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Onions add flavor to dishes and are used in many recipes. But not everyone ready to put up with the unique taste of this vegetable.

According to some people, your signature is a unique way of expressing the way you want others to see you. On the other hand, it’s also a way of verifying your identity, and as such, it has to be unforgettable. After all, even in our digital age, many transactions, especially financial ones, still require a handwritten signature. 5-Minute Crafts put together 5 tips for you to create a signature that is safe according to forensic document examiners. While it may be hard to combine all the techniques, you might want to consider all the options laid out below.

Being attacked is a situation no one wants to get into, but unfortunately, nobody is 100% safe from this experience. Though it’s always better to undergo special training beforehand, knowing the basics of self-defense will also help you to feel more comfortable and empowered in an emergency situation.

Hugging or playing with our furry pets is part of our routine and helps show them just how much we love and pamper them. But in this process, it’s inevitable for their hair to get stuck on our clothes, couches, or even the floors and carpets throughout the house. So, 5-Minute Crafts came up with some tips that will allow you to easily remove the hairs your pet leaves on any surface.

There is only an hour left before an important meeting. You have only 1 pair of socks that you’ve just taken out of the washing machine. You can’t wait, so you have to figure out how to dry your socks quickly and to get to the meeting on time.

After coming back from the supermarket with fresh fruits and vegetables, it is important to know how to store them, while at the same time making sure that they don’t lose their nutritional value. One of the most practical techniques is to dry or dehydrate the food in order to get the most out of it.

Coconuts are both delicious and healthy, but opening them, if you aren’t familiar with the proper technique, is always quite a challenge. The process itself isn’t that difficult, and 5-Minute Crafts is ready to show you how to open a coconut without any trouble.

Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world — after water, of course. There are many reasons for this. Not only can it make for a delicious drink, but it also has ingredients with special properties that, depending on the nutrient, will remain active even after the drink has been prepared. That’s why you don’t always have to throw away your tea bags after using them. 5-Minute Crafts is showing you 10 ways to recycle your used tea bags.

Glass and crystal generally become cloudy when they are dusty and stained with liquid. Even after washing, mineral and scale residues present in tap water can give the impression that they’re still dirty. Cleaning your glass objects frequently is, of course, key to preserving them in their best state. But doing so in a good way is even better.5-Minute Crafts shows you different methods that will help you keep your glass and crystal clean and shiny.

Cell phone covers tend to turn yellow quickly because they are in constant contact with our hands or with all kinds of dirty objects and surfaces.

The world generates more than 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually. From 20 to 50% of it can be recycled. You just have to separate recyclable waste from the waste that can’t be recycled.

The most obvious way to find out your ring size is to go to a jewelry store and measure your finger with a ring sizer. But what if you want to buy a ring online or want to give a present to another person?

About 48 million people get sick every year from eating food that has been in contact with bacteria or germs that could potentially be dangerous to the human body. Since strawberries are one of the most popular fresh fruits to enjoy in different seasons, we want to show you the best options to clean them to ensure they’re safe for consumption.

A lemon tree is easy to grow at home. You just need a small branch of an adult tree or to grow seedlings from regular lemon seeds. With a little bit of patience and just a few weeks, you’ll start to see thick green leaves. And even further down the line, given that the plant receives the right amount of attention and care, you will get bright lemons.

Gas prices continue to increase every now and then. The best way to save money on gas is to reduce its consumption, and there are a myriad of ways to do it. 5-Minute Crafts highlights the best ways to go easy on gas and your wallet. Read below to find out more.

A lot of us have woken up to our car windows being completely frozen, making it impossible to drive. To help you with this, 5-Minute Crafts created a guide with simple steps to defrost your car windows quickly.

We were taught how to calculate percentages at school, but by the time we hit adulthood, many of us lost this important skill. Whether you’re trying to calculate a discount at the store or are thinking about what amount of money you should save every month to go on your dream vacation, you need to know the correct math formula.

Aside from the famous way to start a fire using sticks and friction that you might have seen in Cast Away, you can use other pretty effective methods. But don’t forget to be careful!

White mushrooms are the most popular cultivated mushrooms in the world. They can be found on store shelves all year round. But, unfortunately, not all of them come to us fresh and most mushrooms start to go bad just a few days after we purchase them.

Although nail biting doesn’t typically cause any permanent damage to your nails, it can spoil their appearance, destroy your teeth, and even make you sick. So 5-Minute Crafts put together some effective tips to help you get rid of this habit.