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It was recently discovered that microwaving sponges can kill just about any potentially harmful bacteria on a sponge. There was just one thing they left out of the original report: the sponges have to be damp when microwaved or they catch fire.

Key quote: "However, when I put my sponge/scrubber into the microwave, it caught fire, smoked up the house, ruined my microwave, and pissed me off," one correspondent wrote in an e-mail to Reuters.