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TIL Texas uses Lennie Small (from Of Mice and Men) as the legal definition of mental retardation when executing criminals

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AD5Xw TIL that out of the 36 United States presidents who ever had biological children, 19 lost a child in infancy or early childhood. The list includes George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and John F. Kennedy.
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."
P1YQO TIL Weezer's Number 1 hit, a cover of Toto's Africa, came to be because of a persistent 14-year old who created a Twitter account and wouldn't stop asking the band to cover the song.
e0p5 TIL 60% (50 of 83) of the restaurants that appeared on Kitchen Nightmares have been sold or shutdown.
GYYAG TIL When Ethiopian Airlines flight 702 was hijacked and flown to Geneva, the Swiss Air Force did not respond because the hijacking occurred outside of normal business hours