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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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OojV6 TIL that gamblers in the old west were rarely playing poker, despite representations in films, games and other media. A card game called "faro" was the most popular form of gambling in the US until the early 1900's.
gXgb TIL That people from the Upper Peninsula (Michigan) call people from the Lower Peninsula Trolls because they live beneath the bridge.
X0Vm6 TIL that the British biochemist and historian of magic Edwin Dawes was given a gas mask as a boy, and decided to test it out by making Chlorine gas in the family shed.
VMnxB TIL that if your Penis is 6 inches(15.24cm) long when erect, you're in the 90th percentile according to the largest study on Human Penis Size.
mx0op TIL that the blue whale is the biggest animal to have ever existed on Earth, surpassing even the biggest of dinosaurs