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# What's the most unexpectedly useful thing ChatGPT has done for you?

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**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1uprwq2/whats_the_most_unexpectedly_useful_thing_chatgpt/  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

I'm not talking about obvious things like answering homework questions or writing emails. What's something you didn't expect ChatGPT to be good at but now use it for regularly? I'd love to hear examples that other people could try themselves.   submitted by   /u/Sachin_singh9891 [link]   [comments]

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