Chinese Food Takeout Boxes
If you ever bring home Chinese takeout but can’t find a clean plate to eat from, you can make one right out of the takeout box. It was designed to unfold, so it would provide a decent sized plate. Best of all, once you’re done with it, you can throw it away. But since it’s a pretty wasteful practice, make sure you don’t do it too often!
Your Stapler’s Metal Plate
Ever inspected your stapler up and close? Of course not! But if you take another look, you’ll notice a metal plate at the front end of your stapler. This design feature is not there just to reinforce or help bend the staples. It’s called an anvil, and you can adjust it by turning your stapler upside down. Then you spin the wheel under it until it lines up with the hole in the metal plate. This is used to temporarily guide the staple’s arms from inwards to outward, which makes it easier to remove the staples.
