Pest Control

Surprisingly enough, toothpaste can be used to deter insects. We all know the struggle of finding cockroaches and having to deal with them until the exterminator shows up. Toothpaste can prevent these pests, including mice, from showing up in your home. You simply rub the toothpaste on the baseboards of your wall, and anywhere else these pests can come from. They hate the smell so much that it will just turn them away.

In Spanish, Colgate literally means “go hang yourself.” As you can imagine, this double meaning should have made it very difficult for the company to sell toothpaste in Spain. However, Colgate became a highly popular brand in Spain. Apparently, the strange wording actually increased the interest of consumers.