New addition to survival kit??

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I just found these "World Famous" towels at Canadian Tire ($2.50 for 3 towels) and think that they would make a good addition to a survival kit. I know that they are just J-cloth towels but as small as they package them I could not turn down getting a pack.
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Please note that the opened towel is folded in half so it is actually a quite large package.

Now what uses could this be put into service for:
Wash towel
Fire starter (the towel itself, plastic wrap and paper caps on both ends)
Emergency bandage
Headband (if your head is smaller than mine- but I'm in the 130th percentile so most are)
Dew collection for drinking water/ washing in the morning (refreshing!)
As it is porous one thing that came to mind right away is a net for aquatic invertabrates (freshwater shrimp, cladocera, beetles...) or small fish with a simple bent twig net frame.
Cut into strips and used as rope (or twisted into stronger cordage)
Ground sheet for a pitfal trap (color is off but it could provide a base to put dead leaves etc. on.

The only real negative I can see is the price as one can buy a roll of cloths for much less than I paid for 3 BUT- there is no way that I can get it reduced in size like they can package these.

Anybody tried them/ have any more uses/ opinions?
Thanks
 
I have some of those rags in my BOB. You can get them at the dollar store in the kids section here made of regular terry cloth. Kids like em because they're so compressed.
 
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