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TIL about Japanese Toilet Meals - eating alone in a bathroom for various reasons, most commonly due to fear of being perceived as lonely because one is eating alone. Research in 2013 found that 12.08% of respondents said they'd eaten on the toilet, with a higher percentage of younger people & women.

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