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Old Posted Oct 30, 2019, 4:22 PM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin View Post
And once upon a time, Tokyo (most of which was destroyed in WWII however).
A fact that quite frankly makes my bowels quiver from sheer, unadulterated rage. My God, what was lost...
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