5. Tabs for soda cans
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Most of us are compelled to fiddle with the small tab or repeatedly bend it until it pops out when we open a fresh can of soda. What else can you do with it once it’s open, after all? Still, did you realize that the tiny opening on the tab was designed to accommodate your straw?

Coca-Cola can tabs © Stockphotofan1, SiljeAO, and Shutterstock
If you prefer not to press your lips against the can, you can stick your straw through the opening and drink whenever you like, without worrying that the drink’s carbon dioxide will push the straw out.
When you consider it, this is a brilliant design that ought to be used far more often than it is. Now that you know, you can assist in spreading the information and, as the designers intended, change the can-drinking experience for the general public!
