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Who demonstrated that lightning and the spark of clothes are the same phenomena?

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Thomas Alva Edison
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Benjamin Franklin
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Isaac Newton
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The correct option is B Benjamin Franklin
The ancient greeks knew as early as 600 B.C.that when amber (amber is a kind of resin) is rubbed with fur, it attracted light objects like hair. Later in 1752, Benjamin Franklin, an american scientist showed that lightning and the spark from our clothes are essentially the same phenomena.

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