47 Household Hacks That You Never Knew About Before

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Margins On Lined Paper

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This is one surprising fact that’s also kind of cringe-worthy at the same time, but back in day, people had to worry about rats getting to their papers. When books were bound together, they would leave space more often than not, mice would come and chew up the side of their books, damaging whatever was written inside. The margin was created to make sure that there would be space where the mice could munch without actually getting to the words on the page. Of course these days, people don’t really have the same problem but these margins have also continued to help with the usual wear and tear that happens in notebooks from use.