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10 Electrifying Lightning Facts
1. The air around a lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
2. As a lightning bolt flashes, the air expands at supersonic speed, making the sound of thunder.
3. Keraunophobia is the fear of lightning.
4. About 10% of people who are struck by lightning die, mainly due to heart attack. Other lightning injuries include blunt trauma, skin lesions, burns, and neurological syndromes.
5. Men are five times more likely to be struck by lightning than women. In fact, 85% of lightning fatalities are men. The majority of deaths occur among whites.
6. Florida is considered the lightning capital of the United States, with over 2,000 lightning injuries in the last 50 years.
7.While lightning can strike any time during the year, lightning casualties are highest in July.
8. Two-thirds of all lightning strikes occur in the afternoon, between noon and 6pm.
9. One-third (32%) of lightning injuries occur indoors.
10. The largest lightning bolt ever recorded spanned 418 miles (673 km).
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10 Electrifying Lightning Facts
1. The air around a lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
2. As a lightning bolt flashes, the air expands at supersonic speed, making the sound of thunder.
3. Keraunophobia is the fear of lightning.
4. About 10% of people who are struck by lightning die, mainly due to heart attack. Other lightning injuries include blunt trauma, skin lesions, burns, and neurological syndromes.
5. Men are five times more likely to be struck by lightning than women. In fact, 85% of lightning fatalities are men. The majority of deaths occur among whites.
6. Florida is considered the lightning capital of the United States, with over 2,000 lightning injuries in the last 50 years.
7.While lightning can strike any time during the year, lightning casualties are highest in July.
8. Two-thirds of all lightning strikes occur in the afternoon, between noon and 6pm.
9. One-third (32%) of lightning injuries occur indoors.
10. The largest lightning bolt ever recorded spanned 418 miles (673 km).
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factretriever.com/lightning-facts
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