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The butterfly effect: The Budgie Nine

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At the Malaysian Grand Prix on 2nd October 2016, nine Australian men in the crowd simultaneously displayed their underwear to the world. Although their Speedos had been embellished with the Malaysian flag, the authorities were not amused and after four nights in the cells the exhibitionists were dismissed by a court with a caution for public nuisance offences.

If only, some 300 years earlier, three deer had not been poached from the Bishop of Winchester’s estate, this regrettable event might never have taken place…

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