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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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b89p TIL because President Kennedy had named From Russia with Love among his ten favourite books of all time, producers Broccoli and Saltzman chose this as the second Bond movie. From Russia with Love was the last film Kennedy saw at the White House on 20 November 1963 before going to Dallas.
nW9Y TIL during Hurricane Katrina, police officers responding to reports of gunfire opened fire on an unarmed group killing one person immediately. Two brothers tried to run but were pursued and one, who was developmentally disabled, was gunned down with a shotgun.
E54o TIL Sierra Nevada Brewing won the 2010 U.S. EPA “Green Business of the Year” award. The brewery is run by solar energy, processes used cooking oil for biodiesel in delivery trucks, is the largest buyer of organic hops in the U.S., and over 99% of the plant’s solid waste is diverted from landfill.
d8NXj TIL that the Monarchy of Norway was founded in 872AD, been in power for over a 1000 years.
1anYD TIL that for over 100 years, Canada forced many Indigenous children to attend Residential schools away from their families years at a time. The quality of instruction was sub-par, many children were physically, sexually, and mentally abused, and at least 4000 children died in the school system.