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Other fun household items which will fluoresce under UV light: Your feet (athlete's foot) and sometimes hands. Banana "mold" (the black spots' edges). Your c
by ProllyInfamous 4y ago
Other fun household items which will fluoresce under UV light:
Your feet (athlete's foot) and sometimes hands.
Banana "mold" (the black spots' edges).
Your credit cards and IDs (usually a bird on VISA and "AMEX" on so-named).
Money (embedded denomination "strip" is different for each modern bill).
Centipedes and Scorpions (seriously, just go into your yard at night and scan the ground for wigglies).
If you have beehives, the Varroa Destructor (species/pest) also shines brightly on their little carapaces.
- dehrmann 4y agoI'd add turmeric.
- sdwr 4y agoTurmeric glows???
- littlestymaar 4y agoI'm surprised not to see tonic water in this list.
- ProllyInfamous 4y agoSomebody else had listed elsewhere — but I did leave off laundry detergent!
- jbottoms 4y agoThat should be: "...some detergents", that is, those detergents that have "brightners" added to them.
- echelon 4y agoThings that obviously fluoresce under normal visible light conditions can turn much more brilliant under visible laser light (eg. 532 nm green) Orange and green fluorescent dyes (such as on tennis balls), white clothes washed in detergent, etc.
- jrockway 4y agoGetting way off topic, but if you hit ordinary peanut butter with strong light, it glows afterwards. Go into a very dark room, adjust your eyes to the dark, look away with your eyes closed/covered as you hit a jar of peanut butter with a camera flash (not the household item it once was, sadly), and then look at the peanut butter. It's glowing! I heard this on the Internet and didn't believe it, but tried it for myself, and yup. It glows.
- qwezxcrty 4y agoAn addition: Human urine. This can be useful when inspecting the cleanliness of toilets.