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Life doesn't come with an instruction book, and yet some people seem to have it all figured it out. Luckily, they're willing to share their expertise with the rest of us. This collection of life pro tips and tricks covers everything from boiling water to helping your parents program the dadgum DVR. Do you know how to use marjoram? How about how to remove Sharpie from a dry erase board? Some of these great life hacks seem intuitive, but they're not always the first solutions to come to mind when problems arise. Others are so simple and obvious that, well gosh, why didn't I think of that? Vote up the most useful LPTs, and be sure to visit the <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/top/">LifeProTips</a> subreddit for more genius ideas to make your life run more smoothly.

99 Life Pro Tips That Will Change How You Do Everything

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Best Life Pro Tips | List of Helpful Life Hacks

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Bathroom time is a sacred part of the day. If you're like most people, there are few things better than a long, hot shower at the end of the day or answering the call of nature. But since you probably haven't brushed up on your <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-bathroom-habits/elise" target="_blank">bathroom habits</a> since you were a small child, you might not know the myriad things&nbsp;you may actually be doing wrong in there.It's no biggie, but some of the things you may be accustomed to doing&nbsp;- using a hard bristle toothbrush, sharing your roommate's hairbrush and nail clippers, shaving with a multi-blade razor - can actually be dangerous.&nbsp;The bathroom mistakes on this list are super common, so don't feel bad if you're making any of these hygiene or shower mistakes, but do think about changing your habits.Use this list to help you take the perfect shower or bath and to make sure you never have <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/things-covered-in-poop/lauren-slocum" target="_blank">poop particles on your toothbrush</a> ever again.

Bathroom Habits You've Been Doing Wrong Your Whole Life

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18 Bathroom Habits You've Been Doing Wrong Your Whole Life

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When times get tough, most of us will admit that we&#39;ve cut a few corners to make life a little easier to bear. Everyone has been broke enough to make morally questionable decisions at some point in their lives, and certainly everyone has been lazy enough to do so as well. We&#39;ve put together this list of life hacks created by other pieces of sh*t who want to make the world an easier, lazier place to live.

Some of these life hacks are definitely more immoral than others, but most of them will help you save time, effort, and money. We&#39;ve momentarily set our own traditional values aside to help bring you these tips and tricks for sketchy, discount, and lazy living. The next time you find yourself in a jam, these piece of sh*t hacks are guaranteed to help you out of it, usually in the most questionable way possible.&nbsp;

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35 Despicable Yet Clever Life Hacks

Lazy Life Hacks for Trashy People

Katie Mach

Lists about the past, present, and future of atomic explosions, just in case you don't already have your bunker prepared.

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Past generations lived under the specter of&nbsp;nuclear annihilation&nbsp;and needed to learn and rehearse all the best practices during a nuclear incident to ensure their survival. However, as the decades passed and the Berlin Wall fell, this brand of apocalyptic preparation became less of a worldwide priority - but in the late 2010s, the Doomsday Clock is once again ticking closer to midnight and it&rsquo;s suddenly looking like a great idea to Google &ldquo;how to avoid fallout.&rdquo;

American scientists - as part of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/manhattan-project-photos/kellie-kreiss" target="_blank">the Manhattan Project</a> and later endeavors - have long studied the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/nuclear-explosion-human-effects/laura-allan" target="_blank">effects of nuclear exposure&nbsp;on humans</a>. Past experiments have even gone as far as to construct&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/us-created-fake-towns-to-test-out-nuclear-weapons/kellie-kreiss" target="_blank">fake towns for nuclear research</a>.&nbsp;

This research - combined with the devastating results of&nbsp;Hiroshima and Nagasaki - has given humanity a decent understanding of how to increase one&rsquo;s odds of survival in the event of a nuclear blast. Of course, this knowledge only applies if one is lucky enough to live through the initial strike in the first place - which is far from a guarantee.

You Have A Stronger Chance Of Surviving A Nuclear Blast Than You Think

How To Survive A Nuclear Blast

Stephan Roget

True Stories

If you&#39;ve ever been in the market for a used car&nbsp;or negotiated pay for job, you know about the things to look out for during a business deal. While it probably won&#39;t help to go into a negotiation with a completely pessimistic and guarded attitude, it is important to be aware of sneaky business tricks used to pressure you into making a deal with which you aren&#39;t comfortable.

These business tricks aren&#39;t your over-the-top <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-unbelievably-complex-long-cons-ever-perpetrated/cristina-sanza" target="_blank">Ponzi schemes or money order scams</a>, either. They are much more discrete, and sometimes, even the most experienced folks can fall for them. As such, the good people of Reddit&nbsp;have come together to warn others of various dirty business tricks they&#39;ve encountered.&nbsp;

Dirty Tricks Businesses Use You Should Know (And Warn Your Friends About)

Dirty Business Tricks To Be Aware Of And Warn Your Friends About

Brandon Michaels

Have you ever wondered how to win carnival games? With these helpful tips, you can win at carnival games and trump ancient carny tricks. Every summer, colorful lights and the smell of fried dough lure you to a state fair or local carnival, where you just might be tempted to play a carnival game, especially if your heart&#39;s set on a giant stuffed SpongeBob.

Before you plunk down your hard-earned cash to test your strength or match wits with carnies in the ring toss, know that the odds are never in your favor. It&#39;s like The Hunger Games that way. You&#39;ll have a better chance at some games than others, and some (like the one with the bowling pin you have to knock over) are just physically impossible.

Did you know that the game where you use a ring on a fishing line to stand up a beer bottle is probably the easiest to win? Or how about the secret to knocking down the cats in the cat rack? We collected pro tips to help you knock down milk jugs, sink baskets, flip coins onto a plate, and many more.

Step right up and read all about it, then vote for your favorite tip that you can use to win big at your next carnival!

The Best Ways To Beat Carnival Games

How to Beat Carnival Games | The Best Tricks to Win County Fair Games

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Life hacks are yes, at this point kind of hack-y, but why comb through a stupid amount of Tumblr pages just to find the best ones when you can add to this list? Vote on these awesome life hacks and even weigh in on what you think are the best, newest, funniest, and most useful life hacks on the Internet. Life hacks, in case you&#39;ve never heard the term, are useful pieces of everyday advice, often in the form of ways to make your day-to-day life easier using household items or common sense. Defining a life hack is often as easy as knowing whether or not something has simply made your life easier.

Enjoy the&nbsp;greatest of Internet life hacks.

36 Life Hacks That Will Change Your World

Life Hacks | List of 30+ Tips That Will Change Your World

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Admit it: you occasionally relish <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/lazy-life-hacks/machk" target="_blank">cheating the system</a>. It makes you feel vindicated. Sure, government agencies or nosy&nbsp;employers might&nbsp;get&nbsp;you down, but at least these slightly illegal&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wal-mart-facts-and-hacks/donn-saylor" target="_blank">life hacks</a>&nbsp;are there to lift your spirits. In fact, thrifty people on Reddit have tons of&nbsp;shortcuts to make daily activities easier. If you can handle the ethical gray area, these legally dubious tips are for you.

15 People Share Their Slightly Illegal Life Hacks

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Fashion

There&#39;s being thrifty, and then there&#39;s whatever these are.

21 Photos We Found Online Of People Who Took DIY Fashion A Little Too Far

Photos We Found Online Of People Who Took DIY Fashion A Little Too Far

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Spellbook

By now, you&#39;ve probably heard everyone from your friends to your boss to your favorite celebs&nbsp;talking about discovering their spirit animals.&nbsp;You&#39;ve probably even seen T-shirts reading &quot;Whiskey is my spirit animal,&quot;&nbsp; or maybe you&#39;ve taken a quiz in hopes of determining what your spirit animal might be. This&nbsp;current trend, stemming from Native American culture and then adopted by various <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wicca-facts/lindsayweglarz" target="_blank">Wiccan&nbsp;groups</a> in the 1990s,&nbsp;has catapulted into something that is often seen as funny or&nbsp;ironic, as a way to let people know who or what&nbsp;we&nbsp;appreciate in this life by declaring it as our own.

In many traditions and cultures, spirit animals - AKA familiars - can be spiritually or physically summoned. These totem animals act as guides, helping individuals navigate their lives. By summoning a spirit animal, you can more effectively harness their &nbsp;- and your own -&nbsp;&nbsp;innate power, strengthening the connection you share and providing insights the nature of the self, the universe, and the great beyond.

How To Summon A Spirit Animal: A Step By Step Guide

Spirit Animals Are Real And You Can Actually Summon One

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Ranking the best board games and card games for fun interactive competition with family,  friends, and future frenemies.

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There's nothing better than getting together with a group of friends you love and utterly ruining them in a game. Conversely, losing sucks, so it'd be great if there were some easy board game <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/video-games-that-troll-cheaters/leo-reyna" target="_blank">cheats</a>, or at least&nbsp;tricks for playing games that would ensure victory every time. Fret not. Many <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-board-games-of-all-time" target="_blank">classic board games</a> have just that.Stop buying hotels in Monopoly, stop trying to play big words that are well beyond your vocabulary in Scrabble, and keep careful tabs on your Clue rivals. Every game leaves something to be exploited and it's time to start taking advantage.Here are tips and tricks to win a bunch of classic games, and they're all (pretty much) legal. You won't lose ever again... unless your friends have read this, too.

How To Win At Every Board Game (And Likely Alienate All Your Friends)

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How To Win At Every Board Game (And Alienate All Your Friends In The Process)

Zack Howe

In a Perfect World

Dudes. Guys. Men. When it comes to the male gender, there are certain things all guys simply must know. Whether it&#39;s for your own personal safety, in case of emergencies, to not look like an idiot in public, for the benefit of the people in your life, or just for your own betterment, taking a moment to learn the secrets on this list of things all men should know is essential.

What should every guy know how to do? What are the things every man should know?&nbsp;From building fires to tying your tie, if you&#39;re a man, the things on this list are essentials for being the best, most manly man you can be. But it&#39;s not all beer and sports. Men should also know how to hold a baby and sew on a button. Do you know which fork to use at a fancy dinner? Stop embarrassing your dates and take the time to learn.

There are things everyone should know, but this list is full of advice for men, with tips, tricks, and basic information all male humans should know. So get in touch with your inner Ron Swanson&nbsp;and read through the list below to make sure you know how to escape zip ties and shine your shoes. You just never know when this advice will come in handy.

Have you ever thought to yourself, &quot;Hey, I&#39;m a guy. Aren&#39;t there specific things I&nbsp;should know?&quot; The answer is yes! This list of things men should know is your starting place. Man up and read.

48 Things Every Man Should Know

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Epic #Fails

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Pinterest fails their users on a daily basis by not providing a warning that says, &quot;WARNING: Most of this stuff is impossible for you to do on your first try, so just look at the pretty pictures, and face the harsh reality of what your skill level is at Martha Stewart stuff.&quot; But, since they don&#39;t do that, this is what we get. We get these DIY disasters or funny Pinterest fails (or, to take away the branding to just general &quot;craft fails&quot;) all around the web every single day.

Pinterest FAILs That'll Ruin Your DIY Dreams

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A smart person discovers&nbsp;a loophole, then puts it to good use.&nbsp;In addition to finding <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/free-things-no-one-takes-advantage-of/lowe-saddler?ref=search" target="_blank">free stuff online</a>,&nbsp;thrifty shoppers can use forgery, expired coupons, and borrowed&nbsp;employee discounts to knock a few bucks off of their purchases.&nbsp;It's a skill, really, though some overly moral folk might frown upon such practices of harmless deceit. Is it really a crime if you use a few <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wal-mart-facts-and-hacks/donn-saylor?ref=search" target="_blank">Walmart hacks</a> to secure the best deal possible? Who suffers when you capitalize on some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sephora-employees-shopping-hacks/ashley-reign?ref=search" target="_blank">Sephora secrets</a> to get cheaper makeup?If you believe that the answers to both questions are, &quot;No&quot; and &quot;No one,&quot; then you'll love learning from some especially thrifty Redditors. They got together and shared experiences about <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/companies-that-will-send-you-the-best-free-stuff-if-you-just-complain-a-little/donn-saylor" target="_blank">exploiting various loopholes</a>; it's hard to&nbsp;even fathom how ingenious they are. Some penny-pinching Redditors&nbsp;scammed free airport meals for months, while&nbsp;some even got free pizza by cleverly duping the system.Truly, these frugal fellows are inspirations to us all. Vote up the cleverest hacks that just deserve the credit and secretly appease that inner scammer you've got inside you.

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Cooking involves a lot of trial and error, and one of the means many people use to learn is through watching others cook. But because of this, it&#39;s easy to see how to prepare foods in the wrong manner. Similar to how many of us <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/food-you-have-been-eating-wrong/donn-saylor" target="_blank">eat food the wrong way</a>, common cooking mistakes&nbsp;happen because everyone else uses, and endorses, the same problematic methods.

To avoid wasting your food and to maximize your ingredients&#39; potential, check out many of these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/cooking-tips/casey-cavanagh" target="_blank">helpful kitchen hacks</a>&nbsp;you likely never knew. You may be surprised to learn how to make mashed potatoes properly, or that your pasta water could help you create a delicious sauce to go along with your linguine. For those concerned with wasting food, this list also delves into the incorrect ways some foods are stored.

Once you realize all the things you&#39;ve been cooking wrong, your culinary experience might&nbsp;improve for the better.&nbsp;

Things You've Been Doing Wrong In The Kitchen Your Entire Life: Common Cooking Mistakes

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Mick Jacobs

Traffic stops, the kidney stones of driving, typically arrive without warning and are much more painful if you fail to prepare for them. To spare yourself the cost and grief, maybe take down some of these tricks for how to get&nbsp;out of a ticket. Plenty of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ways-to-avoid-traffic-tickets/anncasano" target="_blank">ways to avoid traffic tickets</a>&nbsp;are already known by much of the general public, but this list delves into specific stories where people got out of getting traffic tickets. If you want a little bit of extra prep for your next officer encounter, rest assured, because a few police officers share their tips for avoiding traffic tickets. Tips to getting out of speeding tickets come from both sides of the team, citizens and officers, both of whom&nbsp;ultimately want the streets to be safer.

Typically, most people&#39;s tips to getting out of tickets involve honesty and manners, but not everyone is good at being, well,&nbsp;good. For all you antiheroes out there, there are also a few tricks people use to avoid traffic violations for the next time <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-things-to-do-if-you-get-pulled-over/lauren-slocum" target="_blank">you get pulled over</a>.

Police And Citizens Share The Best Ways To Get Out Of Tickets

How To Get Out Of A Ticket: Cops & Citizens Share The Best Ways

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