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The longest running light bulb is in Livermore, CA and has been running since 1901. It's installed and maintained in a fire station. https://en.wikipedia.org/w

by ffk 10y ago

The longest running light bulb is in Livermore, CA and has been running since 1901. It's installed and maintained in a fire station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

imperialdrive 10y ago
you made my night!
aaron695 10y ago
Obviously an environmental disaster if everyone had these. But still, a quaint thing.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
  From the Wikipedia article > The Centennial Light was originally a 30-watt or 60-watt bulb Why? Everyone, where I'm from anyway, now has CFLs and LEDs, mostly, and the environmental disaster rolls on.
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