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10:16 November 7th, 2006

Turns out duct tape won’t do everything, after all…

Posted by: Robert Basler
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You know how sometimes you don’t learn about something until you find out that you really didn’t need to know it anyway? Does that ever happen to you?

Okay, it seems some people use duct tape to cure warts. Surprising, huh? Well, it doesn’t work, so forget I ever mentioned it. And if you’ve grown accustomed to finding duct tape in the first aid section of your pharmacy, I guess that’s over with, too. If you want to learn more about how duct tape doesn’t cure warts, here is an actual entire story on it:
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A man wrapped in duct tape stands during a sandstorm at the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, Nevada August 28, 2003. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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