
Scientists love telling us what's really living on our everyday stuff. Rank these five from 'I can cope' to 'please don't tell me'.
Put the items in your preferred order.

The kitchen sponge
You wipe the worktop, rinse it, and leave it by the tap to fester. Experts say it's the grimmest thing in the whole kitchen.

The TV remote
Crisp fingers, a sneeze or two and a trip down the back of the sofa. Nobody has ever given it a proper wipe.

Your phone screen
It's been on the kitchen table, in your bag and yes, into the loo with you. Then it goes straight back against your cheek.

Your pillow
Pillowcases get washed, pillows mostly don't. Yours could be older than the dog.

The salad drawer in the fridge
There's a bag of spinach in there that's turned to soup. You keep meaning to deal with it.
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Which everyday phenomenon did Lord Rayleigh explain in the 1870s, earning him a Nobel Prize years later?
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