If you are dealing with bitter cucumbers in your garden, another reason rather than having higher levels of cucurbitacin would be that your cukes didn't get enough water this year, which also causes them to be bitter.
I love doing this in the summer when I am about to leave work, to release all the hot air that has built up inside my vehicle as it sits in the hot parking lot.
As winter wears on, I've noticed more and more people putting their windshield wiper arms up when leaving their car. Here's why you should not do this.