Japan has the most vending machines in the world (5.52 million) which is more than the population of New Zealand.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
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In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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Japanese schools do not have proms.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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