Space Lightning Exists
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Huge lightning bolts (and we’re talkin’ twice-as-long-as-the-Milky-Way-huge) are a real thing in space. These crazy electrical currents are caused by black holes that create ridiculously strong magnetic fields that, in turn, generate insane amounts of electricity. The largest “storm” was discovered by scientists near galaxy 3C303, about 2 billion lightyears away. Despite its distance from our planet, the powerful current was detected due to lightning bolts reaching as far as 150,000 light years into space, each with the force equal to that of a trillion bolts here on earth.
Don’t cry!
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While you may be homesick for your friends and family back on earth, hungry for a home-cooked meal, or your eyes may be watering from the stench of one of your space comrades, tears are not a good idea in space. As there’s no gravity to make them fall, your tears will simply pool around your eyeballs making it nearly impossible to see.
Your Feet’s Skin Peels Off!
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If you’re going to risk tears for anything, let it be this. Since your feet aren’t being used to walk on, the hard skin begins to soften and eventually flakes off. As laundry services are not an option in space, astronauts will often wear the same socks for days. They must be extremely careful when shedding their socks, however, unless they want their dead skin cells floating around for the rest of the mission. If you think about it, it’s kind of like a space pedicure.