ELECTRICITY

                                                      ELECTRICITY 

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                                     Benjamin Franklin

       Electricity keeps the lights on, powers electric vehicles, and even infuses our language — after all, attraction is often described as "feeling a spark.                          But how much do you know about what drives this physical phenomenon?

We are cutting through the myths and misconceptions around electricity with these shocking facts.

  

Reports about the discovery of electricity have been greatly exaggerated

Delve into the history of electricity and you'll find conflicting reports about its discovery. Was the original pioneer of electricity Benjamin Franklin, flying a key attached to a kite in a thunderstorm in the 1750  Or was it Thales of Miletus, a Greek philosopher who supposedly experimented with amber and feathers in 600 B.C. to discover static electricity for the first time.

During electrical storms, plants sometimes react to the electrical fields caused by the storms by discharging tiny sparks of electricity. These sparks can create a faint blue haze known as a corona.

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