Here’s another Rubenerd Fun Fact for all you rabid Official Rubenerd Fun Fact fans. I know you’re out there, I can hear you furrowing your brows and sighing.
Running house fans before removing them from their packaging somewhat reduces their thermal dissipation efficiency.
Thank you.
“Fan death [...] an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can cause the death of those inside (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia). Fans manufactured and sold in Korea are equipped with a timer switch that turns them off after a set number of minutes, which users are frequently urged to set when going to sleep with a fan on.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
It’s on wikipedia. It’s true.