sanitation
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How Often Do Snakes, Rats, and Spiders Really Crawl Up Your Toilet Pipes? (And How to Stop Them)
When it comes to terrible things that could happen to you, dying from heart disease is way more likely than a snake crawling out of your toilet, but the snake is scarier anyway. It’s not logical, but a beast slithering out of the sewer while you do your business is just wrong. But don’t worry. It’s…
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Stop Being an Arsehole When You Share a Bathroom
Nearly one in three U.S. adults live with an “extra adult” in the same shared household, according to Pew Research. Whether it’s with a spouse, sibling, best friend, elderly parent, or a roommate you found on Craigslist, many of us are cohabitating. Which often means sharing a bathroom, the very space in which we clean…
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18 of Our Best Household Hacks of 2021 So Far
We’re already halfway through 2021, and this year, we’ve really leaned in on how to better operate our households. We’re learning to be better gardeners, better cleaners of all the things, and better users of foil, paper towels, and dryer sheets. As we enter the back half of the year, let’s revisit the best household…
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How to Install a Bidet, Because It’s Easier Than You Think
Bidets have long been a common bathroom fixture in many parts of the world, but they finally found their moment to shine at the start of the pandemic, when toilet paper was hard to come by. We’ve already talked about the benefits of a bidet and how to use the different styles, but what about installation?…