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The Daily Dot

<p>Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.</p>


Eilish O’Sullivan

3 panel image of a TikTok user sharing a lifehack for pumping gasoline.

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“Make sure you get all your gas”: Man says not to pump gas on fastest setting. Does it really matter?

2 panel image showing a typical wasp's nest and a person explaining.

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“Us southerners know a thing or two”: Why do homeowners paint their porch ceilings blue? Does it really keep insects away?

2 panel image of a person buying a pineapple at a typical super market and a TikTok user holding a pineapple and explaining.

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“If your mom didn’t teach you this”: Here’s how to tell if a pineapple is perfectly ripe

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“This might be 5 pounds”: P. Terry’s customer shows how to order secret menu item the “P. Scary”

2 Panel Image of For logo and diagram of car trunk opener

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“Love the attention to detail”: Ford driver pops open trunk, notices a potentially life-saving lever

3 panel image showing scenes from a Walmart checkout. Text over: real ones know almost all great value items have hidden barcodes.

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“Real ones know”: Walmart worker scans Great Value cheese, tater tots, and rice using hidden barcode trick

3 Panel Image, Woman in her car and Autozone Store front

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“I wish I would have known a little sooner”: Woman shares how you can get free brake pads at AutoZone. Does it work?

2 Panel image of man wearing red shirt and person painting wall with brush

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“Turns out perfect every time”: Man shows painter’s tip he learned to touch up paint

3 panel image. Woman, excited, with caption that reads: "all right look" on left. Walmart in center. Vacuum in cart on left.

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“I’m about to show you how this works”: Walmart shopper finds Shark vacuum on “hidden clearance” for only $34

2 Panel Image of chevy truck from behind and Man stepping on gas pedal

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“$300 fee”: Tow truck driver picks up a brand-new Chevrolet truck. Then mechanic realizes the floor mat is the issue

2 Panel image of maintenance man and garbage disposal with scrap of food stuffed

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Maintenance expert shows how to clean your garbage disposal—all you need is ice cubes, dish soap

3 panel image: a person looking stressed, a washing machine, a person explaining.

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“How does the washing machine know?”: Laundry expert reveals the real reason why your washing machine’s timer isn’t accurate

3 panel image from a TikTok post where a person explains an interesting fact about tape measures.

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“I wish I knew before I was in my 30s”: You’ve been using tape measures wrong. Here’s why

3 panel image showing shoppers at Walmart finding hidden deals and the exterior of a Walmart store with the logo on it.

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“Since nobody cooks anymore”: Walmart shopper finds 36-inch, $296 Blackstone griddle on “hidden clearance”—for only $106

2 panel image of in-n-out burger logo and animal style burgers and fries

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“They just wanna be able to say they got it”: In-N-Out order taker says people who order animal-style don’t really know what that means