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  2. Ball lightning - Wikipedia

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    Ball lightning is a possible source of legends that describe luminous balls, such as the mythological Anchimayen from Argentinean and Chilean Mapuche culture.. According to a statistical investigation carried out in 1960, of 1,962 Oak Ridge National Laboratory monthly role personnel, and of all 15,923 Union Carbide Nuclear Company personnel in Oak Ridge, found 5.6% and 3.1% respectively ...

  3. Georg Wilhelm Richmann - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] While the experiment was underway, a discharge reported to have been ball lightning appeared and collided with Richmann's head leaving him with a red spot on his forehead, his left shoe blown open, and parts of his clothes singed. [1] [6] The ball lightning arising from the apparatus was the cause of his death. [7]

  4. Ball Lightning (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The novel follows the experiences of a first-person protagonist, Chen, whose family was killed by ball lightning while he was in high school. Both traumatized and inspired by that experience, he makes the investigation of ball lightning his life's work, first getting his PhD in the subject, then exploring the phenomenon through both applied and theoretical research.

  5. The pitcher who was struck by lightning and still finished ...

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    The lightning struck League Park, Cleveland's home stadium, as dark clouds rolled off Lake Erie. Throughout the stadium, fans were sent scurrying by the bolt, which Anderson suspects may have ...

  6. The Great Thunderstorm - Wikipedia

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    The Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Kingdom of England, took place on Sunday, 21 October 1638, when the church of St Pancras was apparently struck by ball lightning during a severe thunderstorm. An afternoon service was taking place at the time, and the building was packed with approximately 300 worshippers.

  7. Kite experiment - Wikipedia

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    An attempt to replicate the experiment killed Georg Wilhelm Richmann in Saint Petersburg in August 1753; he was thought to be the victim of ball lightning. [4] Franklin himself is said to have conducted the experiment in June 1752, supposedly on the top of the spire on Christ Church in Philadelphia. However, the spire at Christ Church was not ...

  8. Giants punter attempts disastrous, illegal kick after ball ...

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    The Eagles actually took control of the ball on the Giants' 33-yard line. Gillan attempted the kick from the Giants' 43-yard line, so the team lost 10 yards on the play.

  9. Lightning delays start of No. 10 Miami's game against Ball State

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    Ball State waited a long time to play Miami. Lightning in the area delayed the start of the game between the 10th-ranked Hurricanes and the Cardinals, two programs that were set to play for the ...