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We Finally Know What Creates Static Electricity, After Thousands of Years (www.sciencealert.com)
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We finally have an answer: The beginning and the end of the sliding motion that produces static electricity experience different forces – resulting in a charge differential between the front and the back that results in the crackle of static electricity.

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago

"For the first time, we are able to explain a mystery that nobody could before: why rubbing matters,"

sigh The jokes write themselves. He had to know, when he said that.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Just don’t forget to wash your hands after.

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