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This unlocked a memory for me. Back when I was a kid I remember one of the religious whackos told us that the reason the ark of the covenant killed the dude that touched it was because it was a battery. He used the fact that there was no battery technology at the time to support the fact that god is real.
I know it's off topic, but harnessing energy reminded me.
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/47627/could-the-ark-of-the-covenant-have-killed-by-acting-as-a-capacitor
Well now I know where he got the idea, and I doubt he could have remembered the word capacitor. So that became battery in his mind.
It's possible that the Ark could have generated enough static electricity to give you a shock on the order of rubbing your feet on the carpet and then touching a door knob. Maybe.
It smote that one dude! Rubbing balloons in our hair will kill us!!1!!