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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!!TOAL
  3. Message-ID: <9212310114.AA03994@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:14:47 GMT
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Graham Toal
  8.               <gtoal%rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk%kate.ibmpcug.co.uk@KATE.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
  9. Subject: Re: Questions
  10. Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  13. :>        But there's no question that a chewed wintergreen Lifesaver emits a
  14. :>        small flash of light.  In a fabled All Things Considered report, Susan
  15. :>        Stamberg and Ira Flatow locked themselves in a closet at NPR to
  16. :>        demonstrate the phenomenon.
  17.  
  18. :Ah - triboluminescense.  Also seen when you pull sticky tape off a
  19. :roll in the closet.
  20.  
  21. Ah yes, light-from-rubbing: another explanation-by-naming.
  22. Natalie should feel reassured.
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