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

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5ag9 TIL that the accent commonly found in 30’s and 40’s films was a made-up mix between American and British English, known as Mid-Atlantic English.
1V44 TIL That when Oprah gifted cars to her entire audience, she refused to pay the taxes on the gifts, hence only allowing people willing to pay the gift tax (up to ~10k) to walk away with a car.
dEZE TIL Marc Gross uses Google Earth and drones to shoot elephants with Capsaicin paintballs, deterring them from poachers
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eWM6 TIL In WW2, Polish soldiers found and adopted a brown bear (Wojtek) who boosted morale and helped carry ammunitions for the soldiers. He retired in Edinburgh zoo after the war.