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TIL Benjamin Franklin did heroin

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EgpZx TIL acid reflux, or GERD, can cause chest pains so severe they are often mistaken for a heart attack. Of the 8 million emergency room visits for chest pain each year, severe heartburn accounts for over half the cases in which actual heart problems are ruled out.
MenmV TIL PEZ candies were originally peppermint flavored, shaped round and called 'PEZ drops.' The name PEZ comes from the German word for peppermint, “PfeffErminZ” taking the P from the first letter, E from the middle and Z from the last letter to form the word PEZ.
AGkn TIL 41% of transgender people attempt suicide
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XN6R TIL Babylonians believed that an eclipse foretold the death of their ruler, leading them to use these predictions to put kingly protections in place. During the period of time that lunar or solar eclipses might strike, the king would be replaced with a substitute.