I spilled water on keyboard but now it works fine- should I still bring it in to check if its completely ok?

I have spilled water on my Macbook Air keyboard. It switched off immediately by itself when this happened.  I kept it off, turned it upside down on top of a towel and left it in a dry place for 24hours. I turned it back on and it seems to be working fine..
Should I still take it into the store to check that it is completely ok? 

Yes.  It certainly will not hurt to do so to have the technicians take a good look at it.  The evaluation will be free at an Apple store genius bar.
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