Scientific fact #23

1..Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth. Every year lightning kills 1000 people.
 2..Lightning bolts can travel 60 miles
3..A lightning bolt travels at about 14,000mph and brings 300,000 volts of electricity to the ground.
4..The air located around a lightning bolt is heated to around 30,000 degrees Celsius. This is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.