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Every year, more than 500 Americans will be struck by lightning—and roughly 90 percent of them will survive. Though they remain among the living, their minds and bodies will be instantly, fundamentally altered in ways that still leave scientists scratching their heads.
Dendrophobe · 3493 days ago · link ·
Two weeks ago, a first-year university student near where I live was stuck and killed by lightning. Getting hit by lighting is never something that's felt like a serious possibility to me, so the news was pretty shocking*. *pun not intended, I just don't think surprise has the right connotation here.