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TIL that there’s a protein named Sonic Hedgehog

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7wYb TIL that Mr. Rogers saw to it that every letter he received got an answer.
8eyx4 TIL that “court jesters” were often used to give bad news to the monarch that no one else would dare deliver. When the French fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Sluys, Phillip VI’s jester told him that the English sailors “don’t even have the guts to jump into the water like our brave French”
kJ7b4 TIL - 63 Earths can fit inside Uranus.
jPJE TIL that a Roadrunner’s top speed is 20 MPH while Coyotes can reach speeds of up to 43 MPH
lDyr TIL of a man from Poland who was admitted to the hospital after a car accident with a BAC of 1.480%. Believing their equipment was faulty, doctors tested him 5 more time with the same result each time. The man died a few days later due to his injuries from the accident, rather than his BAC.