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Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. You wash your shirts, your pants, your jacket—all the things that bring you into contact with the outside ...

Whether you use a washing machine or prefer to hand wash your garments, laundry detergent is the most essential part of the cleaning process. Choosing which detergent to use, however, can be ...

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Can your washing machine "eat" your socks? One of life’s greatest questions may finally be solved — and in true “Scooby-Doo” fashion, the culprit was under our noses the entire time. In a viral video ...