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TIL the Scorpions made a song in Japanese. The vocalist sung the first stanza and then gave up.

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Z8ob4 TIL during the late 80s and 90s the Dragon Quest series launched on weekends due to the fact that it was so popular that Japanese children would skip school to buy it - Japanese police noticed and asked publisher Square Enix to change the day the game came out so kids could get the game easier.
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