"I even thought that I was in control of my life»: Reddit is divided life hacking

How to get rid of hiccups, clean whiteboard, strengthen ankles and highlight text quickly.

Reddit users have opened a useful trade, which is called "Wow, it really works?». In it people share life hacking, which apply themselves. We chose the four most interesting of them.

How to strengthen the ankle

If you often tuck the ankle, then you have problems with balance. To strengthen the ligaments in the lower extremities, Reddit user advises alternately standing on one foot. Then do the same, already pulling them, and repeated with eyes closed. This trick a user read in the New York Times 10 years ago.

Previously, I had problems with a sprained ligament, and once a fracture occurs. I thought, "What do I lose if I spend six minutes on exercise every day?" That was 10 years ago, and since then I have not had sprains ankles.

orbesomebodysfool, trains ankle 10 years

How to clean the whiteboard

If you are on a white board accidentally wrote something permanent marker, the notice can be very easy to erase. You need to take for the dry-erase marker, as much as possible to paint them permanent traces and spend over a cloth.

In the summer I helped to music classes at school. Someone long ago wrote on the whiteboard notes of the song with a permanent marker. We had to make it as clean as possible. As a result, the teacher told us to give it up, since it is impossible to remove the inscription already.

I painted the notes for dry-erase marker, all wiped with a cloth, and the board was clean. The teacher's jaw dropped.

kimby610, cleared from the whiteboard permanent marker

How to deal with hiccups

Everyone knows what a hiccup. Sometimes it does not go long and annoying hard. One Reddit user also encountered this problem at the party, and he helped the bartender. It turned out that hiccups can be removed with the help of lime with the sugar and bitters.

I have no strong hiccups due to alcohol. The bartender gave me a lime with the sugar and bitters. Hiccups instantly gone and I even thought that I was in control of my life.

robinsal1998, I coped with hiccups

In fact, bitter drink is not necessary. There are many other ways get rid of hiccups without alcohol.

How to select text

Sometimes we need to copy some text in a document or a browser. As a rule, we stifle the left mouse button and drag it to the end. In fact, it is much easier to do. You just need to click at the beginning of the desired location and then at the end, hold down the Shift key.