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  2. Tetraphobia - Wikipedia

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    An elevator control panel in a residential apartment building in Shanghai with no floor numbered as the 4th The number 4 missing in a parking lot in Japan. Tetraphobia (from Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás) 'four' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is the practice of avoiding instances of the digit 4.

  3. Robbery Bob - Wikipedia

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    Robbery Bob: Man of Steal (a pun on man of steel, an epithet associated with Superman, and also known by the subtitle King of Sneak [2] [3]) is a 2012 stealth action game developed by Swedish [4] studio Level Eight and originally published by Chillingo. In the game, the player controls a robber named Bob and must sneak around houses to complete ...

  4. Flazm - Wikipedia

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    Flazm Interactive Entertainment was founded in 2010 in Magnitogorsk, Russia, by Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, and Timofey Shargorodskiy.The main focus of the studio was developing web games.

  5. 1938 Dalfram dispute - Wikipedia

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    In November 1938, wharf labourers, members of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, led by Ted Roach, refused to load pig iron onto the steamship SS Dalfram headed for Japan. The ship was chartered by Mitsui to supply the Japan Steel Works Ltd in Kobe, a part of a contract for 300,000 tons of pig-iron. The Japan Steel Works was ...

  6. Category:Robberies in Japan - Wikipedia

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  7. Japanese superstitions - Wikipedia

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    (This discourages laziness.) [4] [5] [6] If whistling or playing a flute at night, snakes will come out. (This means not to bother the neighbors.) In this context, "snake" means a thief. [4] [5] [6] The first dream of a Japanese New Year will come true . Breaking a comb or the cloth strap of a geta wooden sandal is an omen of misfortune. [4]

  8. Ninja of Heisei - Wikipedia

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    Mitsuaki Tanigawa (谷川満昭, Tanigawa Mitsuaki, born 1943), also known as the Ninja of Heisei (平成の忍者, Heisei no ninja), [1] is a Japanese criminal who gained notoriety for a series of burglaries in Osaka, Japan, while wearing a ninja outfit.

  9. Bob Day Afternoon - Wikipedia

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    Bob tries to get his loan restructured at the bank across the street, which starts the episode off on a simple, strong emotional core. Then a robber comes in and takes hostages, which builds tension, adds a bunch of stressed out characters, and makes the middle third of the episode about the difficulties of communication, which is traditional ...