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TIL that the Gretzky brothers hold the NHL record for the most goals scored by a set of brothers, with a total of 2,861. Of which Wayne scored 2,857 and Brent scored 4.

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6E4gZ TIL after the release of Snow White, Walt Disney threw a massive party at the Norconian Resort and invited his employees. As the party went on, Walts vision for a "leisurely outdoor event" was changed when the employees got heavily drunk and even started hooking up, causing Walt to leave frustrated.
VM1AQ TIL Carl Sagan wrote a peer-reviewed paper while at Stanford with a NASA grant outlining it is probable aliens have visited the earth and feasible they have impacted our civilizations.
px6A TIL that Hitler wasn’t the only Führer of Nazi Germany. After his suicide, the second Führer was former Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels from 30 April-1 May 45 (Goebbels’ suicide). The last Führer was Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk from 1 May-27 May 1945.
KVJ4 TIL that in 1948, the citizens of Nanking, including the mayor himself, raised a very large sum of money for John Rabe after learning that he was in poverty in occupied Germany, because of his efforts to stop the atrocities during the Nanking Massacre in 1937 within the Safety Zone.
P14LG TIL that American pornography had a 'golden age' between 1969 and 1984. This was marked by pornographic films receiving positive attention from movie critics and the general public, including mainstream broadcasting in cinemas.