One deal brought Lornamead both hand-washing liquid Dubro and lip balm Lypsyl.

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The RSPCA said washing up liquid was initially used to clean the birds, but margarine proved to be far more effective.

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Staff used washing up liquid and margarine to clean the animals.

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Until Wednesday they were mainly being cared for at the RSPCA's West Hatch wildlife centre in Taunton, Somerset, where they were cleaned with washing up liquid and margarine.

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Washing-up liquid had been put down toilets, cellophane put across toilets seats and fish placed in the school library.

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Some work like detergents, disrupting the membrane that surrounds an individual virus in the way that washing-up liquid disrupts an oily film.

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Staff were soaked with water bombs, washing-up liquid was squirted into the eyes of one teacher, and the head's office was "trashed", she said.

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Staff used washing-up liquid and margarine to clean them.

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In this latest set of operations, Dextre removed two safety caps, cut through two sets of thin retaining wires, and finally transferred a small quantity of liquid ethanol into the washing machine-sized module.

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Together they have, for instance, understood that Ghanaians prefer liquid to solid soap for hand-washing and are more likely to wash their hands before eating if the soap does not smell too strong (since Ghanaians often eat with their hands).

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