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TIL that Japanese manga publishers allow fans to create and openly sell their own comics based on popular series, even if the work is pornographic. The publishers view the amateur comics as a form of marketing, not a threat to sales.

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R7dN4 TIL that Michael Jordan has been responsible for making more than 175 wishes come true for the Make-a-Wish Foundation
oRka8 TIL that the creator of the Pringles can, Fredric Baur, had his ashes buried in a Pringles can when he died in 2008.
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