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  "textContent": "In 1973, Japanese food company Calbee started attaching free collectable baseball player cards to its potato chip packets (and continues to do so today). It was mimicking a trend that had already taken off in tobacco markets in Japan and overseas. Baseball, Japan’s national sport, was an obvious choice for Calbee to attract consumers. Some […]\n\nThe post Why are people obsessed with (and stealing) Pokemon cards again? appeared first on Interaksyon.",
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