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TIL Vitamin B12 is very sensitive to acid and would be destroyed by the acid in the stomach, so saliva contains an substance named haptocorrin that has the only purpose to bind to the vitamin to protect it while it passes through the stomach until it can be absorbed in the intestine.

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