![The Baghdad Battery was a 5.5-inch clay vessel with a copper cylinder inside, held in place by asphalt. Within the cylinder was an oxidized iron rod that prompted scientists to initially speculate The Baghdad Battery was a 5.5-inch clay vessel with a copper cylinder inside, held in place by asphalt. Within the cylinder was an oxidized iron rod that prompted scientists to initially speculate](https://i.redd.it/opm4txfrdq971.jpg)
The Baghdad Battery was a 5.5-inch clay vessel with a copper cylinder inside, held in place by asphalt. Within the cylinder was an oxidized iron rod that prompted scientists to initially speculate
![The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/ebk29cfxgkm21.jpg)
The Baghdad battery is thought to be the first battery ever built. Apparently made sometime between 150BC-223AD. Mythbusters proved it worked, I wonder what they would have used it for. : r/interestingasfuck
![MythBusters : Don't Try This at Home! by Discovery Channel Staff and Mary Packard (2006, Trade Paperback) for sale online | eBay MythBusters : Don't Try This at Home! by Discovery Channel Staff and Mary Packard (2006, Trade Paperback) for sale online | eBay](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/58gAAOSwYTtiJSl4/s-l500.jpg)
MythBusters : Don't Try This at Home! by Discovery Channel Staff and Mary Packard (2006, Trade Paperback) for sale online | eBay
![When a much maligned MythBusters creator drops into the Myhtbusters subreddit, could it cause an explosion of drama? I'd call this myth PLAUSIBLE. : r/SubredditDrama When a much maligned MythBusters creator drops into the Myhtbusters subreddit, could it cause an explosion of drama? I'd call this myth PLAUSIBLE. : r/SubredditDrama](https://external-preview.redd.it/IWjcNXYXJ67dVfQ_joGr5QH_WbicFnflQHG6ItDUVdE.jpg?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47860780751aada0fb300767c737b6a26e5ec12b)