𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 1901 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘣'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘣𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘊𝘈 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘺? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘭𝘥!
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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘣 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘺, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬. 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘣'𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘣 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴.
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@thewebrecluse At the Edison museum in Florida, they explained that the first incandescent bulbs would have lasted decades, but they deliberately altered them to burn out and need to be replaced frequently.