Party popper

<h2 id="safety-and-precautions">Safety and precautions</h2>

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Party poppers have been known to cause serious eye trauma and other facial injuries when aimed at people. Consumers are advised to avoid disassembling party poppers. Supervision of children during usage is also highly important. <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Party poppers are classified as "indoor <a href="/facts/Fireworks/sPEQcu3h">fireworks</a>," and as such, they are subject to legal restrictions in some places. Party poppers cannot be sold to anybody under the age of 16 in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="emoji">Emoji</h2>
<p>The party popper has been part of <a href="/facts/Emoji/Qkp7gwBH">emojis</a> (🎉) since 2015. It is also known as the "tada" emoji.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"party popper". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2013-05-10. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231456/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/party+popper?q=party+popper" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231456/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/party+popper?q=party+popper</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Colin Bradley. "How Fireworks Work". Pyro Universe. Archived from the original on 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2013-05-10. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150808175631/http://www.pyrouniverse.com/consumer/howtheywork.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150808175631/http://www.pyrouniverse.com/consumer/howtheywork.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>1150 - PARTY POPPER REVOLVER (bigfireworks.com) <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Sarathkumar sustains a minor injury on left eye". The Hindu. 2011-11-17. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-03-11. <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/sarathkumar-sustains-minor-injury-on-left-eye/article2633495.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/sarathkumar-sustains-minor-injury-on-left-eye/article2633495.ece</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Lorraine Conway (2024-12-16). "Regulation of fireworks" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 2025-01-01. <a href="https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05704/SN05704.pdf" target="_blank">https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05704/SN05704.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"🎉 Party Popper Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 29 April 2022. <a href="https://emojipedia.org/party-popper/" target="_blank">https://emojipedia.org/party-popper/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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