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TIL The Sonic Hedgehog protein, a signaling molecule in the human body that regulates embryonic development.

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bBQp TIL that genome sequencing technologies have become so advanced that computing power has become a bottleneck for DNA analysis and bioinformatics
XBNQ TIL there’s a sequel to Fight Club, writer Chuck Palahniuk published it in Graphic Novel format - the story takes place 10 years after after the events of the book/film and is told from the restrained perspective of Tyler Durden as he sits in the subconscious of the narrator.
e0nN5 TIL Dick Bass, the first person to scale the seven summits, was on a flight when he deluged his seatmate for hours with details of his treks on all seven continents. Before they landed, he realized he hadn't asked his new friend anything about himself. "That's OK," the man said, "I'm Neil Armstrong"
loXk7 TIL Prehistoric rock art in the Saharan desert indicates that there were ancient hallucinogenic mushroom cults as far back as 9,000 years ago. The mushrooms were used in rituals of a mystico-religious nature, with drawings of Gods draped with the venerated mushrooms appearing repeatedly
x615o TIL: There was a proposal in 1902 to name Royal Navy submarines after prehistoric sea creatures