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TIL Michael Jordan tipped a cocktail waitress in Vegas with a 5 dollar chip. Wayne Gretzky, who was also at the table, took it off her tray, gave it back to Michael, grabbed a 100 dollar chip from Michael’s stack and put it on her tray. Then he said, “That’s how we tip in Las Vegas, Michael.”

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