Though when you pick up clothes from a rack they’re new to you, they’re not new to the thousands of germ-filled hands that have manhandled the garments prior to your germ-filled hands manhandling the garments. There are also things like formaldehyde and other chemicals that you don’t want festering on your skin. And if those chemicals and hands germs mix to make a concoction as gross as a guy’s beards — and let’s face it, they most definitely are — it makes sense to give those threads a spin cycle prior to wear. Since we’ve already maxed out your attention span in terms of reading, let’s watch this three-minute video to catch us up on the rest …
