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

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R7yXl TIL that Sir Isaac Newton invented the first color wheel. Before his experiments, the better notion was that all colors were mixtures of Red (most light) and Blue (most darkness). Newton thought it was BS so he did light mixing experiments.
0d4Qv TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name
X4DR TIL that listening to music which we have an emotional attachment to, the body releases dopamine, resulting in goosebumps, or “chills.” The stronger the attachment, the more dopamine that is produced.
JO7v TIL whilst being burnt alive at the stake in 1556 a woman gave birth to a live baby who the executioner then threw back into the flames.
epX6 TIL that Stalin taught his children to be tolerant to religious people: “Their prayers don’t disrupt your studies, so why are you disrupting their prayers?”