261 years ago today

Coin Heaven

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261 years ago today Ben Franklin discovered electricity by tying a key to a kite and having it hit with lightning
 
Coin Heaven said:
261 years ago today Ben Franklin discovered electricity by tying a key to a kite and having it hit with lightning

Coin Heaven said:
ago today Ben Franklin discovered electricity by tying a key to a kite and

Coin Heaven said:
Ben Franklin discovered electricity by tying a

Coin Heaven said:
Ben Franklin discovered electricity

my science glands are secreting molten tears of sadness
 
All that Franklin's experiment helped establish was the connection between lightning and electricity. Discoveries of electricity dated THOUSANDS of years ago.
 
the guy who discovered electricity was probably the first guy to ever get struck by lightning

knowing Britain's weather, I'd wager that he was somewhere in Scotland
 
Coin Heaven said:
261 years ago today Ben Franklin discovered electricity by tying a key to a kite and having it hit with lightning

Excuse me, I'm going to go scream into my pillow.

Just... ugh.
 
All you guys beat me too it......

Saying Ben Franklin discovered electricity is like saying Columbus discovered America (which in reality, the Vikings beat him by some years, and his intentions weren't even to discover the continent.)
 
New Super Mario said:
All you guys beat me too it......

Saying Ben Franklin discovered electricity is like saying Columbus discovered America (which in reality, the Vikings beat him by some years, and his intentions weren't even to discover the continent.)

Columbus is credited the discovered of america though.

Nobody gives a shit about the natives and viking.

I mean we just outright slaughtered and pushed the natives away. Sure we would have tried the same with the vikings if they were there when Columbus got there.
 
Gimli said:
New Super Mario said:
All you guys beat me too it......

Saying Ben Franklin discovered electricity is like saying Columbus discovered America (which in reality, the Vikings beat him by some years, and his intentions weren't even to discover the continent.)

Columbus is credited the discovered of america though.

Nobody gives a shit about the natives and viking.

I mean we just outright slaughtered and pushed the natives away. Sure we would have tried the same with the vikings if they were there when Columbus got there.

Now that's rather unfair on many explorers' parts. Columbus was a huge dick, but many other explorers tried and succeeded in joining up with the Native Americans, and so did many settlers.