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Who's the person who invented the fidget spinner? I hope he/she made some money on this at least.

funny you would say that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSXxAlcbMK4

That's gut wrenching. I'm going to send her $10.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/638415231/classic-fidge...

The article links to an NPR page about the re-inventor of the spinner we know of right now: http://www.npr.org/2017/05/04/526931943/fidget-spinner-emerg...

They didn't really. It was invented a while back but got no traction so they didn't bother renewing the patent.

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