Those people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.
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x00z@lemmy.world 21 hours agoIt also neglects rubbing on some fabrics and shocking friends and family with the charged static electricity.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 20 hours ago
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 18 hours ago
We have a bit of electricity in our nervous systems too, yes?
Sergio@piefed.social 16 hours ago
Yeah, there's electricity in the brain, for example.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
there’s electricity in the air when I’m with you
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
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.