# Dust!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/6096>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 13, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/6096 "2000-01-13T07:40:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/6096/1 "2000-01-13T07:40:00Z")

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Hey Cecil and Teeming Millions!  
So tell me about dust. Are there different kinds of dust? Where does dust come from? Where does it go?  
Thanks a lot!  
–Pete!

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**Author:** ![mikan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mikan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikan)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2000, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/6096/2 "2000-01-13T08:00:00Z")

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90% of household dust comes from hairs fallen from the legs of spiders. And spiders, by the way, are surprisingly abundant in factory-produced chocolate. But I have no idea where dust goes.

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**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2000, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust/6096/3 "2000-01-13T08:20:00Z")

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I think it’s mostly shed skin from humans. But insect parts are a part of dust, according to Cecil.  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a880212.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a880212.html)

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I’m not perky.