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[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 87 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This map is very inaccurate, as it neglects those who had consumed electrical energy through lightning striking them. That cooked flesh didn't come for free!

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It also neglects rubbing on some fabrics and shocking friends and family with the charged static electricity.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 weeks ago

Those people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We have a bit of electricity in our nervous systems too, yes?

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, there's electricity in the brain, for example.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

there's electricity in the air when I'm with you

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week 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.

[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seek the truth, always.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

That's not consumption, that's agony.