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Question
What is the importance of one's own towel and comb?
Solution
Using one's own towel and comb prevents spread of diseases. Towel used by another person may contain germs of diseases if the person is infected. This may get transmitted to us. Also using comb of another person may transmit lice and other organisms present on another person's head to ours.
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