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What is a creepy or weird fact that would scare even the bravest person? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

There was a bit of tech around at the time - telegraph. The flare sparked fires in telegraph offices and shocked some operators. As in electric shock, not a big fright, though no doubt also that. Some operators disconnected their batteries and were able to communicate by the auroral current alone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

The descriptions of the aurora are wild.