On this day in 1977, Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning for the 7th and final time. Sullivan, a park ranger, was struck seven times between 1942 and 1977. To this day, Sullivan still holds the record for the person struck by lightning the most times. Tragically, he later died by suicide in 1983.

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Russians use old jet engines to blow snow off roads

Cherenkov radiation (blue light) inside of a nuclear reactor

Every year the Japanese clear 20 meters (65 feet) of snow to open this road

Reference photo vs drawing (beneath). Dog portrait made by me with colored pencils

Chicago sets its tracks on fire to prevent icing

This is the real color of our sun

What is the most “2008” song you can think of?

Lisa Freeman, Lea Thompson, and Cristen Kauffman in a promotional shot for Back to the Future.

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