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TIL that Nintendo offered repair services on the Famicom up until 2007, and only stopped due to difficulty supplying parts for the repairs.

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6y8Q TIL Ronda Rousey tries to have “as much sex as possible” before a match since she says it boosts testosterone levels.
vnyR TIL the term “Abracadabra” comes from the Aramaic (~ ancient Hebrew) phrase meaning “I create as I speak”.
oBGL7 TIL of Dr. Serge Voronoff who dedicated his life to researching animal testicles and developed a treatment to graft monkey balls into humans. This became somewhat popular with millionaires in the 20s as a means to curb aging and other ailments.
R5Ny7 TIL of Cottonclads, a class of lightly armed Confederate river ships armored with cotton bales. They used sharpshooters and rams as their main weapons, dropping the gangplanks down to board Union ships. They were used effectively at the Battle of Galveston, capturing the Harriet Lane.
gy77 TIL that according to “Solomon Cuve”(also called the “Crash Risk Curve”) drivers traveling 5 mph (8 km/h) above the average speed of traffic are statistically the least likely to be involved in a crash while crash risk increases dramatically when traveling below the average speed.