{"id":19444,"date":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/what-the-tab-on-end-of-chopsticks-is-for-will-blow-your-mind\/"},"modified":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","slug":"what-the-tab-on-end-of-chopsticks-is-for-will-blow-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/what-the-tab-on-end-of-chopsticks-is-for-will-blow-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"What the tab on the end of chopsticks is for will blow your mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>You\u2019ve probably never wondered what the bit on the end of wooden chopsticks is for, most people haven\u2019t\u2026 but it turns out it serves a very useful purpose.<\/h3>\n<p>Most of us seem to have just assumed it was a way to keep both chopsticks together until they were used.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bortofdarkness\" target=\"_blank\">But a Twitter user blew the minds of people all around the world<\/a> when she posted a photo of what it is REALLY for. She\u2019d never realised, and apparently many others hadn\u2019t either&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"What the tab on the end of chopsticks is for will blow your mind | FIVEAA\" title=\"What the tab on the end of chopsticks is for will blow your mind | FIVEAA\" height=\"847\" width=\"636\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chopsticks2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bortofdarkness\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3>The tab breaks off and actually works as a small block to rest your chopsticks on \u2013 no more dirty tablecloths!<\/h3>\n<p>Genius.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all. The same goes for toothpicks:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"What the tab on the end of chopsticks is for will blow your mind | FIVEAA\" title=\"What the tab on the end of chopsticks is for will blow your mind | FIVEAA\" height=\"346\" width=\"900\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/toothpick.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The end&nbsp;breaks off and acts as toothpick rest.<\/h3>\n<p>Is this the most important thing you\u2019ll learn today?? Probably not, but you\u2019ll be the clever one next time you\u2019re eating Chinese with friends and you\u2019re the only who doesn\u2019t soil the tablecloth.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/shane-warne-rips-into-steve-waugh-in-brutal-on-air-sledge\">SHANE WARNE RIPS INTO STEVE WAUGH IN VICIOUS ON AIR SLEDGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/south-s-agenda-to-paint-afl-as-superior-to-soccer-says-simon-hill\">SIMON HILL ACUSES GRAHAM CORNES OF ANTI-SOCCER AGENDA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably never wondered what the bit on the end of wooden chopsticks is for, most people haven\u2019t\u2026 but it turns out it serves a very useful purpose. Most of us seem to have just assumed it was a way to keep both chopsticks together until they were used. 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