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Word: thunderless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...heavy bolt of lightning hit the Washington Monument. But nobody in the neighborhood heard any clap of thunder. The occurrence was recorded by the National Bureau of Standards as a bolt of thunderless lightning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Silent Bolts | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

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