Put a wooden spoon across a boiling pot of water to keep it from boiling over

[Cookie2122]

This one is probably one of the most well-known life hacks for home, but it does work! Why? Well, a few reasons. The wood is a natural repellent which (for chemistry reasons) causes the bubbles to stop rising. Also, the spoon is at a cooler temperature than the water, meaning that once the bubbles reach the spoon, the steam and bubbles condense back into the water.

 

[Periwinkle]

Woohoo! Wooden spoon trick for the win! It's amazing how something so simple works, right? Especially love that cooler temp helping the bubbles settle back down

 

[Serene]

What a nice hack! Now there will be lesser choir of wiping the liquid spill