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TIL that Marie Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, also received a Nobel prize in chemistry. And she also shared it with her husband.

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OGAk1 TIL that Andrew Johnson is the only United States President to serve as a senator after his term as president, with his term as Tennessee Senator lasting from March 4, 1875 until his death on July 31, 1875.
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