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TIL of the Arlington Ladies, a volunteer group of women who attend funerals at Arlington National Cemetery so that no soldier, sailor, airman, or coast guardsman is buried alone.

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VMkoB TIL Malden Mills, Inventor of the Popular Polartec fleece fabric, burned down in a fire in 1995. Instead of taking the opportunity to save money and move operations, the owner kept paying all workers while they rebuilt. it cost the owner over $25 million.
nelKB TIL When Ed Sheeran won a Grammy in 2013 for "The A Team" he wasn't deemed famous enough to perform alone so Elton John insisted on a duet with him.
rnMd TIL in 1956, the U.S. passed the Refrigerator Safety Act, which made it mandatory for all fridges to be magnetically sealed. This was due to the high amount of children who suffocated in latched refrigerators.
vPYYL TIL Ants alone comprise about 20% of the entire animal biomass on land, totalling around 20 quadrillion. They outweigh all mammals and birds on Earth, combined.
oZw8 TIL that an octopus has an arm that also functions as a tongue AND a penis