Practical hacks to make your everyday life easier: It worked almost immediately

Sounds too good to be true.When a Reddit user asked the question, “What’s an insanely useful life hack that sounds fake but actually works?” thousands of people rushed to the comment section of the thread to share small — some very unexpected — things that can make your day-to-day life easier.

The answers ranged from health tips to cleaning hacks to food tricks.Here’s what people shared.

“If you are in a boring meeting or driving or otherwise in the middle of something where nodding off is unacceptable, just hold your breath,” one person shared.“If you hold it long enough, your body will send a rush of blood to your brain, which in turn will make you suddenly feel wide awake.

The effect is not long-lived, though, but it can save you when you just need to stay awake and alert for just a bit longer.”“If you get a mosquito bite, run a spoon under hot water (not hot enough to burn obvs) and then press the back it to the bite, and repeat that a couple times — it helps ‘cook’ the itchy protein so that you don’t have that large histamine reaction!” advised another user.“If you burn your tongue, put sugar on it,” suggested one person.“Was in Mexico with a partner several years ago, and he got overconfident with hot sauce.He started freaking out and the waiter came over and advised him to pour a sugar packet on his tongue.

It worked almost immediately, and I’ve always wondered if it was psychosomatic or a real thing!” someone wrote.“Putting a tiny bit of salt in bitter coffee makes it not bitter,” someone else shared.“Sniff alcohol wipes when nauseous.

Or in a pinch, hand sanitizer.The isopropyl alcohol somehow instantly stops nausea, even faster and more efficiently than ondansetron,” chimed in someone else.“To clean any stained Tupperware, place a folded-up paper towel with a bit of dish soap and water in and close the lid.

Shake vigorously, and it will come out spotless,” another comment read.“Micellar water ca...