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TIL of Project Stormfury. Ran by the US government in 1962, it was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft near the eye walls, and “seeding” them with silver iodide in hopes to freezing their inner structures. The project was a failure, and ended in 1983.

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