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the only weapon that wins fights by grabbing germs and dragging them off a cliff
means A cleansing substance, usually made by combining fats or oils with an alkali, that lifts dirt and grease so they can be rinsed away with water.
from From Old English 'sāpe,' with cousins across the Germanic languages (German 'Seife,' Dutch 'zeep'). The Romans borrowed a related word as Latin 'sapo,' and Pliny the Elder claimed it was a Gallic invention of tallow and ash — though whether the Gauls used it for washing or, as he suggested, for reddening their hair, is part of the murk. The chemistry of grease meeting ash is ancient and probably stumbled upon many times over, but the word itself comes down to us from the north.
- molecular bouncer
- one end loves water, one end loves grease
- ancient recipe
- Babylonians made it from ash and fat 4,800 years ago
- virus killer
- rips apart the fatty shell around coronaviruses
- opera origin
- radio dramas were funded by detergent ads
- float trick
- Ivory's famous floating bar was a factory accident
ivory soap — procter & gamble product launched in 1879, claims 99.44% pure
lux soap — unilever brand since 1899, best-selling soap globally with millions of bars annually
dove soap — unilever product line since 1957, marketed as moisturizing cleanser with one-quarter moisturizing cream
castile soap — traditional soap from castile, spain, made with olive oil since medieval times