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expedition32today at 3:37 AM4 repliesview on HN

People went to bed when the sun went down because candles cost money. The light bulb changed everything.


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xeromaltoday at 4:11 AM

I find that when I go camping, I get sleepy early around 9pm and I wake at 6 feeling more refreshed than I do at home. Fresh air and birds chirping. It's honestly a dream

richevtoday at 4:10 AM

Lighting was the killer app for electricity.

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ghewgilltoday at 4:12 AM

Electricity costs money too? I don't know how the cost of power compared to the cost of a candle in the beginning of the 20th century though.

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somenameformetoday at 4:49 AM

You can make and light a long-burning torch from the materials found in most any lush yard, let alone the much greater areas of wilds available to people in the past.

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