Recently, my delightful boyfriend and I got into a conversation about why my white shirts always end up with yellow armpit stains. I have heard that this is caused by wearing antiperspirant, which I didn't really want to give up, so I just accept it as a fact of life.
But, he claims that it's from drinking coffee. I am aghast at the mere possibility of this being true, because it would mean that for the first time in my life, I have heard a somewhat compelling reason to give up coffee. (I have often said that I will never give it up until the day I read a study that shows that it causes cancer.)
Luckily for me, I could not find any evidence online to support this preposterous coffee theory. But what I did find was a very cool way to remove the stains! Mix equal parts water, peroxide, and baking soda, and scrub into the stain with a toothbrush. I tried this with a shirt yesterday, and it doesn't seem to work right away but after I let the mixture sit and soak into the shirt for awhile, it really started working! I feel like some kind of infomercial right now but it was unbelievable. I bought a box of baking soda at the store for 75 cents yesterday, and now I basically have a new shirt. Awesome.
PS. I may someday try a white-shirt no-coffee experiment. But clearly this cannot even be considered until after my thesis is over.
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