The Stuff Nobody Tells You by Jakob de Villiers III

My grateful thanks to Jakob de Villiers III for sending me a copy of The Stuff Nobody Tells You. It’s my pleasure to share my review today. The Stuff Nobody Tells You is available for purchase here. The Stuff Nobody Tells You Nobody sat you down and explained which drawer the washing powder goes in, what the tax code on your payslip means, or whether the black mould is yours to clean or your landlord’s to fix. They just assumed you knew. So you nodded along, looked it up later, and hoped nobody noticed. The Stuff Nobody Tells You is the no-judgement answer book for all of it. 75 short, dry, genuinely useful entries on everyday adult life in the UK. Open it anywhere. Each one takes about a minute. What’s inside The machines that beep at you: the washing machine drawer, what the label symbols mean, the right fridge temperature Not poisoning anyone: use by vs best before, reheated rice, defrosting a chicken safely The great bin mystery: what actually goes in the recycling, and that greasy pizza box Your home: finding the stopcock, bleeding a radiator, resetting a tripped switch, tenancy deposits, black mould The car: the 20p tyre test, and which dashboard lights mean stop now Money an...