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There's no shortage of ways to improve, simplify or awesome-ify your life. With the goal of ridding your existence from nuisances and wasteful nonsense, we've culled another edition of "Life Pro Tips" (a/k/a "Life Hacks") by brainstorming and web storming (mainly Reddit). Get ready to make food taste better, music sound louder and your car less smelly.
1. Fortify the beer tower in the fridge by locking a binder clip at the base of the rack. Eliminate beer bottles on your own terms...
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2. How to walk on ice and avoid falling? Walk like a penguin, of course!
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3. Repair your achy neck, stiff hips and other common posture problems by learning what's causing them. For example, you can avoid suffering tight neck muscles (blame desk jobs) by sliding your head backward while keeping your line of sight ahead, and by rolling a massage bar (or foam roller) against the upper back.
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4. When flying with a group or family, mix up clothing in suitcases so that if one bag gets lost, one person isn't shit out of luck.
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5. If you're trotting around with identical keys, mark the grooves with sharpie markers and never again exclaim, "Shit, wrong key!"
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6. Important date or obligation you cannot afford to forget? Present day you can direct an e-mail reminder to future you on a specific date using the form at futureme.org.
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7. Have a friend call your references on your resume before using them as references; find out what kind of reference you're really getting.
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8. If you're with your friends and family and want to play music off your iPhone but don't have any speakers, put the phone in a glass, which will amplify the sound.
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9. Use a spring from an old pen to keep your charger from bending or breaking.
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10. Stack clothes vertically so you can see your entire roster of tee shirts without having to dig through and make a mess.
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11. In order to feel the best and most well rested for an athletic event, get a good night's sleep two nights before the event as well as the night before. If you only get a good night's sleep the night before, you may feel sluggish and tired.
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12. Never pay for a cab ride to a strip club in Las Vegas. In fact, most cabbies will even pay your entry fee; the cab drivers get paid to bring people to the clubs.
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13. Hot sauce squirter? Hot sauce squirter.
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14. When camping, strap a headlamp to a gallon jug of water to fill the entire tent with ambient light. Bonus: looks cool.
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15. Here's how to tell if an egg is fresh. Because salmonella poisoning has a way of ruining weekends.
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16. Throw a dry towel into the dryer with wet clothing. The load will dry in nearly half the time, and save energy -- literally.
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17. If you're in a large crowd and faced with having to yell "somebody call 911" -- don't. Instead point to a specific person and say, "YOU, call 911." This way you'll prevent the "Bystander Effect," where everyone might falsely assume someone else will do it by virtue of the group's size.
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18. To get a stubborn jar open, hit the edge of the lid a few times with a knife or other utensil to let some air escape.
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19. Get armpit stains out of your clothes with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, Dawn soap and baking soda. Scrub it in there and then wash as normal. Yet some armpit stains are more formidable than others.
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20. Press Shift + Delete to erase embarrassing suggestions in your browser.
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21. Leave an open box of dryer sheets in the car; it's cheaper, longer lasting and less potent than scented trees (that also obstruct vision).
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22. Tired of burning your hand trying to light a wick that only a small child could reach? Reach for it with a stick of spaghetti.
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