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[–] 54 points 9 months ago (1 child)

It’s no accident that lightning rods are tall

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  • [–] 53 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    A good part of this may be due to the fact that people stay indoors during thunderstorms. Giraffes not so much.

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  • [–] 30 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I've never seen a giraffe indoors

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I’ve never seen a giraffe during a thunderstorm either

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  • [–] 40 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    So if you know at least 30 people and none of them have ever been struck by lightning, that means you're a giraffe.

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    They do, though. The probability of humans getting struck by lightning is 0.000083%, or 1 in 1.2 million . 30x that is 0.0025%, or 1 in 40,000.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Meanwhile, many millions of years ago:

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Probably because they spend so much time playing golf

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    It's probably because they don't wait after eating before they go in the pool.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Oh, you're not meant to go in the pool. Go to the bathroom before swimming.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Human living outdoors on a field 24/7 would also be much more likely to get hit by a lightning.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    This is a special kind of fact. It’s pretty obvious, but most of us have never considered it before.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds like a problem for evolution.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    BBQ for lions.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    it's because they're 30 times as tall

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Who is tallying up all these giraffe deaths?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Now I want to see a charred giraffe

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