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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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GAQ4G TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.
6ReJ TiL: That it is considered unlucky to be the third person to light a cigarette. During World War One, soldiers thought that the enemy would see the first light, take aim on the second, and fire on the third, killing the soldier.
5Y5Gp TIL that Normandy could have been lined with tanks on D-Day if Hitler wasn’t asleep.
avjo TIL that Philadelphia cream cheese was first created in New York. It was named after Philadelphia because at the time, the city was renowned for its production of similar cheeses. Also, in Mexico, any brand of cream cheese is often referred to as “queso filadelfia.”
PYOLE TIL Navajo was once in danger of losing a lot of speakers, but the Navajo nation set up programs to teach the language as well as many bilingual schools. Now there are even institutes, community colleges, and technical universities with classes in the Navajo language