25 Random Facts about Household Items

Today’s blog post is a little different. Because who wouldn’t want to learn some random facts about household items? This could even be an inspiration to invent your own trivia family game!

If you sucked liquid with an old model vacuum cleaner it would explode.
No self-cleaning appliance is actually cleaning itself effectively.
Vacuum robot cleaners are more convenient but less effective than man-operated ones.
Putting warm food in your fridge can contribute to a temperature imbalance, potential food spoiling and thermostat faults.
The fridge was invented to simply cool beer.
Your toilet is a musician. It flushes in an E flat note.
You can toast a cheese sandwich with your iron.
You can poach chicken in your kettle.
Dishwashers don’t wash glass well if they are low on salt.
The rubber lining of your oven keeps the heat in. If it is not in place, your oven is not cooking properly.
The microwave can be disinfected with a bowl of water and a few drops of essential oil or lemon slices.
The tumble dryer can even out some of the creases in your clothes. You can place a damp towel in it and spin the creased clothes on medium heat. They should need minimal or no ironing afterwards.
You can cook salmon in your dishwasher. Just don’t add any detergent.
The first washing machine was called Thor. Yes, like the Scandinavian god.
The electric iron was invented in New York.
The first food prepared in a microwave was popcorn.
The vacuum cleaner is the most sold appliance in the USA
TVs are the most used appliances in the world.
More people have cellphones than toilets. Now, that’s shocking! And sad…
A coffee maker can boil eggs and rice.
Your vacuum cleaner can act as an air freshener if you put a few drops of essential oil on the filter.
Washing machines played an important role in the movement for Women’s Rights. The automatic versions significantly reduced the time spent on laundry duty and let more women find a paying job.
The oven is the oldest household appliance. It just looked very different in ancient times.
Every oven has a hotspot. You can test it by placing several cheese sandwiches in different parts of the oven. The cheese that starts melting first shows you your oven’s hotspot.
A hair dryer can kill up to 97% of hair lice and their eggs. You need to use it repeatedly to get rid of all nits.

Shocked by some of these? We were too. But as far as we are aware and as our research goes, these somewhat strange facts are true. You can do your own investigation on the most bizzare of them and let us know how it went.