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I recently bought a bedside light which is operated by touching the metal base. Several nights ago, during a thunderstorm with much lightning, the lamp came on by itself. Each time I had to turn it off by touching it. How was it turned on?

Michael Pritchard, Dereham, Norfolk, UK

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