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TIL People are more likely to give up smoking when they live in areas surrounded by grass and trees

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NXJY1 TIL On July 4th, 1826, 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the second President of the United States, John Adams, died with his last words being, "Thomas Jefferson survives." However, Adams was unaware that third President Thomas Jefferson had died earlier that day.
XE1mP TIL that Josh Hartnett was Christopher Nolan's first-choice for Bruce Wayne in 'Batman Begins' but he turned Nolan down because he didn't want to be typecasted as a superhero, which is when Nolan approached Christian Bale for the role. Hartnett now says that was "the worst decision of my career."
Mey9m TIL Nazis kidnapped “Aryan-looking” children from across Europe and brought them back to Germany for indoctrination.
5YAkR TIL that the Sony PS2 is the #1 selling gaming console in history. (155m units)
rNkVM TIL after 50 years researchers have identified the mystery man on the album cover of Led Zeppelin IV as Lot Long, a thatcher who was born in Mere, Wiltshire in 1823 & died in 1893. At the time of the photograph, he was a widower living in a small cottage in Shaftesbury Road, Mere.