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17 Freaky Facts About Weather

Although it may not be something we think about regularly, changing weather conditions have surprising connections with the world around us. From animals to man-made structures, the weather affects many things in our everyday life.

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A heat wave can make train tracks bend.

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A hurricane in Florida once caused 900 captive pythons to escape.

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Some tornadoes can be faster than Formula One race cars.

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You can tell the temperature by counting crickets' chirps.

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A 2003 heat wave turned grapes to raisins before they were picked from the vine.

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Sandstorms can swallow up entire cities.

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A mudslide can carry rocks, trees, vehicles, and entire buildings.

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A spiderweb inside your house may be a sign that colder weather is coming.

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Cats and dogs have been known to sense when a tornado is approaching.

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In Antarctica, snow can fall so hard you can't see your hand in front of your face.

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In 525 B.C., a sandstorm buried hundreds of soldiers in an Egyptian desert.

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Lava from volcanoes can start wildfires.

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About 2,000 thunderstorms rain down on Earth every minute.

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Worms crawl up from underground when a flood is coming.

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Some frogs get noisier just before it rains.

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Raindrops can be the size of a housefly and fall at roughly 20 miles an hour (32 km/h).

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Wildfires sometimes create flame-throwing tornadoes called fire whirls.

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