In 2020, a lightning bolt extended a total of 477.2 miles and spread across 3 states: Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. It set a new world record for the longest flash. The previous record was from 2018 in Brazil at just over 440 miles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Almost 500-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three US states – BBC News
Lightning can heat the air (a very poor conductor of electricity) it passes through to 50,000° F, which is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-temperature
Being struck by lightning causes weird skin designs called ‘Lichtenberg figures’, named after the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, who originally discovered and studied them. – WTF Fun Facts
Thunder-plump is an early 19th century Scottish word meaning a heavy and sudden shower of rain accompanied by thunder and lightning. – WTF Fun Facts
Bolt of lightning kills an entire team of 11 soccer players – WTF fun facts
Man gets hit by lightning and develops a musical talent – WTF fun facts
