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Hey everyone and welcome back to the
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channel. Today we're diving into some of
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the most unbelievable, jaw-dropping
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stories I've ever read.
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These are all real accounts from people
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who found themselves in situations so
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wild, so unexpected, they had no choice
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but to share them with the world. We've
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got everything from family betrayals
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that will make your blood run cold to a
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revenge plot so brilliant it belongs in
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a movie to a hotel stay that turned into
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So buckle up because you're not going to
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believe these stories. Let's get
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started. Story one, the decade of
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grounding. Our first story is a question
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that a lot of people have been asking.
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Why don't you talk to your parents
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anymore? And the answer in this person's
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case is a long, incredibly painful story
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about a childhood stolen by a cruel
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stepmother and a father who refused to
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intervene. I was grounded from the time
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I was 8 until the day I moved out at 18.
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That's 10 years. 10 years of my life.
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My stepmom always found a reason to
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extend it. Leaving my shoes by the door,
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grounded for another week, forgetting to
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dust a shelf, another two days. It
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wasn't about punishment anymore. It was
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just a normal state of being. It became
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normal that I wasn't allowed to do
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he never stood up for me. He just let it
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happen. Grounding wasn't just losing TV
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or games. It was everything. No tech, no
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going outside, no talking to my sister,
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no staying up past 8:00 p.m. even during
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the summer. I would sit in my room
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staring at the ceiling wondering why she
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hated me so much. My mom died when I was
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5. My stepmom showed up the next year
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and married my dad when I was seven. She
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loved my little sister, who was too
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young to remember our mom, but me. She
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made it clear I was just a burden. She
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would use my slipping grades as an
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excuse to keep me grounded all year. But
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the worst, the absolute worst was when I
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was 14. I ate a couple of stevia packets
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from the fridge and lied about it. I
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don't even know why. I was a kid. She
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found out. And my punishment was
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biblical. She made me write, "I will not
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lie. I will not steal. God hates a
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thief." 10,000 times. She set her belt
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on my doororknob as a warning.
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That image still sticks with me. a
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symbol of the control and the fear. The
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only light I had was my grandparents, my
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mom's parents. They weren't wealthy, but
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they loved me fiercely. I'd spend
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weekends with them where they'd spoil me
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with kindness and remind me what love is
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supposed to feel like. Without them, I
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honestly don't know who I'd be today. I
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haven't spoken to my dad or stepmom
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since I left. I found family and my
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grandparents, and that's enough for me.
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Story two. The police and the room
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Okay, that was heavy. Let's switch gears
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to something a little more cinematic.
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Have you ever had the police called on
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you for the most ridiculous, bizarre,
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and completely wrong reason?
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This next story is straight out of a
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Hollywood movie. My girlfriend and I got
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a hotel room one night to spend some
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time together. We were both in college,
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living at home with our parents, so
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privacy was a rare commodity. We ordered
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takeout, put on a movie, and hung out.
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Just a quiet night, or so we thought.
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Halfway through the movie, there was a
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loud, aggressive knock at the door. I
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answered, and there were five cops,
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hands ready at their belts. "Sir, we
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need to come in," one said. "We've
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received a report about suspicious
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activity in this room. Apparently,
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someone called saying we were planning a
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robbery, had kidnapped a child, and were
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holding him hostage."
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Oh, and we supposedly had a stash of
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weapons. It sounded like something
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straight out of a movie, which funny
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enough it was. The cops weren't in the
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mood to joke. They searched the room,
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checking closets, drawers, and even
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under the bed. Of course, they found
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nothing. No kid, no weapons, just
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takeout and the laptop playing the
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movie. The movie we were watching, the
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plot was about a couple robbing a place,
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kidnapping a kid, and hiding in a hotel
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with stolen money and guns. the exact
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story the neighbors overheard through
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the wall. When the cops realized they
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actually laughed, they apologized for
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the mixup and headed to the neighbor's
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room to chew them out for wasting time.
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After they left, we couldn't stop
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laughing. It was the most insane,
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hilarious thing that had ever happened
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to us. Story three, the ultimate
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This next story is for anyone who has
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ever had their work stolen. You know
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that feeling, the weeks of hard work,
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the late nights, the pride you feel, and
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then someone else takes credit for it.
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This person, a quiet, smart kid, didn't
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just get mad. They got even in the most
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brilliant way possible. I've always been
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the quiet, smart kid, the one who sits
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in the back of the class and keeps to
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himself. College was no different. I
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didn't have many friends, and honestly,
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I was fine with that. But the night
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before a big presentation, something
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strange happened. One of the popular
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guys in class, someone who'd never even
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looked at me, messaged me. He asked if I
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It felt off, but I figured why not.
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He brought me to a party and before I
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knew it, I was drinking for the first
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time. I woke up back in my dorm feeling
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The presentation was that morning. When
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I got to class, the teacher called on
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him to present first. At first, I wasn't
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Then I looked up and froze. He was
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presenting my work. Slide by slide.
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Everything I'd spent weeks on was right
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there. My name wasn't even on it. I
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waited until the teacher asked. "Any
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questions for the presenter?" I raised
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my hand. He smiled, thinking I'd make
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him look good. "Explain it," I said. He
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blinked. "Explain what?" he asked,
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Everything on this slide, I replied. The
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teacher asked me to be specific, so I
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started asking about the research and
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data, things only someone who did the
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work would know. It fell apart fast. By
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the end, everyone knew he hadn't done
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any of it. After class, I showed the
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teacher my drafts. She didn't need much
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convincing. He got a strike on his
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record, and I got an A. It was the most
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satisfying moment of my life.
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Story four. the patient you hope will
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Not all stories are funny or about
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revenge. Some are a stark reminder of
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the fragile nature of life and the
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unimaginable strength of the human
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This next story comes from a medical
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professional, and it's a difficult one
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to hear, but it speaks to a kind of pain
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no one should ever have to endure. A
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teenage girl was napping one afternoon
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when a reckless driver crashed into her
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house. Her dad, who was in the kitchen,
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died on impact. The crash caused an
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electrical fire that ignited a gas line,
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engulfing the house in flames. She
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managed to escape with her younger
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sister, but she ran back inside to save
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her dad and the family dogs.
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She never made it back out on her own.
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The fire department pulled her out,
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95% of her body was covered in burns.
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Her lungs were damaged from smoke
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inhalation, and she had carbon monoxide
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and cyanide poisoning. When she arrived
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at the hospital, we didn't know how she
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was still alive. Her burns were mostly
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thirdderee, which meant no feeling, but
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the secondderee burns caused
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unimaginable pain. The only untouched
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skin was a small patch on her thighs.
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Her face, eyelids, and lips were gone.
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We started treatment. Antibiotics,
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dressings, and deb brement, scraping
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away dead skin to help healing. The
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infection hit hard. Within days, fungus
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burrowed into her wounds, leaving deep
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holes we had to clean out. I'll never
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forget scraping around her fingertip,
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only for it to come off completely.
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Every day felt like a losing battle. We
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all thought the same thing, but never
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said it aloud. No one should have to
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survive this, but she did. After months
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of pain, surgeries, and therapy, she
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left the hospital. Last I heard, she's
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studying to become a what. That is one
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of the most heartbreaking and inspiring
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stories I've ever heard. It's a
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testament to the human will to survive,
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even in the face of unimaginable horror.
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Story five, the freeloaders and the
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dinner bill. Okay, let's lighten the
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mood again. We've all had those friends,
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right? The ones who mysteriously
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disappear when the bill comes or who act
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like they're just getting water and then
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order the most expensive steak on the
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menu. Well, this person was tired of it
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and they came up with a brilliant plan
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to shut down their freeloading friends
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once and for all. I got invited to a
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group dinner and decided to go.
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Normally, I'd avoid it like the plague
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because two couples in the group were
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notorious freeloaders. They'd order the
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most expensive items, stack up cocktails
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and appetizers, and then insist we split
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it evenly when the check came.
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Meanwhile, I'd be sitting there with a
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single meal and a soda, getting screwed
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The only reason I agreed to go this time
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was because I was assured they wouldn't
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be there. But of course, surprise,
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surprise, they showed up. I wasn't about
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to cause a scene over it, but I knew
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exactly how this was going to play out.
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So, I decided to get ahead of it.
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Halfway through dinner, I excused
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myself, found our server, and asked him
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to separate my bill before anything else
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came to the table. He agreed without
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When the check finally arrived, I
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casually handed over my card and paid
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for my portion, leaving a solid 25% tip.
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That's when one of the freeloaders,
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looking genuinely offended, spoke up.
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"Oh, I thought we were splitting it like
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usual." I just shrugged. "Oh, well,
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That's when two other people in the
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group suddenly decided they wanted their
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bills separated, too. The freeloaders
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started panicking, realizing their usual
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scam wasn't going to work this time.
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They ended up stuck with their
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ridiculous bill, scrambling to split it
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between themselves. The tension at the
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table was thick, but I just sat back
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sipping my soda, enjoying the best meal
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I'd ever had. Story six, the vanilla
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myth. This next story is just bizarre.
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It's a hilarious but also kind of
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mindbending look at cultural assumptions
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and how they can lead to the most
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ridiculous conclusions.
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I grew up in rural Japan where my
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classmates had never seen a white person
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Wanting to make a good impression, I
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bought vanilla perfume and wore it
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everyday. My classmates were obsessed
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with it, constantly saying I smelled
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amazing. Some even told me they wish
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they could smell like me. But when I
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suggested they buy the same perfume,
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they'd laugh like I was joking. I never
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thought much of it until one day I ran
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At lunch, my friend leaned in and asked,
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"Why don't you smell like vanilla
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today?" I groaned, explaining I had to
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take a 2-hour bus ride just to buy more.
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Then she hit me with the dumbest thing
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Wait, you wear perfume? I blinked,
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Uh, yeah. That's why I smell like
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vanilla. She nodded slowly. Right. But I
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always thought that's just because
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I stared, waiting for her to laugh, but
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she didn't. Turns out my classmates
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genuinely believed white people
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naturally smelled like vanilla. My brain
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completely shut down. I spent the rest
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of the day wondering, did they think
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foreigners came with built-in air
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Story seven, the best mistake ever.
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Okay, we've got one more story, and this
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one is a feel-good classic. It's a story
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of a mistake so huge, so unbelievably
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expensive that it ended up being the
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best thing that ever happened to
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someone. A friend of mine went on a twoe
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cruise for his 15-year anniversary.
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Everything was perfect until he came
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home and found his house halfway through
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a full remodel. The front door was gone.
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The floors were ripped up. And his
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kitchen was barely more than a skeleton
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of exposed pipes and wires. Workers were
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everywhere installing cabinets, tiling a
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brand new bathroom, even roofing the
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house. "What the hell is going on?" he
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asked one of the workers, completely
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stunned. The guy shrugged. "Full
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renovation, foreclosure project. We're
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almost done." That's when reality hit.
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He didn't sell his house. He never
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missed a mortgage payment. Something was
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The contractor handed him the paperwork,
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smirking like it was all just a minor
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inconvenience. "My friend skimmed the
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document and nearly laughed out loud."
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"This says 214 Oak Street," he said,
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pointing to the address. "This is 241
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The contractor turned pale. He bolted to
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the curb, checked the house number, then
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frantically looked at the actual
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foreclosure three houses down, which was
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boarded up and overgrown with weeds.
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Then I got to make a call. When the dust
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settled, my friend got a fully renovated
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home exactly how he would have wanted
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it. New floors, a modern kitchen, a
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The real estate company responsible had
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to pay for all the damages and even
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replace the furniture that got trashed
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Basically, he got a brand new house for
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free. Best mistake ever. So, there you
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Seven of the most mindblowing stories
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I've ever read. From family betrayal to
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a freeloader's comeuppance, these
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stories prove that real life is often
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stranger and more dramatic than anything
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we could ever make up. I want to hear
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Which of these stories blew your mind
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the most? Have you ever had something
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this wild happened to you? Let me know
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in the comments below. And as always,
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