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TIL: When Nintendo released the SNES in November 1990, it sold 300,000 units within hours; the ensuing social uproar led the Japanese gov to request all future gaming consoles be released on weekends. The Yakuza also took notice of the release; Nintendo shipped the systems at night to avoid robbery.

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