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by erehweb 3905 days ago
There is a story (perhaps apocryphal) that a student at Cambridge [?] was asked this at an exam many years ago.

He said "I'm sorry, I did use to know, but I've forgotten".

"How very unfortunate," said the professor. "In all of history, only two people have known what electricity is. One the creator, and the other yourself. And now one of the two has forgotten."

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Haha, I daresay that student did poorly on the exam.