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The invention of the grounding lightning rod by a Czech priest
Prokop Diviš - a Czech priest who tried to control the weather but instead invented the lightning rod.
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History
June 15: Benjamin Franklin performs the first lightning experiment with kite wings
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin performed lightning experiments in a very famous atmosphere.
Environment
Learn about lightning - the deadly beauty of nature
Lightning is one of the extremely beautiful natural phenomena. But it is a 'deadly' beauty.
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It is hard to believe a thousand-year-old healing therapy with ... milling cutters
Massage with a milling cutter has been available for more than 2500 years. Up to now, this is still a very popular therapeutic treatment throughout Taiwan and China.
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The person behind the invention of the historical lightning rod
Today the lightning system is an integral part of high-rise buildings around the world.