FAB FACTS FOR NATIONAL LAUNDRY DAY

IT’S time to let it all hang out! Tomorrow is officially National Laundry Day and to mark it we’re airing some fascinating facts about washing your clothes.

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Fashion faux pee: Romans used to wash their trendy togas in a mixture involving urine, which was collected from public bath-rooms. It might sound disgusting but the ammonia in it helped dissolve grease and stains from fabric. They even used the stuff in toothpaste to clean gnashers.

Wash-ever it takes: As well as scrubbing clothes against rocks in rivers, people in ancient civilis-ations used everything from sand to ashes and animal fats to try to get their garments clean.

Berserker idea: Vikings would put clothes in a tethered bag and drag them in oceans.