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[โ€“] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They still made them too. 130V bulbs / garage bulbs / heavy duty bulbs all lasted far longer on 120V because the filament was thicker. They basically never went out.

[โ€“] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month 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

[โ€“] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month 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 hadnโ€™t lost anything else.