garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL when lightning rods were first introduced in the 18th century, people found them so fascinating that wearable lightning rods become fashionable, e.g. a lightning rod in your hat or umbrella.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down13
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkTIL when lightning rods were first introduced in the 18th century, people found them so fascinating that wearable lightning rods become fashionable, e.g. a lightning rod in your hat or umbrella.en.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareEspecially_the_lies@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·2 years agoTranslation: people have always been morons.
minus-squareBipta@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoRadiation as the cure-all took over a little over a century later.
Translation: people have always been morons.
Radiation as the cure-all took over a little over a century later.