The Real Purpose For The Wooden End Of Chopsticks Will Blow Your Mind

Sarah Carty

Updated 9 February 2016 at 4:48 pm

First we found out that we've been cutting cake wrong, then we realised there's a genius way of perfectly breaking off a piece of Toblerone and yet again our minds have been blown, after realising there's a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why there's a wooden piece at the end of our chopsticks.

Quick, everyone go get your discarded chopsticks so you can try this amazing trick out.

Well according to Twitter, the large wooden piece at the end of the chopsticks is supposed to be used as a tiny footstool for the chopsticks when you're done tucking into your delicious Japanese food.

It stops the chopsticks getting dirty and keeps them off the table.

Our minds are officially blown.

@furioushorses @alanvaarwerk WE ARE ALL AN EMBARRASSMENT TO EATING
— trash panda (@bortofdarkness) February 9, 2016

@bortofdarkness Wait, what? 😳
— Iainnb (@IainnB) February 9, 2016

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