1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: From a single computer to tens of thousands of computers 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: and servers. Mosey by e MC protects data and files 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: with the most trusted cloud backup service for business. Visit 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: Mosey dot com to learn more. That's m o z 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: Y dot com. Mosey It's always there. Welcome to brain 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: Stuff from house stuff works dot com. Where smart happens 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: him Marshall Brain with today's question, Does it do any good? 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: Air out rugs and mattresses outside? There's at least one 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: big advantage that the air outside the house has over 10 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: the air inside the house. On a sunny day, the 11 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: air outside the house comes with a good dose of 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: ultra violet radiation from the sun. While ultra violet rays 13 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: are not great for your skin, it turns out that 14 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: they are very good disinfectants. They kill bacteria. So if 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: you haul a rug to a sunny spot on the 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: driveways so that it gets several hours of strong sunlight, 17 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: you're using the sun to disinfect it with something big, 18 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: like a mattress or an area rug. It's one of 19 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: the few inexpensive ways to kill bacteria. You can't exactly 20 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: throw a mattress in the washer. It turns out that 21 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: ultra violet light. It's used as a disinfectant in a 22 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: number of different products. For example, you can buy swimming 23 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: pool filter systems that disinfect the water in the pool 24 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: by running it past a strong UV light. Some municipalities 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: do the same thing to augment the chlorine that treats 26 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,279 Speaker 1: drinking water. You can even buy a device that uses 27 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 1: UV light to disinfect your toothbrush. In Third World countries, 28 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: there have been experiments using clear plastic soda bottles filled 29 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: with contaminated drinking water. People leave the bottles in the 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: sun and it actually helps to reduce bacteria in their water. 31 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: So putting your rug or mattress out in the sun 32 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: for a couple of hours won't hurt and it might 33 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: help get rid of some of the Do you have 34 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: any ideas or suggestions for this podcast? If so, please 35 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,919 Speaker 1: send me an email at podcast at how stuff works 36 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: dot com. For more on this and thousands of other topics, 37 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: go to how stuff works dot com and be sure 38 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: to check out the brain stuff blog on the how 39 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: stuff works dot com home page. Protect your organization's critical 40 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: files with Mosey by e m C, the most trusted 41 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: name in cloud backup don't leave the security of your 42 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: business critical files to anyone but Mosey. By E m C, 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: visit mosey dot com or ask your I T provider 44 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: from Mosey Cloud backup. That's m o z y dot com.