8 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Yakuza
Did you know that being a member of the Yakuza isn't illegal in Japan?
Civilizations need hard-working people in order to thrive! That goes for historical and current cultures.
In order to better appreciate our world today, we need to take a look back at the hard work from past generations that helped us become the thriving world that we are!
Did you know that being a member of the Yakuza isn't illegal in Japan?
Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II has traveled to 120 countries without a passport?
Did you know that the Shuriken, or Ninja Star, isn't even proven to be used by ninjas? It was actually a weapon samurai used.
Did you know that Michelangelo designed the fortifications for his hometown, the city of Florence?
The most famous documented sighting of a mermaid was by Christopher Columbus in 1493, off the coast of Africa.
Between 1971 and 1972, six black girls were murdered in D.C. by a man who dubbed himself The Freeway Phantom. He was never found.
During the 1800s in London, homeless people could pay a penny to sit on a wooden bench indoors, but they weren't allowed to sleep.
Joe Biden was the first president-elect in US history to mention transgender people in his victory speech.
Did you know that the ancient Egyptians were some of the first people to mummify the dead? The whole process took around 70 days.
Did you know that the Roman Empire was so vast in its reach that Alaska would have fit into it more than three times?
Prankster Horace de Vere Cole once hosted a dinner party where all the guests had the word "bottom" in their surnames.
Knowing that upon his death his pension would go to his wife, Albert Göring married his housekeeper one week before he died.