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minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·2 days agoIt also neglects rubbing on some fabrics and shocking friends and family with the charged static electricity.
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoAncient civilizations, including the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, used electric fish for medical treatments. Thales of Miletus discovered static electricity (600 BC) by rubbing amber and observing its ability to attract light objects.
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoThose people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.
minus-squarereallykindasorta@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoWe have a bit of electricity in our nervous systems too, yes?
minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoYeah, there’s electricity in the brain, for example.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agothere’s electricity in the air when I’m with you
It also neglects rubbing on some fabrics and shocking friends and family with the charged static electricity.
Ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, used electric fish for medical treatments.
Thales of Miletus discovered static electricity (600 BC) by rubbing amber and observing its ability to attract light objects.
Those people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.
We have a bit of electricity in our nervous systems too, yes?
Yeah, there’s electricity in the brain, for example.
there’s electricity in the air when I’m with you
Can it charge my phone?
Yes