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TIL that Mel Carnahan was the first person to be elected to the United States Senate posthumously.

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7mbP TIL of a notorious driver in Ireland who has evaded the police until his identity was discovered to be Prawo Jazdy — Polish for “Driver’s License”
pYRZ4 TIL that the condition of lacking one or more limbs is called Amelia.
W76Ld TIL it took world population over 2 million years to reach 1 billion, but only 207 more to grow to 7 billion.
5Yrv9 TIL in 1979 when the Skylab re-entry approached the San Francisco Examine offered $10,000 to the first person to deliver a piece to them within 72hrs knowing it wasn't heading toward the USA. A 17yr old Aussie collected a piece, jumped on a plane with no passport or luggage and collected his prize.
Bo6e TIL that the introvert’s brain treats interactions with people at the same intensity level that it treats encounters with inanimate objects.