TIL: the oldest lightbulb (Centennial Light Bulb) has been almost continuously on since 1901. It's now 120 years old. It has been in Fire Station 6, Livermore, California since 1976 where it still burns.
2 years ago · 👍 nristen, cobradile94, enceladus, lilith, devyl
Related story: in the 1920's a cartel of lightbulb manufacturers, including Philips and GE, put R&D into engineering lightbulbs with a shorter life span and agreed to phase out the older, better bulbs, thus becoming the first instance of planned obsolescence. · 2 years ago