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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1 year ago

Translation: people have always been morons.

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1 year ago

Radiation as the cure-all took over a little over a century later.

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