Ever heard of a Leyden jar? It's been around for over 200 years and is the forerunner of the modern day capacitor. The guy who invented it tested it on himself and stated that 'my whole body was shaken as though by a thunderbolt'. And no, his name wasn't Leyden - Leyden was the town that the jar was invented in. If we had named the jar after the inventor it would be called a 'Musschenbroeck jar' (now you see why it's called a Leyden jar). It was once discharged through seven hundred monks who were holding hands. They flew up into the air simultaneously. Definitely sounds like a experiment Dad should be involved with...
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