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TIL Sonic Hedgehog is a protein critical to mammalian development. Its inhibitor? Robotnikinin.

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9YPxG TIL that the very first trench coat ever invented was by Burberry and was made strictly for crawling and walking through trenches in WWI
ME6B TIL that Bhutan, a nation that is 75% Buddhist, has a holistic govt goal of “Gross National Happiness” which includes equitable and sustainable socioeconomic development; preservation and promotion of cultural values; conservation of the natural environment; and establishment of good governance.
w651 TIL Carl Sagan’s anatomically correct naked man and woman were censored on the Voyager spacecraft Golden Record because critics found the nudity offensive.
KYv9w TIL that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2 to 3 months of having it surgically shortened.
4JK5 TIL the most complex word in the English dictionary is the word ‘set’ with over 430 definitions in the Oxford English dictionary