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🗲 It's NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY! (Jan 9) 🗲

KellytheBelly — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:14:57 GMT

Dry Winters, anyone? It's electrifyingly shocking! 🗲

It may be a little shocking, but National Static Electricity Day is on January 9th. The observance explores static electricity and even how we may cause it. (and prevent it! 😉 ) (see below)

HOW TO OBSERVE STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY

Learn how static electricity affects us. Explore the ways you come into contact with static electricity and how you create it, too. Run an experiment and share your results. Use #StaticElectricityDay to post on social media. [source: National Day Calendar.com]

NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY | January 9th - National Day Calendar

[source: YouTube]

Some 'Static Electricity' 411 Fun Stuff:

🗲  Static electricity [source: WIKI]
🗲  The science of static electricity - Anuradha Bhagwat [source: YouTube]
🗲  How to Make Static Electricity [source: WikiHow]

Not a Fan of Static Electricity(?):

🗲 How to Remove Static Electricity [source: WikiHow]

🗲 How to Get Rid of Static Cling on Clothes, and Prevent It Coming Back

[source: TheSpruce.com]

Funny Static Electricity TikToks:
[source: tiktok.com]

🗲 Static Dog
🗲 Great demonstration of static electricity.

Sounds associated with static electricity: *zap* *buzz* *snap* *crackle* (nobody wants *pop*) *hiss* *spark* (and one I like the most... *yikes*).

Anyway, if you want to 'static electrically (?)' prank your cat/dog/someone you know, do it today, and do it with love. Make it fun! 🗲

🗲 😁

Re: 🗲 It's NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY! (Jan 9) 🗲

Jason2020LovesKelly — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:42:10 GMT

Don't do this?

Re: 🗲 It's NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY! (Jan 9) 🗲

KellytheBelly — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:12:52 GMT

Watch out! 🗲

🗲 It's NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY! (Jan 9) 🗲

How to Avoid the Shock of Static Electricity

🗲 The drier air of the winter months is a better insulator than the more humid air of summer. To help prevent static electricity, use a humidifier to put moisture back into the air in your home during the winter months.

🗲 Our skin is drier in the winter months, too. Putting on moisturizer before getting dressed is recommended.

🗲 Synthetic fabrics are better insulators than natural fibers. Wearing materials made from natural fibers such as cotton will help reduce the amount of static electricity that's stirred up.

🗲 While walking around the house, at work, or shopping, holding a key or a metal pen in your hand will help discharge the build-up of static electricity painlessly.

🗲 Switching to leather-soled shoes versus rubber-soled shoes will help reduce the amount of static that is built up.

Static Electricity FAQ

Q. Is static electricity harmful to humans?
A. Static electricity generally only causes a small shock when the energy is discharged. Newer technology at gas stations is reducing the risk of static build-up preventing a spark from causing a fire.

Q. Is static electricity visible?
A. Yes, it can be. Plasma lamps allow us to see static electricity in action. However, if you carry a large build-up of static electricity, you may see a small spark when you discharge it, too.

Q. What's another name for static electricity?

A. Static electricity is also known as triboelectricity.

Q. Can static electricity be stored for power?

A. Static electricity can be used to power things such as a lightbulb. Researchers are also seeking ways to collect and store static electricity to be used in larger applications.

Stay safe out there! And remember, static electricity can be prevented!

[Sure, by living in a hermetically sealed, anti-static bubble. Which, admittedly, has its own set of dangers. Like extreme boredom and existential dread. 😉 ]

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Can't say the same for this shocked kitty... 🗲 😾 [she's fine] Embrace the frizz!

Re: 🗲 It's NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY! (Jan 9) 🗲

Jason2020LovesKelly — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:13:30 GMT

😂 Poor kitten.