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How does soap wash away grease that water alone can't shift?

Try rinsing greasy hands with water alone and the grease just sits there. Add a little soap and it lifts away in seconds. Water couldn't budge it, so what does soap do that plain water can't?

A bar of soap, its molecules bridge grease and water.
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