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TIL Since 1948 there has been a group of ladies at Arlington National Cemetery that has attended every funeral to support and comfort families, or to be there only one that attends to ensure no one is ever buried alone

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P18gG TIL that an early black member of the Mormon church was denied access to temple rituals due to her race, but was declared an eternal servant of Joseph Smith's family in the afterlife in a special ceremony created for her, which she was not permitted to attend in person.
ZpD4p TIL on three occasions between 1922 and 1933, the Coca-Cola Company was offered the opportunity to purchase the Pepsi-Cola Company, which it declined on each occasion
Oon6R TIL that a Parsi man named Farrokh Bulsara, grew up in India, and after moving to England changed his name to Freddie Mercury and founded the band Queen.
d8MyZ TIL Living above the third-floor drastically reduces your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest.
dAeE TIL that a 17 year old girl has found a possible cure for cancer. She created a nanoparticle that can be delivered to tumours, which then kills cancerous stem cells.