Is this common knowledge or is it just me who didn't know of this?

Jun 20, 2010 18:52

How did I not know this?

Despite what the adverts say, it is very difficult to transform grubby clothes into dazzling whites with nothing but elbow grease. To get around this problem, washing powder manufacturers add a special substance (called an optical brightener) that absorbs UV light ( Read more... )

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sweet_minion June 21 2010, 19:32:29 UTC
i once heard something about colour-theory being used in washing powder so - i kind of knew - but not how exactly ^.^

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kaijawest June 21 2010, 22:51:46 UTC
It's interesting, right?

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