the.com/electric shock
Your nervous system getting a strongly worded memo from the universe.
means A sudden, painful jolt felt in the body when electric current passes through it.
from 'Electric' traces back to the Greek 'elektron,' meaning amber — because ancient Greeks noticed that rubbing amber made it attract light objects, an early brush with static electricity. 'Shock' arrives from French 'choc,' a violent collision or jolt, originally describing the impact of forces (or armies) crashing together. The two words didn't meet until the 18th century, when scientists experimenting with Leyden jars and early batteries started giving themselves very literal, very memorable jolts — and needed a name for the experience fast.
- actual danger
- current kills, not voltage, despite voltage getting blamed
- the culprit
- anything over 10 milliamps can lock your muscles up
- bird logic
- birds survive wires by never touching ground and wire at once
- funny bone
- that elbow tingle is just the ulnar nerve, not humor