1. An asteroid once destroyed a massive forest in Siberia without ever hitting the ground.
The event is known as the "Tunguska Impact." It occurred in 1908 in Siberia when an asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere traveling around 33,500 miles per hour and exploded at a height of about 28,000 feet. The resulting fireball released about 185 Hiroshima bombs' worth of energy, destroying around 800 square miles of Siberian forest. Even though it is classified as an impact, the asteroid itself never made it to the ground. It was probably pretty freaking terrifying
2. There is a lake in Venezuela that experiences almost constant lightning.
This weird but totally badass phenomenon occurs at the mouth of the Catatumbo River, where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. This flashy place actually has the most lightning in the world. Its origins are mysterious, but scientists think that it most likely has to do with the local topography and wind patterns of the region.
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