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Z8PdR TIL that, in humans, there is a secreted protein that is literally called “Sonic hedgehog”
r5Rw TIL that the largest cave in the world, which houses a rain forest in its largest chamber, wasn’t discovered until 1991, and wasn’t explored until 2009.
nek8r TIL that a sewer worker accidentally discovered a drain that would lead right to the bank of England's gold vault. He then requested to meet the directors at any time of their choosing inside the vault, and appeared out of the floorboards at the specified time.
0wy6A TIL of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the only known white woman to be murdered working for the Civil Rights movement.
OokXX TIL that in the 70s, Stephen King published several books under a pseudonym, partly to test whether his fame was due to luck or talent: “Thinner did 28,000 copies when Bachman was the author . . . 280,000 when Steve King became the author . . . might tell you something, huh?