Nobody knows who buys most of the world's glitter. And whoever it is REALLY doesn't want you to find out. Back in 2018, a New York Times journalist rang one of the biggest glitter companies on the planet and asked a simple question: who is buying all the glitter? They refused to say. Seven years later, the internet still hasn't worked it out. This is Just The Gist (MINI!) of the glitter conspiracy: the weirdly secretive industry, the interview with 'Glitterex' that kicked it all off, the theories from boat paint to the US military, and the one question nobody will answer.

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What Is Glitter? (The New York Times, 2018)

The Glitter Conspiracy Theory: Who Is Taking All Of The Glitter? (IFLScience, 2022)

The End of the Glitter Conspiracy (CHUPPL, YouTube, 2023)

The Great Glitter Mystery (Endless Thread, WBUR, 2019)

Glittery Curiosity (Call Your Girlfriend, 2021)

The Discovery, Development of Glitter (Paper, Film & Foil Converter, 2021)

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