Maybe I do have something unusual.
Not too long ago I believed that what I was taught about atoms could be wrong. We are told the electrons orbit the nucleus in shells, and it is only the outer electrons that can be shared with other atoms. Instead, what I thought was going on is that the electrons had different energy states and vibrated - not rotated in shells. So think of some electrons are very exited while others are not so energetic. So some would "bounce" higher. This (I thought) would explain why some chemical reactions needed heat to activate - as you are energising those electrons to a higher energy level and so would "bounce" further away - and get entangled with other atoms.
So maybe they are right about distance, but wrong about spin.
There is some talk about aligning the spin of electrons in a structure to give it magnetic properties - but it may make more sense to say they all move in the same direction and are polarised.....like a magnet.
I opened a large bag of flour today in the same place and light I first saw these things. The dust seemed huge by comparison, so whatever they are they are about 1/10 the size of airborne flour dust, and it fairly quickly settled, whereas these things don't seem to have any weight, and may hold a polarised charge as they are equidistant from each other.
I'm waiting on a high voltage transformer to test out a theory that if I can force a charge on them, then they will be attracted to a plate of the opposite potential. Going to try using a small PC fan blowing through a fine mesh screen at high potential, and hopefully deposit the particles on a tray of water.
If this works then I may make a version of Lord Kelvin's water drop experiment using a small USB water pump and a 12v fan running at slow speed on 5v. The falling water drops will create the electrostatic potential themselves, and placing the grating in the airflow I can use the potential generated as an air cleaner.
Maybe his discovery will have a use after all !