stackyFACTSHarnessing the immense power of electricity started with a rudimentary metal frisbee. The first device to generate continuous electric current simply consisted of a solid copper disk manually cranked between the poles of a giant horseshoe magnet, quietly kicking off the entire electrified era.
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