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TIL NES and SNES consoles turn yellow as they age because of a breakdown of a flame retardant chemical added to plastics used in older computer hardware.

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16yaW TIL of the Franco-British Union, proposed to unite the two in June 1940. It would have united the militaries, government, and foreign policy of both nations, with very citizen of France immediately enjoying citizenship of Great Britain and every British citizen becoming a citizen of France.
b6XeE TIL the current and the first president of Barbados is a black woman (Sandra Mason) after Barbados ceased to be a constitutional monarchy and became a republic and the current prime minister of Barbados is also black woman (Mia Mottley)
DldD TIL when United Airlines baggage handlers broke a musician’s valued guitar and then spent a year refusing to pay for repairs, he wrote a song called “United Breaks Guitars” that got over 16 million hits on YouTube, caused United stock to sink 10%, and finally forced them to pay $3,000 compensation.
d88DE TIL US “government cheese” was created to maintain the price of dairy when dairy industry subsidies artificially increased the supply of milk and created a surplus that was then converted into cheese, butter, or dehydrated powder. The cheese was stored in over 150 warehouses across 35 states.
5jBR TIL A 45 year old Bosnian man named Amir Vehabovic faked his death back in 2007 because he wanted to see who would attend his funeral. Only his mother attended. After this debacle, he wrote dozens of angry letters to his so-called friends and what he thought of their friendship going forward.