Lightning never strikes the same place twice

It's the proverb people reach for after a stroke of bad luck: at least it can't happen again. Does it hold for actual lightning?

Myth or fact? Reveal

Myth. Lightning often hits the same spot again and again, especially something tall, pointed and isolated. The Empire State Building is struck about 23 times a year on average.

— U.S. National Weather Service, Lightning Myths and Facts

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