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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:22:21 EST
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- From: Tony Harminc <EL406045@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Questions
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- Posted on 29 Dec 1992 at 21:23:53 by Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
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- > But there's no question that a chewed wintergreen Lifesaver emits a
- > small flash of light. In a fabled All Things Considered report, Susan
- > Stamberg and Ira Flatow locked themselves in a closet at NPR to
- > demonstrate the phenomenon.
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- Ah - triboluminescense. Also seen when you pull sticky tape off a
- roll in the closet.
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- Tony H.
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