What are some facts about static electricity?

Hi!  Here are 3 facts about static electricity:

1. Lightning is static electricity, and it is powerful and dangerous.
2. The reason that it's actually called static electricity is because the charges stay in one area for some time and don't flow or move to a different area.
3. Amazingly, we see static electricity every single day

Here's a website with more facts: http://www.ducksters.com/science/static_electricity.php

Hope this helps! :-)