All sorts of things have different uses, and it turns out the string on tea bags is one of them.

They’re usually there every time we make a cuppa, yet many of us don’t realise why… until recently at least. A video has blown minds on TikTok after it was revealed what they actually do.

It was shared by sky_nolan15 and is a pretty good life hack to learn. She said: “How many people knew this? You take the string and fold the paper end under your cup to keep it in place.”

This was written over…