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TIL Brendan Hufford, founder of kids martial arts company OK Kimonos, once held a clothing drive for poor children in Brazil that raised $3,000 and 100 uniforms. He didn’t donate any of the uniforms or money to the charity, but promoted his business as doing such.

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