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TIL during the 1957 Christmas Speech by the Queen, freak radio conditions caused by sunspots resulted in American police radio chatter interfering with the broadcast. On one occasion, listeners could distinctly hear an American police officer say, "Joe, I'm gonna grab a quick coffee".

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