Elephant Toothpaste experiment

Elephant Toothpaste experiment

So, you don’t want to be a kid and instead want to be an elephant because you’ve been told elephants never have to brush their teeth? Well, we have news for you – there’s a lot more differences between kids and elephants than just their teeth.

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Making Sparks – Part II

Andreas_Cunaeus_discovering_the_Leyden_jar

Ever heard of a Leyden jar? It’s been around for over 200 years and is the forerunner of the modern day capacitor. The guy who invented it tested it on himself and stated that ‘my whole body was shaken as though by a thunderbolt’. And no, his name wasn’t Leyden – Leyden was the town…

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