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Your furniture's shine may come from insects

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The brilliantly glossy coating on your antique wooden furniture is proudly produced by tiny Asian insects. Harvesters literally scrape hardened bug secretions directly off tree branches, process it into dry flakes, and dissolve it in alcohol to give fancy wooden tables their remarkably durable shine.

Your furniture's shine may come from insects
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