33 Genius Things That Are Living In 3021 While We're Stuck In 2021

What if we kissed on the Reversible Park Bench™...aha......unless?! 👀

1. This toilet-sink hybrid that LITERALLY cuts water usage IN 👏 HALF!!!!!!!!!!!! 👏

On many Japanese toilets, the hand wash sink is attached so that you can wash your hands and reuse the water for the next flush. Japan saves millions of liters of water every year doing this. from interestingasfuck

2. This airport bathroom that shows you which stalls are occupied and which are vacant:

This airport bathroom has lights to show you which stalls are free. from r/mildlyinteresting

u/bellz2

3. This hotel room button that will wake you up if the northern lights are a-gleamin'!!!

My hotel phone in Iceland has a special button that will wake you up if there are northern lights in the sky. from mildlyinteresting

4. 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

u/BenjiMalone

5. This Uber driver's genius "ride menu":

My Uber driver offered a conversation “menu” for his ride from r/mildlyinteresting

6. This elevator with foot buttons so you don't have to touch regular germy buttons:

This elevator at my university has feet buttons from r/mildlyinteresting

u/Chrnan6710

7. This concept of using pasta as a coffee stirrer instead of using that little plastic tube stirrer!!!

This cafe uses fettuccini pasta for coffee-stirrers as an alternative to plastic or wood. from mildlyinteresting

8. 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

u/thoughtgun

9. This absolute DREAM of a Shower Beer Fridge™:

The hotel I stayed at last weekend has a 'Shower Beer' fridge by the shower. from mildlyinteresting

10. These imprinted fruit labels that avoid wasteful stickers:

Mango with label stamped into it instead of having a sticker from r/mildlyinteresting

u/Ryanisapparentlycute

11. This lil' map card a hotel gives to its guests to help them get home, no matter the language barrier!

My hotel in China has a card to give to a taxi driver so you can find your way back. from mildlyinteresting

12. These solar panels that charge students' devices while also doubling as a nice shady umbrella:

These tables at my college campus use solar panels as shade, which in turn provide power for the charging ports on the table from mildlyinteresting

13. This much more straightforward instruction setup:

This furniture hardware is sorted by step rather than by type. from r/mildlyinteresting

14. This café's ✨tea timer✨ to help you steep the perfect cup every time:

This cafe that has timers for your tea. from mildlyinteresting

15. 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

16. This brilliant eco-friendly contraption!!!

My tour guide's tool for picking up littered bottles along the trail. from r/mildlyinteresting

17. This helpful parking hack:

My work continues the paint lines up the wall to help people park. from r/mildlyinteresting

18. 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

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. 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

21. This hotel that's STRICTLY against wasted soap:

My hotel wants you to take the nice soap home! from mildlyinteresting

22. These clearly labeled empanadas:

My lunch at work has letters denoting what type of empanada each is from r/mildlyinteresting

23. This restaurant that has buzzers so you never need to wait for service again:

This restaurant in Bulgaria has a buzzer on each table linked to a waiter’s smart watch from mildlyinteresting

24. These different soaps for different purposes:

Scented and unscented soap in a nice restaurants bathroom from r/mildlyinteresting

25. This in-store solution so parents can test out strollers on different ~terrain~:

This baby store has different surfaces to “road test” the strollers from r/mildlyinteresting

26. This changing CVV number that helps prevent credit card theft!!!!!!!!

New credit card 3 digit (CVV) changes every 4 hours from r/mildlyinteresting

27. These revolving fridge shelves:

Our refrigerator has revolving levels so you can reach everything easily from r/mildlyinteresting

28. These office chairs that are perfect for both cubicles and shredding the gnar:

Chairs at my new job have rollerblade wheels so we can roll quietly from r/mildlyinteresting

29. This door that makes the most of limited bathroom space:

This door in my hotel bathroom can close off either of 2 doorways. from r/mildlyinteresting

30. This restaurant that lets its customers cut their own fresh basil right at their table!!!

This restaurant has basil plants at every table so you can get fresh basil for your soup from mildlyinteresting

31. This shirt that's always prepared for your lens-wiping needs!!!!!!!

This shirt has a piece of lens cloth sewn on the inside for your glasses. from r/mildlyinteresting

32. 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

33. And last, this not *necessary* invention, but a fun one that I endorse nonetheless!!!!!!!!

My carwash lets people shoot passing cars with a suds gun. from r/mildlyinteresting

H/T: r/mildlyinteresting.