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		swiftcoder on Aug 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I got my laser eye injury I recently bought a 3500 watt electric kettle out of the bargain bin in LIDL, for around 20 euros. Europeans do not mess around when it comes to hot beverages

nottorp on Aug 2, 2024 [–]

Yeah funny, i was going to say 2.5 kW kettles are a britishism and the ones on continental europe are weaker...

... but then i checked my eastern european kettle and guess what, it's ... 2.4 kW.

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