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Now, there's a new finding that can join this list. This one is about your car seatbelt.
The button on your seatbelt
Maybe you have not even noticed at all, but if you take a look at a car seatbelt, there is a tiny button a couple of inches away from the buckle. Have you wondered the point of it?
Well, a TikToker @epicfacts just shared the tidy reason why. He captioned his video saying,
What The Secret Button On Your Seatbelts Does
Even though the tiny button seems like an insignificant details, it actually serves an important purpose.
The button on the seatbelt is there in order to ensure that your seatbelt buckle stays in place. As the TikToker explains,
The little button on your seatbelt is to stop the buckle from going past it.
So it will always be in the right spot when you go to buckle it up.
Reactions to the purpose of the seatbelt button
Some people were blown away by the seatbelt button fact. A comment states,
Wow that seatbelt one blew my mind, I could have never thought of that
Another asks,
um secret button????
Still another comments,
i can't believe this
However, many people in the comment section also iterated that the mystery of the button is not so mysterious after all. One viewer states,
Everybody knew about the seatbelt one
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Sources used:
TikTok: @epicfacts
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