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TIL that Nintendo provided service support for the NES console for over 24 years

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7gbZ TIL that there is no economic gain to be made from deforesting the Amazon to grow crops, as more deforestation leads to less rainfall which leads to lower crop yield.
4X4Vo TIL that though President Nixon is often praised for having created the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), he only did so because Congress was eyeing the creation of a Department of Environmental Protection (presidents have more control over agencies than departments)
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