The red glow that revealed neon
Not satisfied with finding krypton, Ramsay kept chilling air and zapping the resulting fractions with high voltage currents. One of the leftover gases emitted a wildly intense crimson light that practically blinded him in the dark laboratory. He unwittingly discovered the exact element that would eventually fuel massive, obnoxious glowing signage worldwide.

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