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TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon.

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 11:07 pm

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TIL: In 2017, a Japanese politician had to apologize publicly for claiming that a serial killer was motivated by his obsession with anime (“When They Cry” and “School Days”) for his 9 murders. While the killer was a fan of anime, no other evidence supported the theory and fans were outraged.

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 10:55 am

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TIL about the 1905 Battle of Tsushima between Japanese and Russian steel battleships. The Japanese sunk 21 Russian warships and captured another 5, including the flagship. Only three Russian ships made it back to a Russian port

by whatilearned February 3, 2023, 11:17 pm

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Why didn’t Japan excise Chinese characters from the Japanese language, when Japan hated China so much?

by HistoryBuff February 3, 2023, 9:10 am

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TIL That in 2004, a 25 year old virginal Japanese woman had surgery to remove a mature fetiform teratoma (a tumor that formed a doll-like structure) that contained brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessel tissue… and more. 😳

by whatilearned February 1, 2023, 11:50 pm

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TIL The Mitchell Monument marks the only place on US soil where deaths occurred as a result of enemy (Japanese) action during World War II. Or was it? The deaths at this site were kept secret for years because the US didn’t want the Japanese to know that the balloon bombs were successful.

by whatilearned January 31, 2023, 4:08 am

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Longest ‘dako’ iron sword at 2.6m, along with a unique shield-shaped mirror, found in 4th-century Japanese burial mound — Finds indicate that the technology of the Kofun period (300-710 AD) was more advanced than previously thought

by HistoryBuff January 26, 2023, 3:21 am

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TIL the Toyota Camry is named after the Kanmuri, the long hat traditionally worn only by Japanese Emperor and other aristocrats

by whatilearned January 24, 2023, 10:48 am

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TIL the Japanese United Red Army conducted an internal purge of its members in 1972, killing 12, including 1 member killed for asking for tissues.

by whatilearned January 21, 2023, 12:23 pm

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TIL the difference between Whiskey and Whisky. Whiskey (with an ‘e’) refers to grain spirits distilled in Ireland and the United States. Whisky (with no ‘e’) refers to Scottish, Canadian, or Japanese grain spirits.

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 11:33 pm

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TIL that during the Edo period in Japan Catholicism was outlawed and groups of Japanese catholics had secret rooms in their houses and they made statues of the Virgin Mary and other saints that would look like Buddhist statues

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 11:45 am

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I got my Japanese girlfriend pregnant

by cringeyjokesman January 18, 2023, 1:34 am

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