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The ever-burning light bulb

The time after the First World War: A young man from the area of food had on a rainy afternoon on a shopping trip on the ubiquitous black markets issued. Except overpriced food he bought from a dealer and a light bulb for his dining room, since the last had left only recently broken.

to return home, unscrewed the bulb, the German quickly and delighted in its yellow glow. During the coming years, the bulb constantly performed their service. Even after decades, it is still on, now what the older man seemed strange. Finally he had all the other bulbs in the other rooms have replaced dozens of times.

rose briefly made the man in a chair, unscrewed the light bulb out and discovered the sign of the manufacturer - Osram - including a strange number on the mount.
He wanted to solve the secret of longevity, "wrote the 50th to the company, described his case and asked if he could help in solving the puzzle.

was already a little later the old man a return letter, according to him like the light bulb wanted to buy. This

the Germans came, however, remains extremely curious why he rejected the offer, the light bulb locked in a bank locker and began researching. As he finally discovered after months, the famous manufacturer bulbs had once applied for a patent for an incandescent bulb that would burn forever and is simply indestructible. However, the light bulb would never have gone into mass production, since this would have been economic suicide for Osram.

However, as the man would guess, during the turmoil of war apparently stolen some of the prototypes and sold on black markets have been. So also was he ever in his burning light bulb come.

Note & Explanation: The same story is found in also sagen.at and beyond - with minor variations - in the U.S., France and several other countries known. was inspired

this legend probably by a light bulb, which performs in a fire station of the city Livermore their service. Since 1901 she is continuously in operation, making it the longest lasting light bulb in the world. Similar phenomenal age also have a bulb in the Livestock Exchange Building - Fort Worth, Texas - Nick & Gas Supply, a hardware store in New York City on the clock.

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