TIL that A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. The charge carried by a bolt of lightning is so intense that it has a temperature of 30,000°C (54,000°F). (www.sciencefocus.com)

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[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Skin effect if I'm not wrong, and other effect that with more voltage, less of that voltage enter the object, so with a fucking strike only your outer layer of your skin get fucked, I watched this in a styropyro video so I don't remember exactly

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 5 points 4 months ago

with a fucking strike

https://xkcd.com/90/

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