18 things you have at home that you've probably been using incorrectly all your life

In recent years the world of 'Do It Yourself' and 'Tips and Tricks' has become very popular, and there are quite a few websites dedicated to publishing tricks and tips that will help you save time, money and effort.

Some of these tips don't always work the way we'd like, but sometimes they're just genius.

Our favorite tips are the ones that take something we know about our entire lives and then showing us how to use it in a completely different and surprising way.

For example, what about all these things we all have at home and most of us have probably misused all our lives?

Keep reading, you'll be surprised how these tips and tricks can change your life!

1. You can peel a hard-boiled egg without peeling the whole shell. Just break the top and bottom, then blow into the egg like in the demo below.

2. Glass ketchup bottles have a 'soft spot'. Instead of tapping on the bottom, tap on the '57' embedded on the glass and the ketchup came out easily.

3. You can use the lid of the pudding/delicate to make a DIY spoon in seconds.

4. The hole in your pasta spoon is designed to measure an exact amount of a serving per person

5. Some pots have a 'resting position' for spoons

6. Juice boxes have handles

7. Use the right pump for the job: the right pump is for unclogging the sink, the left pump is for the toilet

8. Store natural peanut butter upside down to keep it fresh longer

9. Use the tab of the can to hold the straw

10. This hook on the back of the shirt is for hanging the shirt without wrinkling it

11. For a better grip the 'folded' side of the pin should face down

12. Those openings in aluminum foil/nylon boxes are for keeping the roll in place while you pull

13. Chinese food boxes open to plates

14. The drawer under the oven has a purpose - to keep the food warm before you serve

15. You will break the Toblerone pieces when you pull them towards the chocolate and not the other way around

16. Use an opener to open cans and protect your nails

17. If you open the small cups, you can put much more sauce into them

18. Tic-tac boxes have a special tray. Unless you are like me and eat 15 at a time