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With spring just around the corner, now is a great time to declutter and refresh. In the Coinage video above, learn about five things lurking around your household that are either disgusting germ factories or taking up unneeded space. It's easy to forget about expiration dates or the shelf-life of an everyday item like a toothbrush, but the main lesson is that these items need to be thrown out as soon as possible!

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