Circumhorizontal arcs (loosely known as fire rainbows) are the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
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Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree.
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Carbon dioxide is a trace gas and by itself will produce little warming. Also, as CO2 increases, the incremental warming is less, as the effect is logarithmic so the more CO2, the less warming it produces.
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The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!
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The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
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Dirty snow melts faster than clean.
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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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In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!
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