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TIL: 4 Marlboro Men Have Died Of Smoking Related Diseases

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9YQN6 TIL of Eric Lomax, a British ex-POW who was captured in 1942 by Japanese forces. Many years after the war, he tracked down the Japanese man who had tortured him, and forgave him.
XE1XX TIL that Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world
xVKm1 TIL that in four states, including California, you can take the bar exam and practice law without ever going to law school. It’s called “reading law”.
loORV TIL: The voice of Toy Story's Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks in the films) in video games and commercials belongs to Hanks' younger brother Jim. Apart from this, Jim is in a few running scenes as Tom's character in Forrest Gump, and he was also Tom's stunt double in 2011's Larry Crowne.
dDkMZ TIL about Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate. It is a street in York, England, known for its short length and unusual name. The street's name was first recorded in 1505 as Whitnourwhatnourgate, and later appears as Whitney Whatneygate. It seems to mean "neither-one-thing-nor-the-other street".