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Lightning never strikes the same place twice, so a struck spot is safe afterward.

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REFUTED
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Is it true that lightning never strikes the same place twice, so a struck spot is safe afterward?

No. Two 1908 newspaper reports quoting Professor Houston state that the popular saying is a fallacy: lightning does strike the same spot repeatedly, and a spot already struck is more likely to be struck again than elsewhere nearby.

Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

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MISTAKEN NOTION ABOUT LIGHTNING; (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 June 1908)
1908
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MISTAKEN NOTION ABOUT LIGHTNING; (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 June 1908). (1908). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19080620.2.5

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MISTAKEN NOTION ABOUT LIGHTNING. (Mataura Ensign 4-7-1908)
1908
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MISTAKEN NOTION ABOUT LIGHTNING. (Mataura Ensign 4-7-1908). (1908). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19080704.2.20

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