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TIL: That your stomach has a esophageal sphincter and can relate to acid reflux and heartburn.

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XEvDr TIL: Theres an extremely rare condition humans can have called Hematidrosis which causes a person to sweat blood, normally under extreme physical or emotional stress.
gMBxb TIL radioactivity was discovered accidentally due to bad weather. H. Becquerel stopped his experiments on uranium that required sunlight in an overcast day and put uranium crystals and photographic plates away in a drawer. When he opened the drawer, he discovered the radioactive nature of uranium.
VBmXQ TIL that Avengers Endgame’s story was referenced off of Star Trek: TNG’s finale ‘All Good Things…’ and the sign off is lifted directly from the sixth Star Trek film ‘The Undiscovered Country’
1aAmd TIL Farmers need 214 liters of water to grow 1 kg of tomatoes. The Dutch use only 4 liters and are the 2nd largest exporter of food in the world.
j61vR TIL that on an Auschwitz concentration camp wall, a Jewish prisoner (facing indescribable abuse) carved, “If there is a god, He will have to beg for my forgiveness.”