A look at some of the earliest observations and uses of electricity from 2750 BCE to like 1900

Baghdad Battery Archaeology https://youtu.be/19mhccQ3nVA

Baghdad Battery Theory https://youtu.be/XcFOOfqfx3s

this pod cures gonorrhea in 2 hours!!!

but fr tho welcome to the pilot episode of esotechnica a pod where we talk about all the strangest artifacts of human inventiveness. today we're talking about the forgotten inventions of the World War era, or as i like to call it, the golden era of terrible inventions

further reading:

the gas-proof baby carriage https://youtu.be/BWElVqNTkO8

the spruce girls: https://youtu.be/r4k1nNfyuLc

Baby in a Box article: https://media.pluto.psy.uconn.edu/babyinabox.html

Interview with Skinner's daughter: https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/blog-posts/being-the-baby-in-the-box-bf-skinners-daughter-dispels-the-myths/r/recMjL1uEtGHT47YU