eli5 How does soap work?

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Like, it just goes on your skin and you wash it off. Is there something special in the soap that attacks bacteria specifically?

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Soap, when talking about the smallest pieces of it, is made up of 2 ends. The one end “likes” water while the other end “likes” oil. These pieces all line up and form a ball. The outside of the ball is all the water-liking ends and the inside is all the oil-liking ends. Dirt and oils get trapped inside the ball and then water washes it away.

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