Pointless ExperimentsPavlov's Frog writes: I once spent 20 minutes with my eyes closed to see what it was like being blind. I smashed my knee on the kitchen cupboard, and decided I'd be better off deaf as you can still watch television.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 12:00)
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Explanation :dNormally the rubber band creates a positive or negative charge in one of the globes, while the other one stays negative. The charge gets larger and larger, and when you bring the other globe towards it eventually the charge will "jump across" making a spark.
What happened here is I don't think plugs work the same way as a piece of rubber and a fine tooth comb. Basically it just short circuited the entire house.
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