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A man left his seven-year-old son on Mount Fuji after the boy complained of fatigue, providing only snacks and a soft drink before continuing his climb. The child was found by a worker near the sixth station at over 2,000 meters altitude.
🐿️ This dad clearly thought the summit selfie was more important than basic parenting—hope the view was worth the police reprimand.
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese avant-garde artist renowned for her polka dots and immersive infinity rooms, died in a Tokyo hospital on August 14, 2026, at age 97. Her career spanned from the 1950s to the 2020s, producing vivid paintings, sculptures, and installations inspired by her hallucinations.
🐿️ Kusama's decades-long stay in a psychiatric hospital didn't stop her from becoming art's most profitable dot distributor.
