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    Rain contains vitamin B12.
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    Temperatures have been cooling since 2002, even as carbon dioxide has continued to rise.
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    Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
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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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    City in the Clouds
    City in the Clouds
    In October 2015, a 'floating city' of what appeared to be tall buildings rose from the clouds above Foshan, China. After lasting only a few minutes, conspiracy theories ran rampant, but experts say that it's a rare optical illusion called Fata Morgana.
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    The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!
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    Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
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    There is enough energy in one bolt of lightning to power a home for two weeks!
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