12 Things That Are Not Used For What They Were Meant For

Some genius inventions were created by chance, and some were meant for absolutely different purposes but were given a new life.
Perhaps you believe that umbrellas have been invented to hide from the rain? If so, you will be so surprised while watching this video! We have found a few things that were used very differently in the past.

TIMESTAMPS
Beer Mat 0:46
Tea 1:43
The writing and reading system for the blind 2:30
M&M's candies 3:15
Balloon animals 3:59
Umbrellas 4:36
Hoods 5:51
Cognac 6:24
Standard Windows games 7:25
A loop at the back of a shirt 8:06
The blue part of an eraser 9:00
The 5th pocket in jeans 9:45

SUMMARY
- Do you know that this thing has a name: bierdeckel? This word of German origin can be translated as "beer top." This item was created in the 19th century in restaurants with summer terraces.
- Nowadays, many people can't imagine their day without a cup of tea. But a long time ago in China, tea was used as a tonic drug. What is more, people mostly chewed, not drank it.
- In 1808, Captain Charles Barbier created the "night alphabet." This was a special system for the military that allowed people to code messages and read them at night.
- Surprisingly, these candies were created for the military during World War II. The plain chocolate melted in the sun, but these candy-coated sweets didn't.The candy entered the mass market only at the end of the 1940s. Do you remember their motto "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand"? This is why it was created.
- To make such balloons, they blew air into the intestines of animals (using the bladder in particular) and tied them with threads made from plants. Sounds yucky and evokes a logical question: who would want to blow such a balloon up?
- When in 1750, a man was seen on the streets of London with an umbrella on a rainy day, the general public was shocked. Despite the abuse, Jonas Hanway, being an eccentric person, kept using his umbrella.
- Different nations around the world have some sort of hoods. However, this detail of clothing became famous thanks to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. They also got their name from the French name for a hood: capuchon.
- The wine of the Charante region started to sell poorly after the Hundred Years' War ended. Only Dutch sailors who sailed to Northern Europe bought this wine to sell at their final destination. However, wine couldn't stay fresh during such a long trip.
- At the beginning of the 1990s, when the world had first seen Windows 3.0, many people didn't know how to use a computer mouse. Free Cell was meant to teach people how to do it correctly.
- A student who studied at an American university cut off this loop to show that he was dating a girl, and the girl was meant to wear the scarf of his college.
- The red part could have left stains on the paper, but the blue part did the job perfectly. So, which side of an eraser you used depended completely on the type of the paper.
- The 5th pocket first appeared in 1873 in Levi's jeans, and it was used to carry a pocket watch. Even today this pocket is called the "watch pocket" in their catalogs and is measured specifically to be able to accommodate the watch of size 16.

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Guys, what do you carry in the 5th pocket in jeans? 9:49

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TIMESTAMPS
Beer Mat 0:46
Tea 1:43
The writing and reading system for the blind 2:30
M&M's candies 3:15
Balloon animals 3:59
Umbrellas 4:36
Hoods 5:51
Cognac 6:24
Standard Windows games 7:25
A loop at the back of a shirt 8:06
The blue part of an eraser 9:00
The 5th pocket in jeans 9:45

[gurkirpasarao]

Dad : Son go help your country in this second World War !
Son : But I don't want to !
Dad : You will
Son : No way
Dad : They have free M&Ms.
Son : Where can I register ?

[onmyway]

It would be so much nicer if your voice was louder than the whistle.

[jacquelinewoods]

Thank you because I never would have thought!!!! Keep up the good work!

[mohakgaur]

That small pocket is used to put coins in it,
Because it was tight coins can't fall from it..👍

[greg]

I love Bright Side.I am so captivated by their vids.

[alaahassan]

Thank you bright side for this great video ❤

[ayushanandghosh]

I love all your videos. They are amazing.

[midwestkatie]

Very interesting. Background is out of balance with voice. Too hard to ignore. Thanks for great stories.

[pheonixherz]

If I drank 50 cups a tea a day, I'd be peeing all day to and not get anything done! What type of tea we're supposed to drink isn't mentioned.

[Nifn]

Not sure if it's a typo or you misspoke, but 5, 500, 000 is five and a half million, not five and a half billion

[nuqrl]

1:39 he read 5 500 000 (five million and five hundred thousand) as 5 500 000 000 (five billion and five hundred million)

[rajenderdhillon]

HY GUYS IF YOU ARE READING THIS HAVE A NICE DAY OR WEEK






LOVE YOU ALL☺😃😃😃

[BestHomeRemedies]

Very interesting! Thank for great video :)

[CreativeQueenx]

🎄🎅🎁❤WHO ELSE IS EXCITED FOR THIS CHRISTMAS ?? 🎅🎄🎁🎄

[yuktiv]

This was shocking and this helped to increase my knowledge thanks a lot

[ranica]

We always referred to the "watch pocket" as the hash pocket because that was where we would hide ours. If you needed to get rid of it quickly and throw it away then you wouldn't be scrabbling around with all the other stuff in your pocket, loose change etc in order to find it quickly.

[nunyabiznez]

I have only ever had pocket watches as my father before me and every pair of pants that I have ever owned has had a watch pocket. What perplexes me is that anyone doesn't know what this is for or thinks it's for something other than watches. I still have my first pocket watch that my father gave me when I was 10 and I have the nicer one I got just before I started high school and the even nicer one I got for graduating high school. I have my father's pocket watch, both that belonged to my grandfather and the four that belonged to my great grandfather but my favorite is the Patek Philippe pocket watch I bought for $50 at a country auction 20 years ago. The gold content alone was worth far more than that. I really don't understand why anyone would want a wrist watch, at least guys anyways. I have tried to wear them but it is exasperating when they snag my arm hair and every few minutes one gets yanked out. Yet I see guys with hairy arms wear them. It makes no sense to me.

[stacieenglish]

WOW 50 cups of tea a day?? Lol I'd be peeing all day all night but anyways y'all have a great one🙃🙃🙃