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TIL that “With extraordinary few exceptions, no educated person in the history of Western Civilization from the third century B.C. onward believed that the Earth was flat,”

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awRZN TIL In 2009 the FDA required General Mills to either register Cheerios as a drug or change their labels claiming the cereal lowerd cholesterol. GM revealed the labeling had been approved by the FDA and the investigation was closed in 2012.
W7gKA TIL Like many other places in the body, the mouth also has symbiotic bacteria which contribute to oral health. However if there is gum disease leading to the bacteria entering the bloodstream, that can cause heart disease. So Oral Health is linked to Heart Health.
WkoGB TIL Nurse Sandra Clarke was making her rounds when a frail patient made a simple request, "will you stay with me." When she returned from her rounds she discovered he died. Sandra became the founder of "No One Dies Alone," a volunteer program that provides dying patients someone to be with them.
5BE9 TIL Oklahoma passed California last year as the most seismically active state in the continental U.S.
e0Z46 TIL that, despite being on opposite ends of the country, Disneyland and Disneyworld are both located in Orange County