Global Myths That Modern Science Prove They Are Wrong

14. “Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice”

We all know the good old phrase “lightning never strikes the same place twice” to calm someone that the same bad thing won’t happen twice. Sadly, lightning can strike the same place twice.

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Lightning is a very powerful electrical discharge made during a thunderstorm. According to many Scientists, reports show that sometimes those discharges can back up to the thundercloud and can create a repetitive cycle of strikes. Those reports mean that indeed it can strike multi times. The well-known Empire State Building, for example, is getting struck almost 100 times a year.

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