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TIL there is a parasitic worm found in Africa that makes your body immune to diabetes

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EgGJo TIL: That your stomach has a esophageal sphincter and can relate to acid reflux and heartburn.
1gy8 TIL that in addition to saving a passenger train of people at the expense of his own life, earlier in his career Casey Jones saved the life of a young girl by standing on the moving train’s cow-catcher and picking the girl up off the track
aAjy TIL the Rothschilds had such an efficient system of couriers that they knew Napoleon lost at Waterloo a day before everyone else. Nathan Rothschild, in one of the most audacious moves in financial history, immediately bought up the government bond market. He then sold for a 40% profit, a huge sum.
awW7L TIL of the 1977 Chicago Bulls "Astronaut draft" of Armstrong, Glenn, and Sheppard.
Ox97 TIL In 2014, a rural Iraqi clock maker went to sleep, woke up, and watched a “nice Egyptian film” before realizing he was the last resident remaining after his town had been seized by ISIS. He convinced them he was not a soldier, showed them the Mosque’s light switch, and went back to his house.