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A lightning strike in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed
all 11 members of one soccer team while leaving the opposing
team in the match untouched, leading to accusations of witchcraft
by the survivors. |
The energy in an average one day hurricane could power the
United States for three years. |
In the past 60 years, the groundhog has only predicted the
weather correctly 28% of the time. The rushing back and forth
from burrows is believed to indicate sexual activity, not shadow
seeking. |
Butte Montana has more days each year where the temperature
drops below freezing (223 days) than any other city in the
lower 48 states in the USA. |
How cold is it in outer space? If you could measure the temperature
in a deserted region of space, with nothing for light years
around, it would be about 2.7 degrees Kelvin (-454 degrees
Fahrenheit). Zero degrees Kelvin is 'absolute zero,' the point
at which molecules have no kinetic energy and therefore stand
dead still. The 2.7 degrees figure arises from the microwave
background radiation - energy left over from the Big Bang that
floods the universe in all directions. |
You can use pine cones to forecast the weather: The scales
will close when rain is on the way. |
Weekends on the East Coast are wetter than weekdays, according
to climatologists at Arizona State University, who analyzed
weather data going back to 1946. They reported that Saturdays
are 22% rainier than Mondays. The likely culprit is air pollution
caused by factories and commuters' cars. The pollution builds
toward the weekend, increasing the chances for rain, then clears
after a two-day respite, signalling fairer weather. |
The fastest wind speed ever recorded is 318 mph in one of the
May 3, 1999 tornadoes to hit Oklahoma. |
On average, the United States experiences 100,000 thunderstorms
each year, causing about 1,000 tornadoes. The National Weather
Service says an average of 42 people are killed by tornadoes
annually. |
Eighty-five percent of the people killed by lightning are male.
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