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TIL That there is a protein called Sonic hedgehog

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XoaQ TIL that after being wronged by the government in the late 1990s, a citizen decided to heavily modify a bulldozer, called it the “Killdozer”, and went on a rampage.
pYEnZ TIL that in some parts of Indias and Pakistan, people smoke powdered scorpions to get an opium-like high
Bg4ar TIL the soft foundation soil that gives the Leaning Tower of Pisa its tilt is also the reason why it was able to survive four major earthquakes
pYyJG TIL that Garry Shandling was offered his own late night chat show in 1992 but turned it down in order to create a sitcom about a fictionalized version of himself who did take the offer
GY75J TIL of Bass Reeves, the first black U.S marshal west of the Mississippi River. At the end of his career in 1907 at the age of 70, he had arrested over 3000 felons and shot and killed 14 outlaws.