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Batteries.
I read that in the 90s and having burned through thousands of batteries to power my Gameboy, i would have done anything to get more juice.
You could have literally told me that kissing the battery before you tuck it into the Gameboy slot gave 3% more juice and I would have did it.
and rolls of film
This one makes sense if the parents are old enough to have used silver nitrate film. Really old film can, and will, just catch fire on on its own if it's even moderately hot and dry.
Not just for fire reasons.
Film expires over time, colours shift, and you get weird results. Freezing it slows that to a crawl.
Thats actually the correct way to store film
This reminded me of another one that probably nobody does anymore: photographic film rolls.
Cooling down batteries literally saps their charge. Because there's less energy in the battery. You can gently warm up batteries to give them some extra charge.
The internet says that's not true (edit: at least for alkaline batteries, but for LiPo batteries I think you're right). It sounds like condensation is the main issue, so theoretically you might get a slight improvement if you put them in the fridge inside a plastic bag along with some desiccant.
Got it, to the microwave we must march lads!