The winter of 1912 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over.
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Dirty snow melts faster than clean.
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-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Snowiest city in the U.S. : Blue canyon, California.
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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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There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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Circumhorizontal arcs (loosely known as fire rainbows) are the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
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