That smartphone of yours is smarter than you think. It can even help tell you how to properly do your laundry.

The video platform, TikTok, has been a big topic in the news lately. That's a story for another day. However, what I like about it is that it allows users to share videos of all kinds. Singing, dancing, funny content, and even educational hacks. My favorite thing to watch on TikTok is the life hacks. Some of them I already knew about, others I am discovering for the first time like so many others. Honestly, you could really learn a lot from TikTok.

There have been so many viral TikTok hacks that we have covered in the past, such as the best way to keep your shoes from stinking without wearing socks, an easier way to make mac & cheesehow to clean your dishwasher, and several others. I recently just found another one that involves your laundry. This little hack is actually a game-changer.

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Your iPhone Can Help with Your Laundry

Okay, so while your iPhone is smart, it's not able to actually do your laundry for you...which would actually be really nice especially if it could fold and put away your laundry. It can, however, help you with something that many people are unsure of. You know those symbols on the tag of your clothing that are supposed to tell you how to properly wash and dry them. Do you know what those symbols actually mean? Some of them are pretty self-explanatory, but others you have no idea what it means. That doesn't really help you, especially if you are not good or new at doing laundry. That's where your iPhone comes into play.

I saw this video on TikTok that shows that your iPhone can tell you exactly what those symbols mean to help you with your laundry, and it's pretty easy to do. All you have to do is take a photo of the tag with your iPhone, and after a couple of clicks, you'll know exactly what those strange symbols actually mean.

I tried it out for myself on a shirt, and to my surprise, it actually worked! This is ideal for younger people just learning or folks like me who have absolutely no idea what those symbols are. I just throw my clothes in the washer and dryer and wish them the best of luck. Check out my results, and the step-by-step process below.

How Your iPhone Can Help With Laundry

Your iPhone can help you do your laundry by revealing what those strange symbols on the tag of your clothes really mean.

Gallery Credit: Travis Sams

10 Other Uses for Hand Sanitizer

I discovered hand sanitizer's ability to be more than just a germ-killing product one morning while making coffee in the kitchen at work. While pouring myself a cup from a full pot, a small stream dribbled down the side of the pot and onto the white countertop. I wiped it up with a paper towel, but a light brown stain still remained. A tried a disinfectant wipe which helped a little, but you could still faintly see where the dribble had landed. Then I remembered having alcohol wipes at one point during the pandemic. They had been used up and not replaced for some time, but there was still a bottle of hand sanitizer sitting out. I squirted a little on the stain, wiped over it with a paper towel, and boom, the countertop looked brand new. This got my curious mind wondering if there was anything else I could use it for, so it was off to the internet to see what I could find. It turns out, thanks to its high concentration of ethanol or isopropyl alcohol, hand sanitizer can be used for all sorts of things.

Gallery Credit: Ryan O'Bryan

Coffee Creamer is the Secret Ingredient

I love coffee. It's pretty much the ONLY thing that makes mornings worth getting up for. As Lorelei Gilmore once said, I think I was coffee in another life. And one thing I love to put in my coffee is fancy creamers! This might be a shock to some, but I prefer at-home brew with CoffeeMate over drive-thru lattes. Sorry but not really sorry.

Did you know that there is MORE to do with coffee creamer though than just sticking it in coffee? It's actually a secret ingredient...

Gallery Credit: ASHLEY SOLLARS

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