Riveting Items of Trivia That Fell Into Our Laps This Week

Comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu (nickname: Nasubi, meaning eggplant) accepted a challenge in 1998. He’d move into an apartment, starting out with nothing, not even any clothes. He would spend the next year entering mail-in contests, first to win a pair of pants and then to get food. 
He succeeded, despite some brushes with severe hunger and severe loneliness. The challenge, however, turned out not to be exactly he’d been led to believe. We’ll tell you the truth about it below, plus what it means if your belly button starts bleeding.  
15 Riveting Items of Trivia That Fell Into Our Laps This Week