PROTIP: Press ‘i’ to view the image gallery, ‘v’ to view the video gallery, or ‘r’ to view a random entry. Drainage Canal So Clean refers to a series of popular joke posts on Reddit which sarcastically claim the drainage canals in certain countries are so clean they have animals or some other surprising object in them.
Category: Kyushu, Japan
Drainage Canals So Clean
PROTIP: Press ‘i’ to view the image gallery, ‘v’ to view the video gallery, or ‘r’ to view a random entry. Drainage Canal So Clean refers to a series of popular joke posts on Reddit which sarcastically claim the drainage canals in certain countries are so clean they have animals or some other surprising object in them.
Seattle ceramic artist Akio Takamori, ‘a very gentle soul,’ dies…
He put the finishing touches on some pieces with the help of his son, Peter, and loaded a kiln. Then he returned home, where he died.
Japan’s Rural Towns Are Luring Tax From Tokyo With Beef and Beer 2 hours ago
Want a free case of craft beer? If you send 30,000 yen or more of your taxes to the town of Yamanouchi in Nagano prefecture, they’ll send you 24 bottles of a locally brewed beer to say thanks. Want beef? Redirect 50,000 yen of your local area taxes to Miyakonojo in Miyazaki, and you’ll get 3 kilograms of high-grade beef in return.
2016 Re/insurance Industry Disaster Losses Put At $49bn By Swiss Re
Insurance and reinsurance industry losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disaster events during 2016 are expected to come out at around $49 billion by Swiss Re , up by 33% on 2015 but slightly below the 10-year average. The gap between total losses and the amount covered by insurance and reinsurance is again wide, highlighting the much-discussed protection gap, as economic losses from natural catastrophe and man-made disaster events in 2016 hit $158 billion, an increase of 68% on 2015’s figure.