Does anyone here know why I should wrap aluminum foil around my hotel door knob? Or carry a plastic closure from....

[RussellCattle]

.....a loaf of bread in my wallet? Or what I should do if I find a water bottle on the tire of my parked car? Just curious, but, I guess not curious enough to click on these things.

[intrepidity]

1. Oh! I do I do!

Or rather, I can make guesses:

1) foil, crinkled, seems less likely to effectively transfer microbes when touched, so it's probaby a safety measure?

2) those bread bag clips come in handy for various things. I use 'em for keeping the end of a roll of tape easy to find.

3) not sure how true this is, but supposedly certain criminals mark vehicles of potential victims in ways like this.

Any more questions?

[WhiteTara]

3. Well, aren't you are a wealth

of information! I did not know any of those things until you told me.

[intrepidity]

5. Well all those hours spent at Bored Panda have to be good for something

Although, I'm not sure about the bread clip in the wallet, unless it is for scratcher lottery tickets?

I keep a wire hanger where I collect all my bread tags, although periodically I have to go through and purge the expired ones.

[Not Heidi]

11. Hmm

expired ones.

🤣🤣

[Arne]

2. To learn more just fill in the blanks

Date of birth_________
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[MMBeilis]

4. What about the three foods that doctors are begging you to avoid?

[Sneederbunk]

8. Which doctors? Witch doctors?

[DBoon]

6. try quora.com, or sometimes snopes

https://www.quora.com/Why-wrap-your-doorknob-in-aluminum-foil-when-alone-What-happens-if-you-wrap-the-door-handle-in-foil-and-watch

Wrapping a doorknob in aluminum foil when alone is a practice sometimes used as a safety precaution to potentially detect if someone else has entered your space while you were away. The idea is that if the foil is disturbed or removed, it could indicate that someone has tampered with the door handle.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/criminals-using-plastic-bottles-carjack/

Guidelines issued by the U.S. State Department (a governmental agency focused in part on protecting Americans abroad) in the early 2000s described a number of tricks employed by carjackers, noting that carjacking was "one of the most prevalent crimes in many parts of the world." None involved distracting a driver with a plastic bottle, ring, or shirt, and all "common attack plans" hinged on stopping a vehicle in motion through more complex means:

The bottle is placed an the passenger side, so the driver won't see it when entering the car. When starting to pull out, the driver notices a crunching sound and exits the car to investigate. Thieves then jump out from behind a conveniently located bush to steal the car,.

[malthaussen]

12. Or, you know, just use an old trick:

... put a crumpled piece of paper a measured difference in from the door when you leave your room. If someone comes in, they'll knock it out of position, and the odds of replacing it in exactly the same position (should they even bother) are astronomical.

-- Mal

[central scrutinizer]

7. Everything is taking the country by storm

And destroying the (fill in the blank) industry.

[RussellCattle]

9. Yep, that too. Experts can't explain why.

[duncang]

10. One I've never seen on the clickbait ads but I do.

Have a used toilet paper roll. I.E. no paper on it. In your traveling bag to store ziplock baggies. In my luggage I keep that setup so I have ready to use ziplocks to put my shampoo, medicine, charger equipment, etc. After a trip I just roll them back up for the next time. You could also use a scrunchie or rubber band. But the roll works great.