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[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's a famous example of one of these bulbs that's been in operation since 1901

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Until some bastard up on Denali shot a football through it, just so humanity would feel loss for the first time in 15,000 years.

They grieved over a bulb cause they hadn’t lost anything else.