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Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by harnessing the power of flowing water to make energy. Though water power had been used for a number of mechanical tasks since ancient times, it wasn't until 1878 that the world's first hydroelectric power system was introduced.

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Ancient Greeks discovered static electricity in 600 B.C. Thomas Browne was the first to use the word electricity. Benjamin Franklin did experiments to prove that lightning was electricity.

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