Beaucoup Oranges Power French Billboard [VIDEO]

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Todd Wasserman
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Beaucoup Oranges Power French Billboard [VIDEO]

Apparently, if you have enough oranges, you can power an electric billboard. This video, for a Tropicana promotion in France, details the creation of the outdoor sign, which took a ton of oranges and some technical know-how.

Creativity Online reports that 2,500 oranges were used and fitted with zinc and copper spikes, and "the orange juice dissolved the metals, causing their electrons to create a current."

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