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TIL that when the Edmonton Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky to the LA Kings, the Canadian Government stepped in and wanted to block the trade.

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rNJXo TIL that there is no certain proof about how Repulse Bay in Hong Kong got its name.
oBV4Y TIL that 90% of all data ever created by human existence was generated in the last 2 years.
p8Lvb TIL there used to be so many oysters in the Chesapeake Bay that they piled up almost to the water's surface, causing navigational hazards. Then we harvested them by the millions, and now the population is down by 99.7%. It's one of "the largest documented declines of a marine species"
4xP5 TIL that George Washington and the Marquis of Lafayette were so close that they were like father and son. The relationship between the childless American and fatherless Frenchman was vital for the American Revolution. Lafayette named a son George Washington Lafayette.
Wkk9Y TIL There's a yearly tradition in Madagascar to exhume ancestral remains and dance with them