Why can soap clean my hands off oily stuff like grease when soaps themselves are made largely of fat and oil?

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Why can soap clean my hands off oily stuff like grease when soaps themselves are made largely of fat and oil?

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The actual soap molecule is a molecule that can disolve in both water and oil allowing them to mix (so making it easier to clean oily stuff off of your hands). Everything else in the soap is an addition to kill bacteria/ smell nice etc.

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