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So, you had a rough year in the morality department and Santa isn’t happy. What’s a repentant owner of a stocking full of charcoal to do?

Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to make lemonade out of these lemons (though none of them involve drinking it, so no worries on that count).

Now, if you get real coal, that’s a completely different list.

1. Never buy baking powder again. Forget that weird orange box that hangs out in the back of your fridge or cabinet, growing grosser by the month. Charcoal absorbs both moisture and odors, and a few briquettes placed on a small dish will keep any damp, potentially odoriferous area dry and fresh. Just make sure you don’t buy charcoal with any weird scents like mesquite, or match-light charcoal that’s been infused with lighter fluid.

2. Keep cut flowers fresh for longer. Activated charcoal — aka charcoal that has been treated with oxygen, in order to open up “pores” between carbon atoms — is great for filtering out impurities. So when you have fresh-cut flowers in the house and can’t be bothered to change the water daily, just drop a charcoal briquette into the vase. It will draw out impurities in the water and keep those flowers smelling fresh and looking great longer.

Full story at Gizmodo.

Lifehacks for the naughty crowd.

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