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When jump-starting a car, you're supposed to connect three of the alligator clips to battery terminals, but the 4th to the engine to ground it. What exactly does it mean to ground it and what could happen if you instead connected all 4 to battery terminals?

by /u/SnailHunter in /r/askscience

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