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TIL of Ted Ngoy, former "Donut King" of California. A refugee who fled to America from the Khmer Rogue, he went from penniless to owning over 50 donut shops. He helped fellow refugees by teaching them the skills they would need to work and run their own shops, employing them at his many shops.

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