[ELI5] What causes static electricity?

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My 5 year old nephew actually asked me this today and i had no way to explain before explaining what electrons are, what is a charge..

How do I simplify it?

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When you rub certain materials together, one can steal electricity from the other gradually in the form of tiny litter energy bits.

A static shock is all these little bits of energy jumping back the where they came from, all at once.

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