Japanese ice cream manufacturer Akagi Nyuguyo once made a 60 second commercial, publicly apologizing for having to raise the price of its popsicle from Y60 to Y70 for the first time in 25 years. The commercial, in which the president of the company as well as the staff bowed to the viewers and showed their remorse, ran on national TV.

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EMOJI QUIZ ANSWERS🤩: How many did you get?

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Tanks are being put on the streets in China to protect the banks.

This is because the Henan branch of the Bank of China declaring that, people's savings in their branch are now 'investment products' and can't be withdrawn.

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In Japanese schools, the students don't get any exams until they reach the 4th grade. Why because the goal for the first 2 years of school is not to judge the child's knowledge but to establish good character.

The Japanese scholars teach manners before knowledge.

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Finland is one of the strictest countries in the world when it comes to driving requirements

Drivers are required to learn basic car maintenance and must take two tests; one in summer conditions and another in winter conditions

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The First athlete to get disqualified at the Olympics for drug use was a Swedish modern pentathlete named Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who allegedly had only "two beers" to calm his nerves before the pistol shooting event. He caused the Swedish team to get disqualified at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the team had to return their bronze medals.

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On average, Men receive prison sentences that are 63% higher than females who have been convicted of the same crime.

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It looks like 2 pictures put together but it's just the Metro of Moscow.

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​​Singer Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his own father the day before his birthday. He used a gun Marvin gifted him.

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Ernest Hemingway survived a mortar attack, anthrax, pneumonia, amoebic dysentery, diabetes, two plane crashes, three car accidents, second-degree burns, a ruptured kidney and liver, and a broken skull.

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In 2015, a Canadian teenager named Anya Pogharian invented a cheap and portable dialysis machine as part of her high school science fair project. The 17-year-old built a functional dialysis machine for just $500. At the time, a dialysis machine typically cost around $30,000.

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Until the early 19th century, it was completely common for doctors to place their ear directly on a patient's exposed breast in order to listen to the heartbeat. The stethoscope had not been invented yet.

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Sprite can break down acetaldehyde, a metabolite of ethanol, making it an effective hangover-curing drink.

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A 46-year-old dyslexic man named Benjamin Bolger has earned 14 degrees so far in his life. He claims to be the second-most credentialed perpetual student in modern history.

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Most infections from swimming pools and hot tubs are caused by cryptosporidium; a diarrheal disease produced by microscopic parasites that are released from someone's anus and consumed orally by other swimmers.

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