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Washing your sheets removes all the oils, sweat, and dead skin, leaving behind a smoother fabric. Additionally the act of washing and drying also helps break down stiffness in the sheetβs fabric fibers, enhancing their softness.
Clean sheets tend to feel cooler in temperature. The reason why is because the moisture from all your breathing, sweating, and drooling, along with your body oils, leads to more humidity and trapped heat. Fresh sheets allow the fabric to "breathe" and create a cooler feel.
Depending on your laundry detergent, your clean sheets may come with added fragrances to provide a pleasant aroma. They also don't have the smell of all that sweat, oil, and, perhaps, pet dander. The "clean" smell from fresh sheets can trigger positive psychological responses leading you to feel more relaxed.
Additionally, there's studies showing that clean environments can boost your psychological well-being. When you know it's been way too long since you've cleaned your sheets, crawling into your bed can trigger feelings of guilt and stress. Compare that to snuggling into your clean, soft, nice-smelling bed, which gives you the added boost of feeling good about changing your sheets.
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I ripped through this book because it was that interesting. This book follows Ross Ulbricht, the man who started the "Amazon for drugs" on the dark web in the early 2010s, along with the host of American law enforcement officials who tracked him down. The author does a great job exploring the reason why Ulbricht built the Silk Road and why it wasn't just a money venture for him. It's a super entertaining read following a super unbelievable story.
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