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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!
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
That's not consumption, that's agony.
They just took the aggregate population, and rounded down based on kWh.