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Cool Uses For Ordinary Things

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Oct 10, 2012

Just dried a load of laundry? Don't throw away that used fabric softener sheet just yet. You can repurpose a used sheet for a variety of practical uses around the home, such as picking up pet hair fro ...

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Oct 8, 2012

Got a minor cut, but no Neosporin? Rather than running to the nearest drug store, simply grab a jar of honey from your pantry and apply directly to the wound before wrapping with a band-aid.Honey is o ...

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Oct 3, 2012

Other than adding that missing component to your jelly sandwich, peanut butter is another weirdly useful pantry staple that can also be used as emergency shaving cream, door hinge lubricant, gum remov ...

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Oct 1, 2012

Want to reduce the overwhelming smell of paint from a newly painted room? Slice up some raw onions, place them in a bowl of water, and leave them in the room overnight.In addition to adding an extra k ...

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Sep 22, 2012

If you are like most people, you probably have a lot of used computer paper lying around at your home or in your office. Before you toss them directly into the recycling bin (which you should at least ...

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Sep 19, 2012

Bored of using your bottle of dishwashing soap for just washing dishes? You're in luck.Not surprisingly, the soapy liquid commonly used for removing stubborn food build-up from your eating utensils ca ...

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Sep 17, 2012

Other than something you can place on the floor as an ironic reference to a bygone era when a banana peel fall was considered to be the height of comedic gold, banana peels have many weirdly useful ap ...

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Sep 15, 2012

What can you do with your egg cartons after you are done using up all the eggs? The compartmentalized spaces used for storing eggs are also perfect to use as seed starters, DIY candle makers, paint pa ...

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Sep 12, 2012

If you are cutting down on sugar and don't know what to do with the excess box of sweet stuff taking up space in your pantry, you are in luck—sugar is another one of those super-common household items ...

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Sep 4, 2012

Though it may seem like sacrilege for some to use butter for something other than to flavor your food with delicious buttery goodness, butter has many other surprisingly practical uses, like keeping y ...