You Might Be Misusing These Everyday Essentials

6. Soda Can Tabs

The best places to buy are wholesale retailers. Product Cost on Average: $10 for a 24-count* This product hack has been widely circulated on social media on multiple occasions. We've been using the tabs on Coke cans "all wrong," as Food Beast put it. You may use the tab on your preferred Pepsi or Coca-Cola can to hold a straw by rotating it.

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Soda Can Tab via @Karyn Fuser on @news.iheart.com and Pinterest Open the can of soda first. After that, turn the tab so that the tab hole covers the entrance of the can. Straws made of plastic, paper, or metal can be readily inserted through the tab. It's unclear if it was the rotatable can tab's intended function or if it was merely a pleasant but unintentional bonus.