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Here's a huge thread on Reddit trying to figure out which mystery industry is the largest buyer of glitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8hrk0... No conclusive results yet, but I believe Reddit will deliver.
Here's a huge thread on Reddit trying to figure out which mystery industry is the largest buyer of glitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8hrk0... No conclusive results yet, but I believe Reddit will deliver.
I'm curious what the answer to the title is but "aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate" doesn't exactly help me. Aluminium, okay, but what is the rest? The article goes on and on and on, rambling about how everyone likes it just like we once hunted for honey, what company it originated at, what kind of word it even is... thousands of words for a couple of interesting bits of information. This either needs a s…
* metalized - take a non metal material and cover it in metal
* polyethylene terephthalate - this is simply PET plastic, also called Polyester, and is used to make fabric and bottles.
It is allegedly mixed with bleach and used by the coal industry to make the smoke look white. People don't like seeing black smoke.
Glitter is plastic and aluminum. You could just burn those separately if that's what you wanted. What's the purpose in making them into glitter first?
And in any case they wouldn't turn the smoke white. And there are better ways to get rid of black smoke (easier is add some air into the fire).
Here's a huge thread on Reddit trying to figure out which mystery industry is the largest buyer of glitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8hrk0... No conclusive results yet, but I believe Reddit will deliver.
I'm guessing the cosmetics industry, and they want to keep it quiet because microplastics is a hot-topic at the moment.
I'll say it- The US Military And not because its particularly useful, but as a method to funnel money from taxpayers into a few glitter companies. They play along and everyone makes money. This passes the- "Why is it a Secret", "Why it can be a secret", and "Why they buy so much".
Something simple like chaff could have all sorts of interesting properties depending on shape, size, method of manufacturing, etc.
Here's a huge thread on Reddit trying to figure out which mystery industry is the largest buyer of glitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8hrk0... No conclusive results yet, but I believe Reddit will deliver.
I like the Apple products theory. All those metallic MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads would certainly add up to a massive demand.
I wouldn't be too surprised to find out the fast food industry uses some form of glitter to make things look tasty. If you imagine that for example most burgers are usually precooked frozen meat that's then reheated, getting it to look like freshly made can be quite a challenge.
> I have no idea how humans figured out how to do that, or why it occurred to them to even try, but it sounds expensive. I had to check this wasn't Dave Barry writing. Anyway, this seems to have genuinely been a space age invetion, aluminised mylar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoPET (There is no item of "futuristic clothing" that pins a piece of visual SF to a particular point in history in the 1960s quite like thi…
Here's a huge thread on Reddit trying to figure out which mystery industry is the largest buyer of glitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8hrk0... No conclusive results yet, but I believe Reddit will deliver.
https://www.self.com/story/do-not-put-glitter-in-your-vagina
>Passion Dust is billed as an "adult novelty item" and its sole purpose is to "add a sparkle and flavor to your natural vaginal fluids to make the experience of lovemaking that much more fun and enjoyable for you and your partner." Um, ok. The flavor is apparently "sweet like candy but not overly sweet," the website says, just enough to make your partner think that your unicorn vagina is "what all vaginas are supposed to look, feel and taste like; soft, sweet and magical!"
https://www.prettywomaninc.com/q-a
"The sparkling effect can last for up to 5 days."
"When he looks down at his 'magic stick' and sees it shining like it's 'God's gift'. It will be weird, but he won't be mad!...He'll either be really impressed with himself or really impressed by you! You can tell him or don't."