Hair style

Apply hair gel after you've put on a shirt.

Salt water

Adding salt to water lowers its boiling point, so you'll reach a boil faster.

Wine temp

Red wine is served at room temperature.

True Brainstorming

Brainstorming is most successful when a group's members spend time thinking of ideas on their own, outside the group, and then bring those ideas "to the table" when they meet.

If members wait until they gather to begin formulating ideas, it may encourage less participation; members may rely on others to do the group's thinking.

Child reward strategy

Rewarding a child for effort is more successful than rewarding achievement.

Firefly sight

Fireflies/lightning bugs do not see blue light.

Check cabinets

If you are selling or throwing out a piece of furniture used for storing items (ie, desk, cabinet, drawers), make sure to open and check all the compartments beforehand. There may be a forgotten item that will be sold/thrown out along with the furniture it's within.

What makes a theory

A scientific theory has some characteristics: a model that fits the evidence, an explained mechanism, and a record of making successful predictions.

Speeding to a stop

Accelerating to a red light is a waste of gas. If an upcoming light turns red, remove your foot from the gas pedal and coast the rest of the way, applying the brake when necessary.

Friend you've never met

If you are heading to a meeting or social gathering, assume every strange also walking the same direction is heading there as well. Hold the door open, be pleasant in elevators, because if they are also part of the group to which you're heading and you're cold, obnoxious, or rude to them, the entirety of the event will be awkward.

Balloon fill

The helium in balloons is cryogenically distilled out of natural gas.

Equivalence

Proof is confirmation.

Stretch of strength

When handing something heavy from one person to another, don't reach to make the pass. Because you're reaching you'll be unable get a good grip and if you've misjudged the weight you're likely to drop the object.

If you must reach, at least make sure there's nothing fragile underneath the object during the transaction.

Food Efficiency

One meal of meat takes five meals worth of grain to produce.

Cosmomutt

"Laika" is Russian for "Barker."

Green potatoes

Potatoes left in the sun will develop green skin and a green discoloration underneath the skin. This signifies the presence of solanine, a toxic substance. Although it would take the consumption of many potatoes to cause poisonous effects, it's best the peel the green away until only white flesh remains.