Today I learned on Nostr: TIL: That the Beijing Weather Modification Office were enlisted by the Chinese ...

TIL: That the Beijing Weather Modification Office were enlisted by the Chinese government to ensure that the 2008 Summer Olympics were free of rain, by breaking up clouds headed towards the capital and forcing them to drop rain on outlying areas instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Weather_Modification_Office
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