Temperatures have been cooling since 2002, even as carbon dioxide has continued to rise.
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The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
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Rain contains vitamin B12.
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The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!
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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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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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