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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Electricity
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Electricity, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Electricity are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: Electricity is the flow of electrical power or charge. A phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. Associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons. The directional movement of electrons, due to some imbalance of force, is what is known as electricity.

  • Fact 2 - Electricity is also referred to as an energy carrier. We get electricity from the conversion of other sources of energy, such as coal, nuclear, or solar energy
  • Fact 3 - An electron is an elementary particle with a negative charge. A Proton is an elementary particle with a positive charge
  • Fact 4 - An electric charge originates in the atom, in which its most familiar carriers are the electron and proton
  • Fact 5 - An electric charge may be transferred either by direct contact or by passing along a conducting material, such as a wire
  • Fact 6 - Electric current is measured in amperes, and is defined as the rate at which electric charge travels through a conductor
  • Fact 7 - Static electricity and electric current are two separate phenomena, both involving electric charge, and may occur simultaneously in the same object
  • Fact 8 - force that causes the electrons to move in an electrical circuit is called the electromotive force, or EMF
  • Fact 9 - There are many sources of EMF, the most common being batteries and electrical generators.
  • Fact 10 - The word 'electricity' is derived from 'electron', the Greek word for amber, a yellow transparent substance, remarkable for its electrical power when rubbed
  • Fact 11 - Electricity itself is neither renewable or non-renewable but the energy sources we use to make electricity can be renewable or non-renewable
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  • Fact 13 - Benjamin Franklin demonstrated that lightning is electricity. He tied a key to a kite string during a thunderstorm, and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same thing.
  • Fact 14 - In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the first long-lasting incandescent light bulb that could be used for about 40 hours without burning out. By 1880, his bulbs could be used for 1,200 hours.
  • Fact 15 - In 1826 Georg Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, current and resistance in Ohms Law
  • Fact 15 - In 1844 Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph, a machine that could send messages long distances across wires - see Facts about the Morse Code
  • Fact 15 - In 1888 Charles Brush used a large windmill to generate electricity in order to charge batteries in the cellar of his home in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Fact 15 - J. Spangler invented the first electric vacuum cleaner in 1911
  • Fact 15 - A. Goss invented the electric refrigerator in 1913
  • Fact 15 - The world' s first nuclear power plant  in Russia started generating electricity in 1954.
  • Fact 15 - Electricity became available over 100 years ago - The ability to harness energy and produce electricity has changed the World.

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