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If you've seen this kind of gas lamp, you're at least from the generation born before the 1980s! (i.imgur.com)
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[โ€“] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Considering the mantle is 100% going to be burned, I'd say the radioactivity was an issue.

[โ€“] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Well, thank goodness for yttrium i guess