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The first solar panel was inspired by a lizard sunbathing. Nature invented renewable energy and didn’t even brag.

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The first solar cells were developed in the 19th century, with Edmond Becquerel observing the photovoltaic effect in 1839 and Bell Labs making a practical silicon cell in 1954. A basking lizard did not inspire them.

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