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TIL: Over 30% of Vietnamese people have the last name "Nguyen", and almost 85% of people in the country have one of fifteen surnames

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Br9dx TIL that reindeer is the only mammal to change eye colour to adjust the amount of light that enters the eyes in different seasons. They have golden eyes in summer and blue in winter
8ePVV TIL that the Hermite crater on the Moon is the coldest place currently known in the Solar System, colder than any surface on Pluto
XE9RD TIL that people with a stutter can often sing without difficulty. Blues artists B.B. King and John Lee Hooker, despite having significant stuttering problems as children, both sang without a stutter. Hooker even wrote a song about his experiences called "Stuttering Blues."
GANAj TIL Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) as a child was diagnosed with spinal TB. He was wrapped in a full body cast, told he would never walk, and spent most of the first 9 years of his life in hospitals being treated. When he was finally released his family was interned in a camp for the duration of WWII.
rRLOx TIL that on 21st May 1927 – Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.