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Kim Jong-nam And Cardboard Cities
- Dan tells of Kim Jong-nam being detained in Japan using a fake passport while trying to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
- He also shares a traveler's account of North Korea erecting cardboard city facades visible from the South Korean border.
Death Stats Can Mislead
- James notes statistical quirks where improbable causes appear as recorded deaths, like acne listed as cause in Mexico.
- He uses this to show how mortality data can misclassify causes and produce misleading statistics.
Evacuated For A WW2 Bomb
- James recalls being evacuated after an unexploded WW2 bomb was found in his building's basement.
- He imagines the surreal phrasing his parents might have heard if the bomb had detonated and killed him.