minus-squareFeed Your Curiosity@lemmy.worldOPtoToday 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.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-up1173arrow-down112
arrow-up1161arrow-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareFeed Your Curiosity@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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.