'The Torpedo.'
(from Balderdash and Piffle, by Alex Games)
''During the 16th century a torpedo was a ray-like fish that emits an electric** discharge, but in 1776 an American called
David Bushnell turned it into a sea-going mine that could be clamped to an enemy ship.''
**Around AD 1600, Dr William Gilbert investigated the reactions of amber and magnets and first recorded the word
'Electric' in a report on the theory of magnetism. Ben Franklin isnt a happy bunny ?
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