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Episode: Olympic pin mania has collectors running between landmarks and swarming a trading center
Description: A dozen people outside a Milan metro station on February 11 stared intently at their phones until 8 a.m., when an Instagram post provided a location. “Run, don’t walk: we’re in the Castello area,” said the post. “Pins are available while supplies last.”
It sent the group sprinting. Early each morning in Milan, eager collectors gathered to await word of the exact spot where they could score highly prized, limited-edition Olympic pins that—if they were fast enough—were free.
Ilaria Pasqua got up and out early every day from February 7 to snag the coveted pins from YesMilano, the city's promotion...