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TIL the gene for having six fingers is a dominant trait.

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kOkeW TIL that the Roman Emperor Commodus had a bath attendant thrown into an oven after he found his bathwater was lukewarm. Due to repeated attempts on his life, he often had Roman citizens killed for making him angry.
Wg8L TIL that ISIS bans use of tobacco, alcohol, music, showing skin of women (& mannequins), yet willfully condone the rape of non-Muslim captive women and torture/execution of non-believers.
BrgEe TIL From 1944 to 1953 in the Ukraine, 35,000 Soviet troops and Communist officials were killed by guerillas
k805 TIL Sonic Hedgehog is a protein critical to mammalian development. Its inhibitor? Robotnikinin.
Z8PJp TIL Iguanas turn black when they’re going through severe or psychosocial stress.