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A small battery has been ringing a bell since 1840. No one knows what's inside

8 points by thunderbong ago | 3 comments

Terr_ |next [-]

It'd be funny if some quirk of its design caused it to benefit from external radio waves.

If so, we might wait a very long time and then be a little disappointed. I would hope this kind of museum would already have a lot of shielding around in addition to the glass jars.

nomel |root |parent [-]

It would also be funny if someone was secretly in charge of maintaining a magnetic coil built into the shelf under the based, as a very long running prank.

euroderf |previous [-]

Oh c'mon, can't they shoot X-rays at it or take an infinitesimal air sample or something ?