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King Canute infamously commanded the tide to not come in. It's likely he did this to sneer at fawning courtiers who claimed he was so mighty he could make nature obey him. He almost definitely didn't try to have the tide arrested for illegally entering the country, though, as a new "Canute" might.
May 5, 2025, 5:18 AM
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