This one just wowed me. Totally amazing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_bulb
http://www.centennialbulb.org/facts.htm
I found this thing through Snopes.org. I'm still goggling at it. A hundred-year-old lightbulb that's been lit (more or less) continuously for all this time? Yikes. You learn something new every day.
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