We’ve been peeling oranges all wrong… plus a load of handy tips that’ll make daily life MUCH easier 

WANT to make your whole life A LOT easier? These handy hacks might be the key to saving you both time and energy.

People have been sharing savvy life tips, from a mind-blowing trick for peeling oranges efficiently to how to how to fill up a bucket of water in a tiny sink.

Reddit / MrFitzy

If your bucket is too big to fit under your sink, you can try placing a dust pan under the tap and using it as a funnel[/caption]

The incredible hacks have been shared on the website Diply, and the batch includes advice on performing household chores more effectively.

And there are also numerous tips on how to make the most of your food and drink, including the clever use for the folded edges of a juice carton.

Meanwhile, it turns out we’ve been peeling bananas all wrong, and there is a much better way of doing it.

How many of these tricks could improve your life for the better…

Very ap-peeling

YouTube / Howtomake

You can peel an orange so each segment is laid out in tact by firstly cutting the ends off[/caption]

YouTube / Howtomake

Then slice half way through to the middle, before opening it up like a concertina[/caption]

Chop to it

Reddit / Enobyte

Hate getting cheesy fingers when eating crisps? This tongue-in-cheek hack suggests using chopsticks[/caption]

Skin-credible?

YouTube / Crazy Bananas

While most people peel their bananas from the stem down, some have suggested we should copy monkeys in splitting from the base[/caption]

Feeling hot

Twitter / @omglifehacks

In order to heat up a dish in the microwave so all the food heats evenly, you should leave a gap in the centre of the dish[/caption]

Nailed it

Reddit / Piyh

Never break a nail by opening a can ring again! Some bottle openers have a special section that can help with the lids[/caption]

Size matters

Lifehacker

Get even more ketchup in your paper container by opening out the folded sides[/caption]

Feel the chill

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Wrap wet paper town round your drink bottles to help cool them down on a hot day[/caption]

Hidden agenda

Reddit / Yourmom46

If you want to cross out a word so it can’t be read, add other letters on top instead of drawing a line through it[/caption]

Drink to that

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The edges of a cartoon can be turned up so you can grip them while sipping your drink[/caption]

Milking it

Necking it

YouTube / Roger Dilly

Instead of using a knife to get ketchup out of a bottle, tapping it on the side by the neck should help it on its way[/caption]

Put a lid on it

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You can use takeaway cup lids as a coaster if you don’t want to leave a water ring mark[/caption]

We shared how a mum transformed her spare bedroom into glam ‘woman cave’ with bar and neon lights with just £400 in a WEEK.

While this mum transformed her kitchen worktops using a £4.50 tool and trendy marble stickers.

And this mum raved about a little-known function that sees some ovens clean THEMSELVES.