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COOL FACTS ABOUT ELECTRICITY
§ Electricity travels at 6,696,000 miles per
hour.
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Electricity
can be contract muscle cells in the heart when it ran through the body.
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Electrocardiogram
(ECG) machines are used in hospitals to measure the electricity flowing through
a patient’s heart, displaying a line that spikes with every heartbeat.
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Volt
is a unit of electric force that measures the potential strength of current.
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The
typical lightning bolt is 100 million volts.
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A
spark of static electricity can be measure up to 3,000 volts.
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Electric
eels can produce shocks of 500 volts or more.
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Coal is the world’s biggest source of energy for producing
electricity.Coal is burned in furnaces that boil water. The steam produced from that boiling water spins
turbines that are attached to generators or transformers.
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Fossil
fuels are the largest source of electricity, but wind, water and the sun can
also produce it.
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The
first successful electric car was built in 1891 by American inventor “William Morrison”.
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“Benjamin Franklin” didn’t discover electricity, but he proved
that lightning is a form of electricity during the 18th century.
§ We wonder every time
why birds that sit on power lines don’t get electrocuted?
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Because, when bird sits on only one power line its safe. If
the bird touches any part of its body to another line, it completes a circuit
that causes electrocution.
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