Electrostatically charged bodies are attracted

AsSalyamu `Aleykum wa RahmatuLlahi wa Barakatuh,

Equipment: Plastic plate, piece of wool, two pencils

1. Place two pencils of wood one across the other

2. Rub your plastic plate with wool

3. Approach the upper pencil with a plastic plate

What happened: you will see that pencil moved

Already in 600 B.C. the old Greeks discovered that amber (electon) attracted light objects, if they were rubbed against a hand or some material. That is where the term electriciy comes from.