for questions about claims related to the household (e.g. household appliances).
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Are coffee grounds effective as a cat repellent?
It is one of those "remedies" you can find everywhere: if you have trouble with cats in your flower beds, cats leaving their droppings in your garden (or burying their poop) you should use your coffee grounds to repel them.
There is a question…
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Do "reusable chemical-free dryer sheets" reduce static cling?
Inspired by another recent question about dryer sheets:
According to the retailers of purecosheet, these reusable dryer sheets can make your fabrics "soft and static free" for hundreds of loads.
They claim their fabrics are "chemical free", which…
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Does detergent help clean clothes in washing machines?
The Telegraph reported in 2008 that British historian Ruth Goodman:
stopped using soap in her washing machine and says the clothes come
out just as clean. "We're all victims of 150 years of hype by the
detergent industry," she says. "We don't…
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Any scientific evidence that bubble wrap on windows lowers energy bills?
These newspaper articles claim that bubble wrap is an effective window insulator:
The Telegraph
Cheap and effective: using bubble wrap on the inside of your windows will help reduce energy bills
NZ Herald
As homeowner Denise Wheoki has…
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Can an iron + steam remove "heat stains" from a wood table?
I recently accidentally caused heat stains on our wood table by placing hot pizza boxes on it. You can see the evidence of it below.
When I googled for fixes for this I came across this website: [DIY – How To Remove White Heat Stains On…
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Is typical indoor concentration of VOC correlated to concentration of CO₂?
A vendor of VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) sensor claims the VOC concentration correlates highly to CO₂ concentration in a typical conference room:
Figure 2 illustrates the correlation of true CO₂ and concentration of mixed gases measured in a…
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Do ionizers in air conditioners promote cardiopulmonary health?
This website for an air conditioner claims:
A built-in ionizer helps stimulate blood circulation, improve lung function and prevent respiratory passage illnesses.
Does research indicate that ionizers in air conditioners have the stated benefits?
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Is vinegar dangerous for dishwashers?
This post claims that putting vinegar in rinse aid reservoir of a dishwasher leads to damage (similar claims can be found here and here):
on newer dishwashers, the rinse aid compartments have rubber components that aren’t really compatible with…
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Has there ever been a burglary or assault from someone keeping an old key and using it on new owners?
It's "common knowledge" that you should change keys on move-in. Usually this is suggested to avoid burglary (or for Googlers and more casual conversation, "robbery"). But has anyone actually used an old key to break in somewhere? You'd think with…
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