Here's what those mysterious symbols on your laundry tags really mean

To tumble dry or not to tumble dry: that is the question. We've all been there, frantically searching our laundry tags to determine if we need to hand our new pants over to the dry cleaner — or if we can toss them in the wash with the rest of our things. And what about the weird dots and squiggles, suggesting some subtle variation in the standard wash instructions? It's a mysterious language of its own. Not anymore. Now you can use this handy guide to decode those arcane symbols on your laun...