• Aurenkin
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    10 months ago

    The records are impressively accurate and complete for the time period too.

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      10 months ago

      Too bad it’s rounded to one digit, it’s so hard to find more detailed data about that period.

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    10 months ago

    Technically, if lightning killed a cow in that year, and someone ate that cow, then the consumption should be greater than zero.

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      Technically, if I wore a condom that night in 1996, you shouldn’t exist - but, hey, life has a way of surprising us.

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      I mean, action potentials are life. Every living cell is consuming/producing electricity constantly. Lightning not required: every time you eat or drink anything that contributes to a charge gradient (which is literally every time you eat or drink anything) you’re consuming electricity.