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		ashildr 87 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fingers wrinkle the same way every time they’re in... IIRC even LASER was seen as a novely demonstration of quite an obscure effect…

moomin 87 days ago [–]

Gladstone once asked Faraday about the usefulness of electricity, just saying.

Faraday's response: "Why sir, there is every possibility that you will soon be able to tax it!"

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