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Jul 23, 2020

TIL Japan's largest organized crime syndicate, the Yakuza, provided food, water, diapers,blankets etc. during both the 1995 and 2011 Japanese earthquakes at a response time much faster than even the Japanese government.

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May 10, 2020

TIL that Nintendo can trace its origins back to the time of the Ottoman Empire and even ran brothels to supplement their trading card business.

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Dec 16, 2019

TIL: In Japan, yonige-ya, "run away at night" or “fly-by-night”, companies service people who want to become johatsu, “evaporated people”, who are people who want to disappear and never be found.

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Apr 22, 2019

TIL that the Yakuza is the second largest criminal organization in the world (by revenue), despite Japan being ranked 11th in worldwide population.

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