You're Soaking Your Dishes Wrong
by A.A. Newton from Lifehacker on (#691J0)
Soaking the dishes" has become shorthand for not actually doing the dishes," and for the most part, that's accurate. Lots of people assume soap works like a solvent, so if you just fill a crusty pot with soapy water, it'll magically dissolve-and the longer you let it sit, the better. Plot twist: The solvent in a...