{"id":33,"date":"2026-04-29T19:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/?p=33"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:34:27","slug":"whats-the-purpose-of-that-tiny-hole-in-a-safety-pin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/?p=33","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Purpose of That Tiny Hole in a Safety Pin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1mx0wyf\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"57\">What\u2019s the Purpose of That Tiny Hole in a Safety Pin?<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"290\">That tiny hole in a safety pin isn\u2019t decorative\u2014it\u2019s essential. It acts as an <strong data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"168\">anchor point for the spring<\/strong>, helping the pin lock securely into place. This keeps the sharp end stable and prevents it from slipping or popping open.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"483\">Because of this small feature, safety pins are <strong data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"366\">safer and more reliable<\/strong> than regular pins. It\u2019s a simple but clever design detail that has kept the safety pin effective for over 170 years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"553\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"501\">Bottom line:<\/strong> that little hole is what makes the safety pin work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the Purpose of That Tiny Hole in a Safety Pin? That tiny hole in a safety pin isn\u2019t decorative\u2014it\u2019s essential. It acts as an anchor point for the spring,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ompichnews71.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}