Scotland has 421 words for “snow.” Some examples: sneesl (to start raining or snowing); feefle (to swirl); flinkdrinkin (a light snow).

It’s a myth that no two snowflakes are exactly the same.

Each winter in the United States, at least 1 septillion ice crystals fall from the sky. That’s 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000—24 zeros!