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TIL that two hurricanes can merge sometimes forming a larger, stronger hurricane. It's called the "Fujiwhara effect."

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NKxP TIL there are only four original citrus species (pomelo, citron, mandarin, and papeda). All others (lemon, lime, grapefruit, etc.) are hybrids.
nAv9 TIL Yao Ming was bred and raised by the Chinese government to be a basketball star
Y7emG TIL that Mohamad Ahansal set the record for the fastest time to run the 250-kilometer (155-mile) Marathon des Sables in the Moroccan Sahara Desert by finishing at 16 hours, 22 minutes, 29 seconds back in 1998
69NoY TIL that Pope Valentine (827AD) became Pope of the Roman Catholic Church before he had even been ordained as a priest.
X0gbR TIL Celtics GM Red Auerbach planned to draft Len Bias for three years, only for Len to die two days after being drafted after snorting cocaine for 3-4 hours in his dorm room after coming home from a college party