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'''Static cling''' is caused by [[static electricity]] often in a [[clothes dryer]]. It can be removed by deionizing materials with water, and prevented with [[fabric softener]] dryer sheets. [[Antistatic agent]]s are used to make the surfaces slightly conductive, which reduces or prevents the static charge buildup.

'''Einar Hoidale''' was a [[Norway|Norwegian]]-[[United States|American]] [[politician]]. Born in [[Tromsø]], Norway, he [[immigration|immigrated]] to America at the age of seven. As a [[lawyer]] and a [[businessman]] he became a prominent member of the community in [[Minnesota]]. He was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] and served from [[1933]] to [[1935]] as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He lost a subsequent election after being nominated for the Senate.

A neat trick which children (and many older people) find very funny is to rub a [[balloon]] against one's shirt to give it a static charge and then throw it towards the ceiling, where it can stick for hours.

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[[Category:Members of the U.S. House from Minnesota|Hoidale, Einar]]

==Static Cling in Advertising==

[[Category:Foreign-born US political figures|Hoidale, Einar]]

Advertisers in urban areas, eager to use [[guerilla marketing]] techniques, have turned to static cling as a distribution medium. In an advertising campaign for [[MSN]] 8, [[Microsoft]]'s [[online]] service, thousands of butterfiles resembling the MSN logo were affixed to surfaces in [[New York City]] and held there with static cling.

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