<story><title>&quot;I have lately made an Experiment in Electricity that I desire never to repeat.&quot;</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/that-time-benjamin-franklin-tried-and-failed-to-electrocute-a-turkey/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jcl</author><text>Reminds me of a curiosity seen during a tour of the historic Filoli mansion: An appliance that cooks food by running mains power through it.  Apparently someone in the early 20th century thought this was a good idea.  I don&amp;#x27;t remember the exact food it was used for -- maybe hotdogs, or bacon?&lt;p&gt;(Seen here, on the counter:) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.pinimg.com&amp;#x2F;originals&amp;#x2F;a0&amp;#x2F;f7&amp;#x2F;35&amp;#x2F;a0f7352484c9426ea188f63fb42d38b9.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.pinimg.com&amp;#x2F;originals&amp;#x2F;a0&amp;#x2F;f7&amp;#x2F;35&amp;#x2F;a0f7352484c9426ea188...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>&quot;I have lately made an Experiment in Electricity that I desire never to repeat.&quot;</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/that-time-benjamin-franklin-tried-and-failed-to-electrocute-a-turkey/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>twic</author><text>Poultry-related hazardous experimentation also did for Sir Francis Bacon:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;the-strange-case-of-sir-francis-bacon-and-the-frozen-chicken&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;the-stran...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>