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TIL left-handers can have poor handwriting posture because they write with a “hooked” style when trying to copy how right-handers write, but if they position the paper to their left with the bottom-right edge angled down, then their wrist and arm straightens for neater and more comfortable writing.

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wvM7 TIL Because Elizabeth II is the Queen of 16 independent and legally distinct monarchies she is the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th and 12th longest currently reigning monarch in the world
e0dP4 TIL about syllable stress: When most words are used as a noun the stress is on the first syllable 'RE-cord' and when used as a verb, the stress is on the second syllable 're-CORD'
Yp4yG TIL that the voice of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, Paul Winchell was one of the original inventors of an artificial heart, an automobile that runs on battery power, a method for breeding tilapia, and many other inventions that are still around today.
WkZE4 TIL the "Hogwarts Express" rescued a family caught by a flood in the Scottish Highlands. Faced with a 3-mile walk in a bog for kids aged 6, 8, 10 & 12, the father called for help; police had the next train pick them up called the Jacobite, which happened to be the train from Harry Potter movies.
N7PlN TIL that actor Jason Mantzoukas (Dennis Feinstein in Parks & Rec) has a life threatening allergy to eggs. Even a trace amount of egg will cause him to have a severe reaction. Once, while on set, he had to be taken to the hospital because of undisclosed egg whites in a parfait he ate.