After 40 years on the market and raking in about $7 billion a year, Hello Kitty fans are shocked and some angry at the bombshell dropped by creator Sanrio that Hello Kitty is not a cat. So what other things did we not know about Hello Kitty all this time?

First let me apologize to the men and non-girly girls that don't give a crap about Hello Kitty. I don't take it personally that you're not interested, just like you shouldn't take it personal that I hate sports.

For the rest of us that disappointingly discovered Thursday that Hello Kitty is not a cat, here are 15 things you didn't know about Hello Kitty.

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