Why Does Glitter Stick to Everything?

Glitter: use it for even the most modest of arts and crafts projects and days later you're still finding it stuck in your hair, behind your ear, and all over your clothes. But how are these little plastic disks so sticky?! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Bryce Daifuku, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Accalia Elementia, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Mike Frayn, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Kathy Philip, Patrick D. Ashmore, Thomas J., Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.livescience.com/54751-why-does-glitter-stick-to-everything.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/71034/15-shimmering-questions-about-glitter-answered https://www.britannica.com/science/van-der-Waals-forces http://www.livescience.com/37161-what-is-friction.html http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/electric-charge-electric-force-and-voltage/charge-electric-force/v/conductors-and-insulators http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0828_020828_gecko_2.html http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/02/17/3140791.htm http://water.usgs.gov/edu/adhesion.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmagWO-kQ0M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVL24HAesnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTrFKPaOpm8