Excellent storyteller! This reminds me of a long running series from the Chicago Sun Times: ''Things I Learned En Route to Looking Up Other Things.'' That column dovetailed with my love of reading the World Book Encyclopedia in a random fashion.
Interesting! Reminds me of generating electricity with a lemon as a kid: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_battery" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_battery</a>