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Who's Buying All The Glitter?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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What Is Glitter?

Aluminum-metallized polyethylene, Tariff Tholate. What does that even mean? Is it something either metal or it's not? How does something become metalized? Most folks agree, the modern version of plastic glitter dates back to the 1930s. A lot of modern glitter really comes from shortages during global wars because people used to make glass, glitter, little shards of glass.

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