This is an extremely local news piece, but I thought it was interesting enough to share on Tumblr anyway.
There's a village called Kvidinge in the south of Sweden. Probably the most notable thing to happen there was that in 1810, crown prince Carl August fell off his horse there and died, from unknown reasons, possibly a stroke. In 1826, a monument was raised in his honour.
It looked like this:
Until last week, when it was struck by lightning. Now it looks like this:
In conclusion:
Lightning is pretty powerful.
Having a large pillar on an open field was maybe not the best idea.
I'm really grateful for the invention of lightning rods.
(Pictures from Wikipedia.)
it managed to exist for 199 years without getting lightninged, though, which is honestly a pretty good run



















