Im watching some show on the Discovery Channel as we...uh...speak, called...er...MythBusters (?? I think??). Anyhow...they test out all these myths to see if theyre plausible or not (for instance, before this baghdad battery thing, they figured out the fastest way to chill a 6 pack to 38 degrees F or less. A fire extinguisher! Or..if you dont wanna use your only defence vs. fire, just throw some ice, water, and salt in a cooler. Itll chill yer beer to frickin freezing a-s cold in 5 minutes. :w00t Cheers!.
Anyhow...it seems a doohickey thats roughly 2000 years old was located just outside Baghdad. Its a jar containing an iron rod, surrounded by a copper cylinder with a stopper made of asphault. When filled with vinegar, this thing produces 1.1 volts of electricity. A battery! Maybe.... Theyre actually talking about it being used for something called "electroplating." Putting one layer of metal over another....Heres a few links:
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A better link!
Theyve built a bunch of these things on this show and are now in the process of shocking each other with them. :rolleyes
What do you fine people here think of this thingy?