For days now the internet has weighed in on this one question: What are the embroidered stripes on towels for?

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After testing beach towels all over the country ... So if you hang it on a hook, you could stretch out a hole in it. If you snag it on something, you could pull out a thread of yarn and distort ...

However, beachgoers didn’t let it hinder their Sundays as they took to the shade to cool down laying picnic blankets and beach towels under trees. Jack and Peta Robinson weren’t too bothered ...

Anna Popp is a New York-based associate editor at Travel + Leisure, covering all of the best travel products, from luggage to outdoor gear. She has been a travel writer, editor, and product tester ...