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TIL that Sergei Rachmaninoff's famously massive hands may have come from Marfan's syndrome

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vPy07 TIL: The 62 books in the mainline Goosebumps series were published in only 53 months. RL Stine published more than a book a month for almost five years.
JYv78 TIL Nicholas II, last Tzar of Russia, had a Japanese tattoo of a "dragon with a black body, yellow horns, a red belly and green paws.” He got it on a trip to Japan. Later he was attacked by "Sanzo, a former samurai who fought in the Satsuma Rebellion." All this before the Russo-Japanese War.
WkybN TIL there is a grave in County Kerry in ireland that is the supposed burial ground of an Ancient Egyptian princess called Scotia, who led settlers named ‘The Scots’ (After the princess) to scotland after whom scotland is now supposedly named.
EgKVW TIL ManO'War, considered one of the greatest racehorses in history was the father of triple crown winner War Admiral. Thru his daughters and grandaughter lineage came triple crown winners Seattle Slew and American Pharoah.
KGW4 TIL Sony created a magnetic tape that can store 185 TB of data in one cartridge, the equivalent of 3,700 dual layer Blu-ray discs.