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CrackBingeIdea t1_j15fk4q wrote

Reply to comment by MentochTheMindTaker in TIL in 1962 a General Electric engineer named Nick Holonyak developed the first LED light bulb capable of emitting visible red light. The same bulb was used in the 1964 stop animation animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Rudolph’s bioluminescent nose. by undergroundgeek

Yeah, now it seems obvious... I just always figured it needed some symbiotic bacteria existing within an organism. Huh. Thanks man, every day is a school day.

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aelwero t1_j1607aa wrote

It's an understandable assumption IMHO. My mind goes directly to algae when bioluminescence is mentioned, simply because it's the only form I've seen firsthand, and was around it quite a bit.

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