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In 1901, a lightbulb was installed at the hose cart house in Livermore California. Except for a 22-minute period during a move to a new firehouse in 1976, the bulb has remained lit continuously the entire time. “Hanging 18 feet above the floor at the end of a black cloth-covered cord, the little light with the filament the width of a No. 2 pencil lead is unprotected by any lampshade. Firefighters won’t even dust it. Touch it, jokes one captain, and you get your fingers chopped off.” The light bulb has a website, but unfortunately, it looks like it’s currently down, showing just a plain page with an email address.


How many firemen does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Well, if it’s the famous firehouse lightbulb in Livermore, California, the answer is zero! Get it? They haven’t changed it since 1901, so it would be zero! Get it? That’s funny. Zero…