stackyFACTSIf you keep a regular teapot for a hundred years, it will literally come alive and attack you.
If you keep a regular teapot for a hundred years, it will literally come alive and attack you. Japanese lore dictates that any totally ordinary inanimate object automatically gains a bizarre life of its own upon reaching its one-hundredth birthday. Old sandals, brooms, and paper lanterns suddenly sprout eyes and limbs, aggressively haunting the humans who threw them away. It is the ultimate historical warning against becoming a reckless hoarder of cheap goods.
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