induction l in a |- *.
simpl.
intuition.
subst...
intros.
simpl in H.
unfold Basics.compose in H.
apply In_concat_inv in H. destruct H. destruct H.
apply in_map_iff in H0. destruct H0 as [x0 [A B]].
subst.
eauto using insert_everywhere_are_perms.
Qed.

Lemma length_perms l: length (perms l) = fact (length l).
Proof with auto.