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lightning fatalities
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The Mysterious Death of James Garfield: Lightning or Medical Neglect?
The 20th U.S. president, James A. Garfield, was a man of contradictions—an erudite scholar who rose from humble beginnings, a Civil War hero whose eloquence...
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The Deadly Spark: Science, History, and the Terrifying Reality of Death By Lightning
What makes lightning uniquely lethal isn’t just its temperature (hotter than the surface of the sun) or its speed (faster than a rifle bullet), but its...
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The Shocking Truth Behind Garfield’s Death by Lightning: A Deep Dive
The strip in question—published on June 19, 1986 —showed Garfield, mid-sentence, struck by lightning while lounging on his favorite spot: the back of the...