@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 1 year agoTIL 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.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down13
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•1 year agoWell, 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoThe article basically kept repeating ‘theoretically protect the wearer’.
Theoretically
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
The article basically kept repeating ‘theoretically protect the wearer’.