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In 1974, a 24-year-old Japanese illustrator called Yuko Shimizu put pen to paper to draw the famous cartoon ... of the first ever Hello Kitty product. Credit: Getty Images) Her design – a ...

That mouthless feline is raking in billions of dollars per year from people who just want something they can talk to.