MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Do Juice Boxes Have Those Two Flaps On The Side?

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Do Juice Boxes Have Those Two Flaps On The Side?

You’ve seen them before whenever your kids have a juice box. Those two flaps one on each side of the top of the box. Not they’re not to make the juice fly. Even though they look like wings.

They were actually designed that way as little handles to make it easier for kids to hold the juice box without squeezing it and squirting the juice all over.

 

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