somebody has entered my room with the door being locked from outside.
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What is the best way to recondition a whiteboard?
Our office has installed new whiteboards over the last two years. Many of these boards are heavily used and have already devolved to the point of being useless -- the writing on them has become all but permanent and they are heavily stained.
I've…
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Waking up in the morning when standard alarms fail
I tend to sleep through alarm clocks. Is there a reliable way to wake myself up in the morning?
I've tried setting the alarm to beep, music, talk radio, various volumes, using multiple alarms and so forth, but I still seem to be able to sleep…
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Cleaning a dirty computer screen
Sometimes my computer screen gets dirty and dusty, and this grime doesn't come off by just wiping it. (Besides the fact that wiping it by hand will just make more problems)
What can I use to clean a computer screen, without resorting to (relatively…
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