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[Fact Off]

Space tethers to generate electricity 

https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wtether.html

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-75.html

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/2.3563?journalCode=jsr

https://edisontechcenter.org/generators.html

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/2.3563?journalCode=jsr

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=2532&context=smallsat

Electric fish with dramatic pauses

ttps://www.fishbase.se/summary/5208

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/electric-fish-pause/618993/

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2021/05/new-research-shows-that-electric-fish-pause-before-sharing-something-meaningful.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/wuis-ef-051921.php

[Ask the Science Couch]

Static electricity

https://www.utm.edu/staff/cerkal/electricity.htm

https://www.livescience.com/51656-static-electricity.html

https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/hr/documents/public/hsu/information/electrical/staticelectricity.pdf

[Butt One More Thing]

Manure electricity

https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-sports-science-technology-business-3ad8a6b9b1cb4100a9db1b2e406ad14d

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-equestrian-manure-energy/poo-power-horse-manure-from-world-cup-powers-helsinki-homes-idUSKBN1X70QX