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Predicting Catastrophic River Shifts, New Rhino Population Stats, Woolly Rhino Found, and TDIH - A Legendary Video Game Company is Founded - With Playing Cards


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The scientific breakthrough that could help us predict catastrophic river shifts. Plus, the global number of rhinos is headed in the right direction, but poaching is also on the rise and a new woolly rhino is found. This Day in History, the founding of what turned into a legendary video gaming company.

Breakthrough study predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide | ScienceDaily

The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too | AP News

India's one-horned rhino numbers charging ahead, govt says (yahoo.com)

32,400-year-old woolly rhino mummy unearthed with skin, fur intact (interestingengineering.com)

Frozen Mummy of a Subadult Woolly Rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) from the Late Pleistocene of Yakutia | Doklady Earth Sciences (springer.com)

Nintendo was founded in 1889, nearly a century before the NES | The Vintage News

23 September 1889: Nintendo starts making playing cards | MoneyWeek

From creating Japanese playing cards in 1889 to becoming one of the most iconic video game companies in history, see how Nintendo has evolved | Business Insider India

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