How do those glow-in-the-dark light sticks work?
By A Mystery Man Writer
Last updated 17 Jul 2024
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Summertime is glow stick (or light stick) season—it’s fun to wave them around at night, at parties, during those Fourth of July celebrations, at the campground, etc. But how do those little day-glo sticks glow (at night) without a battery or a bulb?
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