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Website that shipped glitter to enemies overwhelmed by demand

By WTOP Staff

WASHINGTON — Well, that escalated quickly.

On Tuesday, TIME ran a story about ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, a new website that allows you to ship boxes of glitter to people you despise.

Why glitter? Because it’s almost impossible to get rid of when it’s been unleashed. The site’s creators say they’d also send notes to the glitter recipients, telling them “how awful they are.” (That note would also be packed with glitter, making the situation even more messy.)

But just as fast as the site launched, it seems the demand has overwhelmed the site and its leader. Site founder Mathew Carpenter wrote on Product Hunt that consumers should “stop buying this horrible glitter product” because “I’m sick of dealing with it.”

The site received a million page views in just 24 hours; Carpenter was so overwhelmed that he might sell the site, TIME reports. Purchasing has been temporarily suspended.

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Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing after wandering off a Texas ranch, is finally found

By The Associated Press
Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing for about two weeks in Texas after wandering off a remote private ranch, was finally found Friday — and the open range appeared to have agreed with her. The giraffe was spotted about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) south of her enclosure during an aerial search in the Texas Hill Country, according to Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson. He said Gracie's owner, Vick Jones, contacted a veterinarian and began putting together a team to bring the giraffe safely back to the ranch. “She’s in good shape,” Jones said. “She’s standing there, swishing her tail.” Gracie, who is about 3 years old and weighs at least 1,200 pounds, was found within a half-mile of a pond and creek and had plenty of vegetation to feed on, said Jones, adding that she appeared to have been in that area for about a week.
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