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

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awkDJ TIL that in 2004, Forbes named J.K. Rowling the first person to become a billionaire (in US dollars) from writing books. By 2012, she had donated so much money to charity that they had to remove her from the rich list because she was no longer a billionaire.
GYBv7 TIL the No Child Left Behind Act requires high schools to give recruiters kids’ contact information unless the parents specifically opt out
pyKA TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China.
4kRDJ TIL employees at the General Motor’s Fremont Assembly plant were considered excessively unruly in the 1980s and often left empty glass bottles inside the doors of unfinished cars to annoy the future owners
DEVY TIL Mountain Dew was created to be used as a mixer for Whiskey and the name was slang for Moonshine!