It's a floorwax and it's a desert topping

By at 5:16 pm Sunday, Feb 3

"Wacky" uses for household products. Not so wacky, really, but interesting!
Prevent an ant invasion.
Draw a line of Crayola Chalk around windows and doors outside your home, and around water pipes inside your home. Ants will not cross a chalk line.

Clean ring-around-the-collar.
Mark the stain heavily with white Crayola Chalk. The chalk will absorb the sebum oil that holds in the dirt.

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Cory Doctorow

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