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Are you really gonna keep scrubbing your dishes, countertops and kitchen appliances with that nasty, funky, musty, dank, stank, bacteria-breeding sponge that smells like SpongeBob soiled his SquarePants? Stop pushing germs around your surfaces and counter the contamination with this truly sponge-worthy household hack that takes roughly half the time to do than popping popcorn.

See, as your sponge gets wet and dries out over and over again after wiping up gross kitchen messes like raw chicken, sink grime and other unidentified residue, you could literally be taking your health in your hands by even touching that bacteria-ridden sponge.

The solution? A study conducted by the University of Florida back in 2007 showed that microwaving a wet sponge merced all the microbes, such as e coli, that might make you ill — contrary to popular belief, something you can't accomplish by running your sponge through the dishwasher.

Here’s how to nuke the nasty…
1. Make sure your sponge brand has no metal content or sparks will fly.
2. Grab a microwave-safe bowl.
3. Saturate the sponge with water.
4. Drop it in the bowl.
5. Put the bowl in the microwave.
6. Run it for a full 2 minutes.
7. Watch through the window and imagine all those microwaved microbes meeting an agonizing fate.
8. Wait a couple minutes before removing the sponge to avoid burning yourself.

There ya have it: Your sponge is sterilized and the stench is stanched.