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TIL the founder of TSMC -- Morris Chang -- did not receive any equity in the company when it was founded in 1987.

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kODkW TIL that Vietnam actually kept the American Embassy in Saigon and gave it back to the USA when they returned in 1995, the USA decided to demolish it themselves in 1998.
8mZb TIL that the word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
0wlkv TIL the Island of Sri Lanka/Ceylon only became an island in 1480, when the narrow landbridge connecting the peninsula to the Indian Subcontinent was destroyed by a massive cyclone after years of gradual erosion.
pYQnN TIL that horses can be cloned and get cloned often.
gM8b8 TIL China has a shortage of women. Vietnamese wives can be purchased for $4000 to $12,000. A reporter asked some boys why they helped traffickers and they replied “I wanted a new iPhone.”