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TIL the rarest and purest Arabian horse breed is actually Egyptian

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Oox87 TIL about "M", a woman from Massachusetts who, after a shingles episode, got a "constant, relentless itch" on her scalp - so severe, one night she scratched through the skull all the way into her brain
aw4nA TIL King C. Gillette, creator of Gillette Razors, was a Utopian Socialist and co-authored a book with Upton Sinclair.
NKvE TIL around 70,000 years ago the volcano Toba in Indonesia erupted and covered the earth with so much ash the sun was dimmed for 6 years. The population of early humans neared extinction and some studies indicate there were as few as 40 breeding pairs.
KOdQR TIL the oldest naval ship still in commission is HMS Victory. She was launched in 1765.
KOvE4 TIL: Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer invented a chess variation which randomized the starting positions of the home row pieces to reward creativity over memorization.