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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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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

See also the giraffe nerve that takes a 15 foot detour because it didn't evolve to go on the other side of their hearts. It's theorized to have travelled even further in dinosaurs: