From the newest New Yorker:

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How dark was it? Let’s put it this way: an electric current coursing through a tungsten filament in a small glass vacuum produces a hundred times the light emitted by a candle or oil lamp. And, considering that no European cities deployed any kind of public lighting before 1650, the world at night was no place to take a stroll. Moonless nights

Comments

[hissy]

dork!

(that sounds awesome)

[ethanbassman718]

straight up, what book is that?

[madmaxmfp]

It's like subtitled "The History of the Night," but I can't remember the main title.

I heard about your lunch special endeavors today. Being back home rules.