Mildly Interesting

Is it my turn to do the joke? Yeah? Okay, here goes:

Op, why are you putting this absolutely fascinating post in mildly interesting? This is way too interesting.

Edit: the colors are produced by phosphors that are painted on the filament: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/12/aerolux-flower-bulbs/

2nd edit: I’ve been fully nerd-sniped:

The red bulbs are filled with neon gas, the pink bulbs with a neon-argon mix, and the purple/violet bulbs with argon gas. The green color (as was used for grass, accents in advertising bulbs or leaves in the flower and bouquet bulbs) was produced by coating the metal with barium, which responded to the wavelength of light given off by the ionized gas.

Source: https://brewminate.com/flower-light-bulbs-forgotten-wonders-of-the-mid-1900s/

These go for $800+ each btw. I have a broken one of these and it's still worth a couple hundred lol.

Edit: Specifically the Aerolux 1960s orange bulbs are $800+. They're collectors items.

no way. we had a house that had a field of electric flowers in my hometown. they stopped doing 'em a decade ago. got to see 'em their last year when we were visiting. they are so cool. it'll take some time but i can't remember right now where those photos are backed up. might already be on another hard drive.

This looks like some junk my grandma would've had sitting around.

The curse from the Beauty and the Beast is real.