minus-squareFeed Your CuriosityOPtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoYeah, to be clear, that was what I was intrigued by. That they existed for nearly 100 years before their rise as a video game power. linkfedilink
Feed Your Curiosity to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoTIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.plus-squarewww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down112
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkTIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.plus-squarewww.wired.comFeed Your Curiosity to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareFeed Your CuriositytoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbslinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoAren’t they also mostly genetic clones? At least the ones we eat in America are, IIRC. linkfedilink
Yeah, to be clear, that was what I was intrigued by. That they existed for nearly 100 years before their rise as a video game power.