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ADMGg TIL that in Japan, western style underwear became popular only after a tragic incident of a fire in a departmental store (1932) which claimed 14 lives. It's alleged that some women refused to jump into the safety net as they were not wearing panties under their Kimono, the traditional Japanese dress
mdRp TIL that Japanese monks known as the Sokushinbutsu caused their own deaths through self-mummification, which they thought of as a form of enlightenment.