Mechanical Simplicity
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The recent places I have lived have all had these kinda cool kitchen faucets, where the tap part extends with a cord/pipe. You can then pull this to while doing dishes and then when you let go, it magically pulls back into the holder.
A picture:

I never thought or cared about how it worked, up until I had to replace one and the way it works is just freaking awesome. It's just a weight around the extendable/cord pipe. (the blue thing)
As you let go, the weight pulls the tap back into the holder.
The simplicity, the reliability, the genius.
Chefs kiss.