15 (Secretly) Brilliant Design Features

It turns out stuff you use every day has little hidden features that make them more brilliant than you initially thought.
15 (Secretly) Brilliant Design Features

Easter eggs are great. They make any game or movie or TV show infinitely better just by being there -- and often you never notice! But guess what? Media isn't the only thing with easter eggs. It turns out stuff you use every day has little hidden features that make them more brilliant than you initially thought.

We asked you to bring us some of these awesome easter eggs. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

Ever wondered why Lego heads have a hole in them? d ou It's a safety featurer the hole will allow a child to CRACKEDCOMT breathe if it is swallowed.
Doorknobs are most commonly made out of brass. Which is good since FIGURE 1: KNOB brass has antimicrobial properties and will disinfect itself, gettin
Mah EVER WONDER It's TO HELP WHY BREWERS BLOCK OUT CHOOSE BROWN- ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT COLORED GLASS FROM THE SUN, WHICH CAN WHEN THEY LEAD TO A BEER BOTT
YOU DON'T NEED TO POUR OUT YOUR CHINESE TAKEOUT INTO A PLATE. THAT WEIRD-LOOKING TAKE-OUT BOX UNFOLDS INTO ONE! YOU CAN EVEN PROP UP THE TOP SIDES OF
The iconic shape that blazes in our minds as the quintessential light bulb served two purposes in the advent of electrical lighting: it was easily des
SEAT BELTS ...give slack to fit different passengers, yet LOCK on impact! WHY? HOW? WUEBBING SPROCKET LOCK BAR PENDULUM Force A little pendulum swings
GRAGKED.CONT Girls' bicycles have A lower frame than boys' bikes. This is so women in the 1800s could wear long dresses without damaging them or accid
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Are a golf ball's dimples just there for aesthetics? Try aerodynamics! They actually create turbulence in the layer of air surrounding a ball in fligh
The Jerry Can that could! ...fuel Nazis as they Blitzed & Krieged all over Europe 110400 Air pocket on top meant it floated even when full Perfect for
Talk about a timeless design! Sulphur matches like the ones we still use to light our barbecue grills today were first used in China OVER 1000 YEARS A
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In addition to keepin your apple juice chilled & you lookin NASA cool in the cafeteria, your lunch THERMOS used the same VACUUM FLASK technology origi
Hellol I'm a gem paperclip. A myriad of .paperclip designs It looks like have destroyed all cropped in the competitors. Would up. 1890's, all like you
Manhole covers are round so that they cannot possibly fall through their own holes. Any shape other than a circle would be able to fit through in at l

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