› added 4 years ago

66

TIL: Many Nintendo players would blow on cartridges to get them to work but actually speed up the tarnishing due to moisture. One way to slow down the tarnishing process and extending the life of the cartridges is to use isopropyl alcohol and swabs.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

nEDG TIL according to Chili Appreciation Society International, cooks are forbidden from putting beans in chili.
mLoM TIL That after the poor sales performance of the WiiU, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata placed the bulk of the blame on himself, and took a 50% pay cut.
YpnkB TIL in 2011 Staples licensed the name "Dunder Mifflin" from NBC to sell their own paper products under that brand.
R5Wa6 TIL Mariah Carey wrote a country song with Willie Nelson called “Right To Dream”
9YO46 TIL that Edmund Ironside was allegedly stabbed whilst on a toilet, by an assassin hiding in the pit beneath. The assassin escaped after leaving the weapon fixed in Edmund's bowels