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1. Drying Your Hands
擦手

If you're using more than one paper towel to dry your hands, you're doing it wrong. Instead, FOLD the paper towel length-wise and use that one piece to dry.
如果你擦手时不只用一张纸巾，那你就做错了。相反，你可以把纸巾纵向折叠，这样一张纸就能把手擦干了。

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2. Pooping
蹲厕所

According to several studies, pooping on a Western toilet is super bad for your bowels. But you don't have to crouch on a hole or next to a tree to get the benefits of a correctly angled rectum. Instead, use a step stool to make your body into the correct shape while still on the ceramic throne you're used to.
几项研究表明蹲西式马桶对肠道特别不好。但你也不用蹲在坑上或树边以找到对直肠有好处的角度。而是使用脚凳，这样你虽然跟以前一样坐在陶瓷宝座上也能保持正确姿势。

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3. Adjusting Your Rear-View Mirrors
调整后视镜

When you adjust your side mirrors, usually you turn them so that you can see the back sliver of your car and think you’re good to go. But you already know where the back of your car is: it's right behind you!! Instead, turn your mirrors until just after your car disappears from view and you can almost eliminate those pesky and dangerous blind spots.
你调整后视镜时总是把后视镜转到你能看见车尾的角度，你以为这样有利于开车。但你都已经知道车尾在哪儿了：就在你后面！！相反，把后视镜调到刚好看不见车尾的角度，这样你几乎就能清除掉那些讨厌又危险的忙点了。

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4. Peeling Potatoes
削土豆

Using a peeler to get your potatoes naked is fine if you hate your time. But if you want to do this magic, boil your taters FIRST, then pop them in an ice water bath for a mere five seconds and the skin will slide right off.
如果你想浪费时间，你可以用剥皮器削土豆皮。但如果你想用这个妙招，就先把马铃薯煮一下，然后马上放进冰水里5秒钟，马上就能把皮剥下来。

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5. Cracking Eggs
打碎鸡蛋

Cracking an egg on the side of a bowl usually leaves little shells on the raw egg that are a pain to remove. Instead, gently tap the egg on the counter or a cutting board and then use both hands to pull the two sides apart. No more shell pieces!
在碗边敲开鸡蛋通常会使少量鸡蛋壳留在生鸡蛋里，想弄出来很费劲。其实你可以把鸡蛋放在台面或砧板上轻拍，然后用两只手把鸡蛋掰开。鸡蛋里不会进皮！

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6. Flushing
冲厕所

If you're flushing with the lid up, guess where all those particles and germs are going when they're stirred up by the swirling action? Into the air! On your body! On your toothbrush, probably!
如果你敞着盖子冲马桶，猜猜这些微粒和细菌被漩涡作用搅动起来都去哪儿了？进到空中了！落在你身上了，可能还落在牙刷上！

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7. Eating Pizza
吃披萨

There is nothing quite as devastating to a hungry drunk as lifting a piping hot slice to your face only to have the good stuff fall off. Prevent this travesty by bending the edges of your pizza enough to create a U shape (DO NOT FOLD IT) that will keep those toppings taut.
当饥肠辘辘的你把滚烫的一块披萨放在嘴边时，上面好吃的东西却都掉了。没有比这更糟的事了。为了避免这种尴尬，你可以把披萨的边弯成U形（别对折），这样披萨上的美味配料就不会掉下来了。

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8. Opening Plastic Packaging
打开塑料包装

Trying to use scissors to open blister packages is a frustrating and sometimes dangerous ordeal. Instead, just use a can opener! And if you want to change the rest of your can-opening moments for the better, do yourself a favor and get THIS can opener.
用剪子剪开硬塑料包装很费劲，有时也很危险。相反，你可以用开罐器。如果你想以后开瓶都不费劲，你用这种开罐器。

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9. Pouring From a Carton
倒纸盒包装液体的方法

When you pour anything from a carton, your instinct is to put the spout close to the glass. But actually, this method results in a floppy splashy pour stream. Instead, turn the carton upside down and hold the flap down flat for a smooth pour.
从纸盒包装里倒东西时，你下意识地就会把盒嘴挨着杯子倒，但其实这个方法容易使液体溅出来。相反你可以把盒子翻过来，把没有嘴的一边朝下缓缓倒出液体。

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10. Unloading Soda Cans
从箱子里拿出易拉罐

Instead of putting each one into the fridge or putting the whole box in, just open both sides, put the box inside, and use your hand to push all the cans out in a neat stack.
既不用一瓶一瓶地把易拉罐拿出来放冰箱，也不用整箱塞进冰箱，你只要把箱子两边打开，放进冰箱，然后用手把所有罐子推出来，在冰箱里整齐地堆在一起。

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11. Holding a Burger
拿汉堡

If you want to keep the innards of your burger inside the burger, you gotta whip out those pinkies. Scientists actually found this method to be the most effective way to hold a burger. And burger science is the best science.
如果你想让汉堡里面夹的东西都留在汉堡里，你要伸出小手指，科学家确实发现这是拿汉堡最好的方法。汉堡科学是最棒的科学。

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12. Drying Cups & Bowls
沥干杯子和碗

When you put concave dishes face down to dry, gravity helps the water leave, sure, but then it has nowhere to go. This can give dishes and drying mats a mildewy smell that is not ideal. Instead, just put your cups and bowls face up (or for wine glasses, lying on their sides) and you'll have dry dishes in no time with no extra scents.
当你把盘子扣着放沥干时，当然重力能帮点忙，但水落下来又无处可去，这就使盘子和吸水抹布有种发霉的味道，这是我们不希望的。相反，你可以把杯子和碗朝上放（或把酒杯侧倒着放），这样就能使盘子迅速变干，还不留异味。

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13. Beat Boxing
口技

Instead of trying to pretend your mouth is an instrument, just say certain words or phrases repetitively that make those same sounds. Try “Baboons and Pigs” or “Bouncing Cats”.
不要假装自己的嘴是某种乐器，你只须重复几个发音相同的特定的词或短语，试试“Baboons and Pigs”或短语“Bouncing Cats”吧。

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