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unusual facts about rainstorm



1976 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

In a 35-degree driving rainstorm, the Big Red did the improbable with goalie Dan Mackesey pitching a shut.

1993 Brazilian Grand Prix

There was a rainstorm, and many drivers pitted for wet tyres, including Senna, Schumacher and Hill, while Prost stayed out on slick tyres.

Barsanuphius of Palestine

During World War II, he is said to have spread his blue cape across the sky, thus causing a rainstorm, and preventing an air bombing by Allied Forces.

Isn't This a Lovely Day?

"Isn't This a Lovely Day?" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire in the scene where his and Ginger Rogers' characters are caught in a gazebo during a rainstorm.

John Willoughby

John Willoughby first appears in Sense and Sensibility when he rescues Marianne Dashwood after she falls down a hill and twists her ankle during a rainstorm.

Megacerops

In the past, specimens exposed by severe rainstorms were found by Native Americans of the Sioux tribe.

Pickering Valley Railroad

A torrential rainstorm had washed out a portion of the track near Kimberton, and a passenger train from Phoenixville, carrying about 130 people, including many returning from a Pennypacker family reunion, ran into the washout.


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