32 Shockingly Genius Things That Are WAAAAAY Ahead Of Their Time
1. This ✨Library of Things✨:
My local library has a "library of things" for residents to borrow useful household items like toolkits and power washers from mildlyinteresting
2. These bathrooms that honor all toilet preferences!!!!!
Local brewey doesn't have gender specific bathrooms, only stalls with the specific type of toilet. from mildlyinteresting
3. This oven that knows we all need a lil' reminder sometimes:
my oven shows the time that you started cooking incase you didn’t set a timer from mildlyinteresting
4.This airport bathroom that shows you which stalls are occupied and which are vacant:
5.This REVERSIBLE(!!!!!) park bench that lets you choose whether you'd like to look at the park or the ocean:
These public benches are reversible, so you can choose to look at people, or boats. from r/mildlyinteresting
6. This cool bar *drum fill*:
7.This Uber driver's genius "ride menu":
8. This library that has an AMAZING view, if I do say so me-self!
9.This elevator with foot buttons so you don't have to touch regular germy buttons:
10. This literal oasis of massage chairs and phone chargers and I guess husbands!
11.These imprinted fruit labels that avoid wasteful stickers:
12.These ice cubes made from frozen coffee to keep iced coffee from getting too watered down:
A local cafe uses some ice cubes made of frozen coffee so my iced coffee wouldn't get as watered down from r/mildlyinteresting
13.This much more straightforward instruction setup:
14.This handy-dandy nail polish sampler:
Nail polish bottle has a swatch of the colour attached to the bottle so you can see how the colour looks on you. from r/mildlyinteresting
15. This supermarket that's mindful of those who like calmer surroundings:
16.This brilliant eco-friendly contraption!!!
17.This helpful parking hack:
18. This bathroom that costs money (yes, weird) but has a cut-out so kids can bypass the financial burden:
Had to pay 50 cent to use the restroom, but there is a cutout for kids to use it free. from mildlyinteresting
19.These emergency alarm cords in case someone falls and can't get up:
Emergency alarm chords running along the floor of the disabled toilet in Berlin Airport in case someone falls over and requires assistance from r/mildlyinteresting
20.This not *necessary* invention, but a fun one that I endorse nonetheless!!!!!!!!
21.These clearly labeled empanadas:
22.These different soaps for different purposes:
23.These revolving fridge shelves:
24. This ingenious way to dispense face masks:
25.These office chairs that are perfect for both cubicles and shredding gnar:
26.This library guide to help people quietly find subjects they might be too embarrassed to ask about:
This library has a directory for topics people might be embarrassed to ask for. from r/mildlyinteresting
27.This door that makes the most of limited bathroom space:
28.This changing CVV number that helps prevent credit card theft!!!!!!!!
29.These low-to-the-ground fire evacuation plans because, ya know...smoke rises:
The hotel I am staying at has the fire evacuation plans at ground level so you can see them if smoke has filled the hallways from r/mildlyinteresting
30.This in-store solution so parents can test out strollers on different ~terrain~:
31.This shirt that's always prepared for your lens-wiping needs!!!!!!!
32.And lastly, this hygienic spatula booster:
My roommates spatula has a stand so the bit that touches your food doesn’t touch the counter from r/mildlyinteresting