When it comes to home remedies and old wives tales warts seem to have more than their fair share of crazy cures. And although most folk remedy ideas (like rubbing a penny on the wart to make it disappear) don't have real results there's one bizarre sounding one that often does: duct tape. Duct tape doesn't appear to be a total wart cure-all for everybody (there are cases pointing both ways on its effectiveness) but enough people have seen enough positive results (80% in one study) that it might be worth a try.

So what's the trick? Simply put a piece of duct tape over your wart and leave it there for 6 days (if it falls off replace it with a new piece). After the 6 days soak the wart until it's soft and file it down with an emery board. Repeat the 6 day cycle as many times as you need to until the wart is gone.
As far as how and why duct tape works on warts scientists are still a little baffled -- their best guess is that the adhesive on the tape causes irritation, which triggers the body to attack the virus that caused the wart in the first place.