Clothes Dryer facts
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Steve Comisar, who sold a 'solar-powered clothes dryer' for $39.99. Customers would then receive a clothesline.
Steve Comisar: a man who sold "solar powered clothes dryers" for $49.95 in national magazines. Unsuspecting customers would receive a length of clothes line.
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Mission: Impossible 3" dropped a shot of clothes on clotheslines in Shanghai for the Chinese cut because the lack of dryer ownership is a sensitive issue.
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You shouldn't use dryer sheets with anything meant to absorb (like towels, rags, or cloth diapers), because dryer sheets can negatively impact their ability to soak moisture .
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There is no washer or dryer on the International Space Station. Once the astronauts have worn out their clothes, they pack them all into an old spaceship and shoot it into the Earth's atmosphere where it burns up.
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Library books can carry bed bugs and the WSJ recommends transporting your library books in a cloth bag and then running the bag through a hot dryer for a half-hour when you get home. “That will kill any bugs or eggs”
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Clothes dryers are some of the least energy efficient appliances in the US. This adds to a cost an estimated cost of 4 billion each year.
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Steve Comisar, a con man, once sold a "solar powered clothes dryer". The buyer would receive a clothesline.
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