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Burning books is bad enough, but peeing on them is another thing entirely.

Police in Tavares, Florida, arrested Benjamin Wilson over the weekend after he allegedly urinated on a set of books at the city's public library.

Library staff told police that Wilson, 24, fell from a chair before soiling some books located between bookshelves, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.


Responding officers said Wilson's speech was slurred and he had trouble making a complete thought. He also had difficulty standing and his eyes did not react to light, ClickOrlando.com reports.

Officers searched Wilson and allegedly found half of a white pill tucked inside a green cigarette pack, which was sent to a lab for testing.

Library officials estimate the damage to the books to be about $1,000, according to MyNews13.com.

Wilson was charged with criminal mischief and disorderly intoxication. He was booked into the Lake County Jail on $2,500 bond.

Police said Wilson is currently homeless and was using the library's WiFi to download apps to his tablet.

Urban areas are more likely to be hit by frequent thunderstorms than rural areas of the same size, according to a new study.

Researchers at Northern Illinois University studied radar data to pinpoint where thunderstorm initiations occurred across the southeast US between 1997 and 2013.

They found that urban areas such as Atlanta are five per cent more likely to be hit by thunderstorms, on a given day, than rural areas of the same size.

Storms were more likely to hit these urbanised areas during warmer months, in July and August, in the late afternoon and early evening. And the study found more 'births' occurred during the week than at weekends.

The scientists behind the work say that increased pollution in urban areas may be responsible to the increased frequency of storms.

Urban areas also create 'heat islands' that can lead to storm formation.

Concentrations of buildings also increase temperatures causing low pressures to form above cities, compared to high pressures in rural areas.

This causes a so-called 'low-level atmospheric convergence', which forces air up into thunderstorms.

Buildings may also change the flow and direction of winds, which in turn changes pressure levels and affects the upward movement of air.

Read more: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2966532

The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971, geologists tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 70 metres (230 ft) at 40°15′10″N 58°26′22″E. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided to burn it off. Geologists had hoped the fire would use all the fuel in a matter of days, but the gas still burns 40 years later. Locals have dubbed the cavern "The Door to Hell".

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