If you’re running late for work and want a little Cream of Wheat for breakfast, make sure to leave out the maple syrup. The plastic squeeze bottle that it’s in has probably turned brittle from being in the fridge for six months and is likely to shatter when you accidentally drop it on the floor, spraying ant-attracting syrup all over the place and leaving you with just minutes to clean it up before you’re late for work.

The more you know.