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    What are you hearing when you shake a burned-out light bulb?

    Question #58302. Asked by barker111. (Jul 13 05 6:11 AM)


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    		Light bulbs "burn out" when the fillament breaks. What you are hearing are the fragments of the burned-out fillament.

    Jul 13 05, 6:16 AM

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