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TIL Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was founded in 1983 over a poker game.

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6EwEQ TIL the oldest-known land animal in the world is a tortoise named Jonathan. He lives in West Africa.
graD8 TIL the human stomach opens to the body's right. Thus, if you have acid reflux, you should lie on your LEFT, generally not on your right or on your back. [corrected source]
Ooa9e TIL that Rik Mayall was originally cast as Peeves in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, but every time he read his lines, the younger cast members couldn’t stop laughing at him. He was later cut from the film.
k9km TIL that in the 16th century, Christians called the Anabaptists did not partake in infant baptism, instead believing that only free-willed adults could decide for themselves to be baptized. They were persecuted and killed.
XEV0D TIL there are people who keep leeches as pets.