How many bolts of lightning strike the earth every second?

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lightning_storm_300x198Over 100 lightning bolts strike the earth each second. That comes out to more than 8.6 million lightning strikes a day. There are between 1,800 and 2,000 thunderstorms happening around the world at any given moment.

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This Q&A by Hillori Mitchell

A few years ago Hillori was sharing some fun bits of science trivia with friends when one of them told her, "You're just too smart!"  A couple weeks later Just2Smart.com was born.

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