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Fun fact! Lightning can't penetrate deep into large bodies of water and instead spreads over a larger surface area.
Funner fact! I have no idea if the above is true because I just made it up!
Trust no one on the internet.
by the time lightning hits the ground, the energy that’s left is minuscule enough to never penetrate through the surface of the ocean.
whatever you just made up, you’re completely right by pure chance! congratulations.
Wait so if you're in the ocean near a lightning strike you'll be fine?
theoretically, yeah.
in practice, i don’t think you should be swimming while there’s a thunderstorm going on