http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/08/the-konami-code-strikes-again-facebook-adds-some-flare/
 
Facebook cheat codes. What next...

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So I heard about a new book series about Nicholas Flamel. You could download a free ebook for the first book in the series from Amazon for the Kindle. But the interesting thing is I remembered that Flamel was mentioned in Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. Turns out a quick Google search showed me that he is, or was, (depending on who you ask) a real person. He supposedly came into possession of a book that allowed him to turn things into gold, and make the Elixir of Life which allowed him to live forever.
 
Turns out what I thought was intellectual property theft is just smart authors taking real historical characters and using them in their stories.

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