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TIL Arlington National Cemetery includes Arlington House, a Memorial to Robert E Lee

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R571Q TIL that Gift cards from Big Companies expire because of the accounting problem. Companies like Amazon, use accrual accounting. They enter the value of the Gift cards that are sold as Liabilities, specifically "Prepaid-Sales" Liability which affects their Revenue. Hence they have "Service Charge".
mxeeR TIL one species of freshwater turtle has actual flippers like a sea turtle. Called the pig-nosed turtle, it lives in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Extremely aggressive, little studied and difficult to keep in captivity, it is rarely seen in aquariums.
mxR0P Til Bully sticks are prepared from the bull pizzle (aka penis muscle) which is cleaned, stretched, and twisted before being prepared. Preparation can vary from sun dried to oven baked or smoked. ... Authentic bully sticks are made from 100% beef (the only ingredient is the bull penis).
jZVM TIL that the “Waffle House Index” is used to informally assess the damage of a storm including 3 levels to code for the number of Waffle Houses still open in the damaged area due to the restaurants reputation to stay open after disasters.
R5WB4 TIL A world renowned anti-doping expert got fired as a university professor after he secretly recorded people with a video camera hidden inside a toolbox in a storage room used as a change room on campus. It went on for three months and involved four women—two of whom were changing