Because I know Evil Twin #2 has a penchant for factoids, here are a few I have recently learned in Japan.
1) Beer vending machines turn "off" at 11pm.
2) The raised brick line running down a sidewalk is a guideline for the blind.
3) An ice cream shop in Yamaguchi sells Hakata salt flavored soft serve.
4) Japanese yogurt uses different strains of bacteria than the yogurt sold in the US. They find the sour taste too strong in American yogurt.
5) Cans of coffee and tea are often made of steel. This is so you can heat the can without it exploding from the pressure. You can also heat up plastic bottles that have a yellow cap. (A white cap indicates it is for cold drinks only)
4 comments:
you forgot the most important factoid!
5. Japanese people are made out of robots.
btw- i asked kentaro to comment on factoid #5 and he said:
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evil twin #2... how do you find out all these things???
one other really weird fact I just learned tonite. Some Japanese people think that Japanese peoples' intestines are 1.5 times longer than Caucasians. Actually, on japanese websites this is stated as a fact.
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