List: Very Interesting Tales | Curated by Angela Randall, MBA

Oct 17, 2023
102 stories
Very Interesting Tales
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The Narrative Arc
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Jay Squires
I Was a Witless Co-Conspirator in a $6,000 ScamToday, I am penniless. I am embarrassed. And I need to tell my story
Oct 15, 2023
156
Oct 15, 2023
156
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Rooted
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Charlie Brown
Winemakers Can No Longer Afford to Drink Their Own Wine in AmericaThanks to restaurants’ price gouging tactics, you probably can’t either
Oct 4, 2023
11
Oct 4, 2023
11
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ILLUMINATION
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Samuel Tutor
From a Farmer Boy to MillionaireA Career in Which Grit, Promptness, Thrift, Sagacity and Personal Courage Won Golden Prize - Colonel Albert A. Pope's Rise to Fame
Oct 7, 2023
2
Oct 7, 2023
2
Andrew Martin
Gong Farming, The Most Disgusting Job In Recorded HistoryFew workers can claim to have worked in as foul and horrible conditions as these brave souls
Jun 25, 2023
1
Jun 25, 2023
1
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Modern Women
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Ossiana Tepfenhart
The Rise Of Women Who Love Fictional Men“I am into men…just not real ones.”
Sep 22, 2023
46
Sep 22, 2023
46
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Cellar Door
by
Jack Shepherd
The 5 Naughtiest Medieval Riddles, RankedThe Anglo-Saxons were beautiful poets, proud warriors, and incurable horn-dogs.
Sep 18, 2023
13
Sep 18, 2023
13
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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
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Deborah Camp
Marketing and Advertising Follies: Lost in Translation, Found in LaughterHilarity in multilingual marketing — translation bloopers and blunders
Sep 6, 2023
37
Sep 6, 2023
37
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ILLUMINATION
by
🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman
Why Elon Musk Fired His Long-Term Assistant Who Asked for a RaiseHere is what you can learn from it.
Oct 25, 2021
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Oct 25, 2021
243
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The Masterpiece
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🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman
This Man Secretly Amassed an $8 Million Fortune Working as a Gas Station Attendant (Nobody Knew…This incredible story of Ronald Read will teach you a few things about life and money.
Sep 6, 2022
7
Sep 6, 2022
7
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ILLUMINATION
by
🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman
Why This Man Killed Himself Within Just 2 Years of Winning $31 MillionThis tragic story of Billie Bob Harrell Jr. will teach you a lot about life and happiness.
Mar 10, 2022
64
Mar 10, 2022
64
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Better Marketing
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Buse Umur
The Marketing Campaign That Killed Over 200,000 PeopleHow OxyContin became a hit in the US and created a heroin addiction
Sep 6, 2023
18
Sep 6, 2023
18
Wes O'Donnell
Ukraine Now Using “Cardboard Drones” to Devastate Russian AirfieldsIf there were a single phrase that could define the Ukrainian war effort, specifically its attack capabilities, it would be “bang for the…
Aug 30, 2023
53
Aug 30, 2023
53
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The Memoirist
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*Missy*
We Made it to Disney With an Empty Bank Account and Lots of PrayersThe trip almost didn’t happen, but we made it — barely
Aug 10, 2023
65
Aug 10, 2023
65
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The Memoirist
by
Toya Qualls-Barnette
Magic Shrooms, a Field of Frogs, and a Sultry Jazz SingerWe set the alarm for three o’clock on a Saturday morning — only slept four hours the night before.
Aug 22, 2023
45
Aug 22, 2023
45
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The Memoirist
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Aimée Brown Gramblin
Dirty Laundry — A Memoir UnfoldsMemoirs have been begging to leave my bones for decades. In the summer of 2021, after conversations with my loved ones, after I’d let the…
Aug 16, 2023
41
Aug 16, 2023
41
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The Memoirist
by
Chris Owens
Are You a Friend of Dorothy?Navigating nascent gay life may be easier now, but in the 90s you needed a manual to decipher the coded language of the era.
Aug 18, 2023
27
Aug 18, 2023
27
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History of Women
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Lipika Agrawal
These Women Burnt Themselves Alive, and People Cheered Them OnMillions of widows burned themselves alive in the name of honor. But did they have a choice?
Aug 15, 2023
3
Aug 15, 2023
3
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Wise & Well
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Niall Stewart
People: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without ThemWe are social animals, but how tempting the desert island sometimes is.
Aug 10, 2023
13
Aug 10, 2023
13
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The Shortform
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Leslie Silver
That Night I Danced With Prince, But Couldn’t See HimThere was never a dull moment at a Prince show
Aug 13, 2023
5
Aug 13, 2023
5
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Fragments of History
by
Maria Milojković, MA
This Bombshell Was A Top Scientist But We Realized That 50 Years Too LateHedy Lamarr gave us Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Jun 30, 2023
2
Jun 30, 2023
2