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title: The Strange Blue Glow That Saved Lives — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/the-strange-blue-glow-that-saved-lives/
date: 2016-04-14
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# The Strange Blue Glow That Saved Lives

Back in 1862, soldiers fighting in the American Civil War noticed a strange blue glow on their wounds. It took a couple of High School students to figure out what it was.