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TIL some people really have a natural tendency to be clumsy, and that it may be treatable.

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GwlN TIL that the oldest continuously serving navy in the world belongs to Portugal.
xVVpB TIL that Ptolemy XI Alexander II killed his stepmother, who was also his half-sister, aunt and wife.
RXnj TIL 10% of those conscripted in the UK in WWII were sent to serve not on the battlefield, but in the coal mines that powered the war machine. Some of these soldiers were not released from service until two years after the war ended. They were not formally recognized for their contribution until 1995
x44w TIL of the legend of Sir Francis Drake’s drum. On his deathbed he requested that the drum be returned to England, and if ever they came under attack, one was to beat the drum and he would return to protect the country.
QJ98p TIL that the statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen has been decapitated twice, and there's a 7in deep cut on the neck from the third attempt. Its hand was cut off as well, and once someone tried to blow it up with explosives.