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TIL that Wayne Gretzky was so well-respected in the NHL that some players would verbally warn him before checking him

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pQo4 TIL in the Winter War, the Soviets, while bombing the Finns, claimed they were air-dropping food to the “starving people of Helinski”. The Finnish people dubbed the Soviet bombs “Molotov bread baskets”, and in return called their firebombs Molotov cocktails, as “a drink to go with the food.”
QJkXM TIL that the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in human history with it being worth almost 8 times as much as Apple is today.
9YeDG TIL of a £4m art heist Manchester in 2003 , including a Van Gogh painting. It is believed the culprit tipped off the police and revealed the location of the stolen artwork. Stating that his intentions were not to steal , but to highlight woeful security.
Zk9a TIL tasers shoot confetti with tiny serial numbers printed on it so that it can be linked to the person who fired it.
R5B0l TIL - About PSR B1620−26 b, also known as "Methuselah" is the oldest planet in the universe. It's believed to be over 12.7 billion years old.