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TIL about the "Baghdad Battery," a 2,000-year-old artifact found in Iraq. It consists of a terracotta pot containing a copper cylinder and an iron rod, leading to a famous historical debate over whether it was an early galvanic cell or simply a storage vessel for sacred scrolls

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