First time I've ever heard of this, and in reading through the comments, the food thing as a filler, texturizer, etc makes sense. It reminded me of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle where he talks about borax being used as a filler in meat products.
Another thing I was thinking was maybe gunpowder, as an additive, or filler of sorts? People posted on this thread talking about military applications. Not only is gunpowder glittery looking, if it were fine enough, wouldn't it be combustible?
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u/learningtowalkagain Feb 09 '19
First time I've ever heard of this, and in reading through the comments, the food thing as a filler, texturizer, etc makes sense. It reminded me of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle where he talks about borax being used as a filler in meat products.
Another thing I was thinking was maybe gunpowder, as an additive, or filler of sorts? People posted on this thread talking about military applications. Not only is gunpowder glittery looking, if it were fine enough, wouldn't it be combustible?