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[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Everything is a light emitting resistor if you send enough power through it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

The sun: Damn it, I knew it ๐Ÿ˜ . I thought I was special ๐Ÿฅบ.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

In university in the first lecture I visited they demonstrated that fact using a pickle. They sent current through and it glowed.