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TIL 40% of Vietnamese people have the surname ‘Nguyen’

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bV40 TIL that Boeing plane models are always 7X7 not because of the Lucky number 7 but because the 700 division was in charge of transport aircraft after WWII. They started with 707 and kept the pattern from there.
rpPy TIL Bill Gates was Hired to Write the Original Code for Atari but Took too Long and Was Fired, Making Them the Only Company to Fire Gates
4Xnao TIL pigeons who are sick or aging hide (and die) in remote places a reason why its rare to see pigeon corpses
GmAg TIL secular Mohammad Mosaddegh was a democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran who was overthrown by the US CIA for nationalizing the Iranian oil industry. Iran has not known democracy since.
5V7JR TIL if you're 21 or over in Michigan you can legally drive with a bodily alcohol contact up to .08 but if you're under 21 it's .02, so a 20-year-old is "drunk driving" at an .03 but a 21-year-old can legally drive up to .07