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gr9OX TIL in the 1980’s a Japanese humanitarian doctor in Afghanistan named Tetsu Nakamura who initiated the digging of the Pearl Canal which connects to the Kumar River. The canal supplied fresh water to over 600,000 people.
OGar1 TIL of Doctor Yellow, the name for the two diagnostic bullet trains on Japan's Shinkansen. They test the tracks at 270 kph. Seeing one of these rare trains is considered a sign of good luck
P1M1w TIL that Japanese mythology describes cats as nasty, evil creatures. Old gray and red or orange cats with long tails are the evilest variety, followed by tricolored ones.