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TIL: The three men who portrayed the Marlboro man in the Marlboro advertisements all died of Lung cancer

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DVNJ TIL A man who wanted to create a whites-only town in North Dakota was found to be of African descent
eGoL TIL of “Shifting Baseline Syndrome”, where each generation uses previous reference points as baselines despite those points representing significant changes from even earlier states. Each generation defines the “natural” state differently, and large changes over time often go unnoticed.
0wmKy TIL New Mexico was named before Mexico
e0Av4 TIL that as well as being a talented actor, athlete and overall role model, Terry Crews is also an amazing artist!
r7kM TIL that Ben Franklin wasn’t allowed to write the declaration of Independence because it was feared that he would hide a joke in it.