Top 10 Common Household Items with Surprising Proper Uses

5. Egg Shells

Best places to shop: Costco and local grocery stores. Eggshells can be reused as seed starters, with an average price of $1.48 per dozen. Before using the cracked eggshells, make sure to clean them thoroughly. Then place them in a paper egg carton. Fill each shell with soil and add a few seeds to the egg pots.

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Eggshells as Seed Starters @ausobn/Pinterest Follow the seed's specific seeding instructions. Pete and Gerry found that certain seeds perform better in eggshells than others. Smaller plants, such as oregano, basil, thyme, and flowers, are ideal for starting an eggshell garden. If the plants require sunlight, position the carton where it will receive lots of it, such as on a windowsill.

6. Car headrest

The best place to purchase depends on the car. The average cost of replacing a headrest ranges from $100 to $800. Hopefully, you will not need this information. Car headrests are an often-overlooked component of vehicles. They're just sort of there, and they get little attention (the infotainment centre and heat warmers tend to steal the show).

Car Head Rest @travelerdoor/Pinterest In the worst-case scenario, these headrests could save your life. If you're in an accident and confined inside your automobile, removable headrests can be disconnected and utilised to break the windows. This could come in handy if your automobile slides off the road and becomes buried in water. The headrests are a blunt object that, if slammed into the window, will smash it.