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Why does aluminum foil have one shiny side and one with a matte finish?
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I've seen something similar in Italian: some call it "carta stagnola" (roughly "little tin paper"), but the default is "foglio di alluminio" (aluminium sheet). Never saw it in Portuguese though, it's always "papel alumínio" (aluminium paper), even for the hats.