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TIL Blowing into your Nintendo cartridges didn’t actually help, it only damaged them

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QJdm6 TIL that Smithfield Foods, based in Virginia and the largest producer of pork in the world, has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Chinese holding company since 2013
R70m6 TIL The island of Ni‘ihau in Hawaii was privately purchased for $10,000 in 1864 and has been passed down within the family. Instead of profiting off of the resources, the owners keep the island secluded and protected. The island has a population of over 150 natives.
ODeg TIL Major banks like UBS, HSBC, and Barclays have been submitting phony numbers, often in concert with each other for years. Together they manipulated world markets, specifically the Libor rate, which controls interest rates worldwide, causing trillions in damage. No banker will spend a day in jail.
R6Pw TIL of an indigenous tribe in Brazil that only values personal experience and keeps no history.
R5MX4 TIL Divers can shake hands with “Old Whitey”, the preserved captains corpse of the SS Kamloops, at the bottom of Lake Superior