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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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X9mr 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.
kJVPB TIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.
Y79eB TIL Humans have a third set of teeth, but the genes for this set are inactive.