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No, but it was once widely thought that summertime thunderstorms could cause fresh milk to curdle.

This thinking was based on observations that raw milk would spoil during lightning and thunderstorms. But it was neither the thunderstorms nor lightning that caused the spoiling; rather it was the atmospheric conditions. The conditions that are optimum for thunderstorm development are the same as those that would cause milk to spoil. Continue reading →