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TIL 40% of all Vietnamese people have the last name Nguyen.

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m1EaP TIL that in 2012, Children's Hospital Los Angeles had to issue a statement that they were not affiliated with the billboards for the Adult Swim show "Children's Hospital," which featured Rob Corddry in bloody scrubs and clown makeup
jNL9n TIL the primary reason a sequel to World War Z was cancelled is because the Chinese Government have banned films featuring zombies or ghosts
PN4w TIL a company developed a system for your home that when an earthquake is detected, a compressor will release an incredible amount of air underneath your house causing it float off it’s foundation
R8Yj TIL that Japan’s Shinkansen high speed rail system has never had a fatal accident in nearly five decades of service.
6RMX TIL that NYC Police Officers were formally accused of using an illegal chokehold during an arrest 1,048 times from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2014 … that’s two complaints filed every three days