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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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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The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
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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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Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
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Circumhorizontal arcs (loosely known as fire rainbows) are the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
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