# Mundane Pointless Vacuum Cleaner Stuff I Must Share

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-vacuum-cleaner-stuff-i-must-share/12540 "2000-01-07T01:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-vacuum-cleaner-stuff-i-must-share/12540/1 "2000-01-07T01:49:00Z")

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Last night, with obviously too much time on my hands, I determined that my hand held vacuum cleaner’s motor hums in “D”, whereas my large vacuum cleaner’s motor hums in “G.”

Thank you. ::bows and exits::

-Melin

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**Author:** ![Konrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Konrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Konrad)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-vacuum-cleaner-stuff-i-must-share/12540/2 "2000-01-07T01:53:00Z")

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What’s the difference between a belt-driven vacuum cleaner and a Van De Graaf static electricty generator?

Not much. Don’t clean your computer with a vacuum cleaner.