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TIL what the Fujiwhara effect is when two hurricane/cyclones converge

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Wk4jd TIL that in 1981, three german tourists camped at Buchingham Palace, after mistaking it for a public park.
LQLer TIL that in 1958, author Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel prize in literature, but was forced by the communist party to abstain form accepting the award
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