I had a similar experience with static electricity. The explanation was something like 'When you rub wool on a glass rod you develop a charge between them'. Ok,

I had a similar experience with static electricity. The explanation was something like 'When you rub wool on a glass rod you develop a charge between them'. Ok, so.... why? And why does the charge develop with one polarity and not the other? Now I'm a bit older I understand that the explanation is somewhere between "the geometry of pointy things" and "get a PhD and you'll understand some of it"