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TIL 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.org)

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yads@lemmy.ca
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Theoretically

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Blaubarschmann@feddit.de
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Well, at the currents associated with a lightning strike, those thin chains would probably explode instantly and spray molten metal around. And the conducting path from the top would probably make a lightning strike more likely than without

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yads@lemmy.ca
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The article basically kept repeating ‘theoretically protect the wearer’.

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