What happens when you put a ball of aluminum foil in your washing machine?

The Aluminum Foil TrickWant fluffy, absorbent towels but don't have any dry sheets? Use a balled-up sheet of tin foil. Added bonus is that it will reduce static electricity and it can be re-used for a month.

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You already know that you should get rid of most of your crap (but hug it and thank it for its service, first!), and how often you should clean the stuff that remains. But how? As always, we're here to help. We've scoured the internet, the dark internet (for like, a minute—it's scary), asked GQ colleagues, a clean freak or two, and made it through hours of too-long YouTube clips to bring you the best, actually easy hacks to make your laundry cleaner, better-smelling, wrinkle free, and even quieter.

The Ice Cube Trick

If you're lucky enough to have your very own washer and dryer in your home, make use of it beyond laundry day. If you have something that's wrinkled or has been worn once and could use a quick freshening up, toss it in the dryer with a dryer sheet and an ice cube for 10 minutes and it'll be smooth as a baby's ass and smelling like a summer's day.

The Towel Trick

If you need a load to dry more quickly, toss a dry towel in there for 15 to 20 minutes. It's a scientific mystery as to why (not really, the dry towel just helps absorb moistures from the other items).

The Merino Wool Trick

Turns out that despite commonly held belief, you can, in fact, wash merino wool. "You can absolutely, 100 percent put merino wool through a wash cycle," says staffer Justin Fenner. "Nothing will happen to it."

The Laces Trick

Need to dry some shoes quickly but hate the banging sound they make in the dryer? Take the laces and close them in the latch door. The Aluminum Foil TrickWant fluffy, absorbent towels but don't have any dry sheets? Use a balled-up sheet of tin foil. Added bonus is that it will reduce static electricity and it can be re-used for a month.

The Self-Cleaning Trick

With all the work it does, your washing machine is bound to get dirty itself. Don't forget to clean it out so that it's ready to take on the filthy work you give it. Learn how to clean it here.

The Lemon/Baking Soda Trick

Get the yellow/gray armpit stains out of shirts by applying a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda to it, letting it sit for at least an hour, and then washing as you would normally.

The Nail File Trick

Get dirt that gets caught in suede out by using a nail file.

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Why put aluminum foil on door knobs when alone?

All it says is aluminum foil can be used as an alternative to tape to cover doorknobs and hardware while painting. It has nothing to do with safety and the inclusion of the phrase "when you're home alone" was only used as clickbait to make the ad seem more important. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc.

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(KGTV) — An online ad you may have seen says to wrap foil around your doorknobs when you're alone in the house.

It clearly implies there is some kind of safety benefit to it.

But there is not.

Clicking on the ad leads to a lengthy slide show which eventually gets to the doorknob story. All it says is aluminum foil can be used as an alternative to tape to cover doorknobs and hardware while painting. It has nothing to do with safety and the inclusion of the phrase "when you're home alone" was only used as clickbait to make the ad seem more important.

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