Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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The Japanese, on average, are the shortest people.
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In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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Most streets in Japan do not have names.
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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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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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