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TIL a sailor who wishes to grow a beard in the Royal Navy has to submit a ‘permission to stop shaving’ form. He is then allowed two weeks to 'grow a full set’ before he presents himself to the Master at Arms who will decide if his beard looks stupid or is respectfully full enough to be permitted.

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VGaB TIL A woman named Augusta Ada King is regarded as the first computer programmer for her notes in the 1800’s on using computers to compute algorithms.
X0kRQ TIL about the Decebalus Treasure found by a Roman army in 106 AD during the Second Dacian War. Decebalus, the last king of the Dacians, diverted the Sargetia River (in modern-day Romania) to bury all his wealth. Someone betrayed him, and the Romans found 330,000 lb of gold and 650,000 lb of silver.
O0kL TIL Neil Young’s Silver & Gold album cover was made using a Game Boy Camera and Printer.
RZ48 TIL school buses are yellow because yellow is seen faster than any other color, and seen 1.24 times faster than red.
7rgPP TIL Of Jack Tueller, a WWII soldier who was also a trumpet player and carried his instrument everywhere with him. He believes it saved his life from a German sniper in France. Figuring his enemy was just a scared kid like him, Jack played a love song before he set out. The sniper never fired.