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Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You could give people a mild shock. "Here. Hold these while I crank this thingy." Could be good for some lulz. Or get you burned as a witch.

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  • Blasphemy@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, the Baghdad Battery’s pretty old. We’ve had electricity for a while, just nobody knew what it was or how to use it. Just like us now.

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    • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Baghdad Battery? Probably not a battery:
      Awful Archaeology Ep. 6: The Baghdad Battery by Miniminuteman
      Baghdad Battery 2 - non-electric boogaloo also by Miniminuteman

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I love Minuteman. His series on Graham Hancock’s bullshit show earlier this year was terrific.

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• Rentlar@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Making an “ouch” device or basic heater is something I could do.

  Even a battery I could make a simple alumium air battery cell. Or lemon battery. But I’d be viewed like a sorcerer asking for foreign ingredients like salt, aluminum and zinc.

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  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I swear the Americans remove another letter from the word aluminium every time I look away

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    • subspaceinterferents@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yanks are a sneaky bunch.

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    • BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      it’s all the uranum from the atomic bomb tests

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  • Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aluminum would be nearly impossible to obtain, it’s actually my preferred grab in a hypothetical “You’re going back in time and can take one thing”

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    • Tavarin@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep, it was worth more than gold before modern methods made it easy to isolate.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends on how far back and where you went. Whoever made the Baghdad Battery probably wouldn’t even be impressed.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You mean the scroll holder?

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• Juvyn00b@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can make a generator… so then stretch wires to a distance and put a motor on the end of it (similar to the generator). Basically blow their minds in that you could transfer power over distance without a mechanical coupling.

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