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Lightning: something people fear, and something we often see in the background of cheesy horror films. It’s reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (better known as the CDC) that around 40 million lightning strikes hit the ground in the US alone every year, and up to 500 people get struck by it every year. This makes getting stuck by lightning around a 1 in 500,000 chance. And within that number, quite a few celebrities have fallen into those crazy odds.