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USD 120K In One Day Selling 'Bin Laden Is Dead' T-Shirts

We spotted this stat today:

"When NYU student Maurice Harary, 23, heard Osama Bin Laden had been killed on Sunday, he went straight home and put up a website selling "Bin Laden is dead" T-shirts.

In a report by TMZ, the site went live at 3:30 p.m. Monday and by Tuesday evening Harary had sold 10,000 shirts at $12 apiece."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/maurice-harary-bin-laden-2011-5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29#ixzz1La4ulyU8

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