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		macrolime on Nov 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years wi... Many popular Japanese things are actually Norwegian. Like salmon sushi and Kirin beer. I wonder how well known that's in Japan. Norway was looking for new salmon markets in the 90s and came up with the idea of salmon sushi https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501693/how-norwegian-sal... Kirin beer was started by a Norwegian brewer in 1869. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Copeland_(brewer)

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