9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive!
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Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
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Circumhorizontal arcs (loosely known as fire rainbows) are the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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The winter of 1912 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over.
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In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!
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