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TIL Abercrombie & Fitch offered Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino a “substantial” amount of money to NOT wear their clothes, saying it would “Cause significant damage to [their] image”

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WDZ4 TIL that North Korean citizens who flee to South Korea automatically become South Korean citizens
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