Japan | the past 12 months

#1 Research

Academics spent the year finding out that…
• Japanese monkeys talk to each other but have different dialects depending on which part of the county they live in.
• European women apply mascara with an average of 50 brushstrokes while Japanese women make 100 strokes.
• Cockroaches salivate when sprayed with a peppermint odor.
• Tuna stocks can be saved by injecting maguro sperm into mackerel.
• Couples who live in countries where women are considered equal enjoy better sex. (The most satisfied are the Austrians; the least satisfied are the Japanese.)
• People born in spring are 17 percent more likely to commit suicide than those born in autumn.
• Rats that eat Japanese food live longer than rats that eat hamburgers.
• Guide dogs live longer than regular dogs, even though they work harder.