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September 23, 2019 My Secret Life as a Mysterious Multimillionaire’s Personal Assistant
It started with a simple Craigslist ad. Before long I was being sent on sketchy tasks, pocketing wads of cash, and trying not to think about where his money came from.

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20 min
September 19, 2019 The 11-Year-Old Girl Taking Skateboarding By Storm
Sky Brown wowed the internet with her jaw-dropping videos before she even hit grade school. Her next trick: earning a spot in the 2020 Olympics.

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14 min
September 16, 2019 Stand-Up Comedy Saved My Life. Literally.
I had a gun in my hand when I decided to finally give that open-mic night a shot. Seven years later, I’m a professional comedian.

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10 min
September 12, 2019 The Great Everywoman Outfit Contest of 1915
A century ago, a cadre of women demanded to be freed from the tyranny of fashion. Their innovative ideas and radical demands—pockets!—took the country by storm.

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23 min
September 11, 2019 The Unlikely Style Icon Teaching Older Women to Be Fashion Rebels
Judith Rizzio has spent a lifetime on the frontlines of feminism. She thinks there’s nothing more radical than women of a certain age declaring fashion is for them, too.

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21 min
September 09, 2019 I Escaped the Cult. But I Couldn’t Escape the Cult Mentality.
After leaving the Children of God, I was so proud to join the Army. But then I had to ask myself: Was I trading one culture of blind obedience for another?

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24 min
September 06, 2019 The Mysterious Evacuation of Sunspot Observatory
A year ago today, the FBI suddenly shut down a remote mountaintop observatory with no explanation. The Internet went wild with theories.

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30 min
September 02, 2019 I Wrote Erotica Before I Ever Had Sex
My detailed fantasy life began with explicit X-Files fan fiction in junior high. It took a long time for real-life sex to catch up.

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15 min
August 29, 2019 The Rapid Rise and Sudden Fall of a Kratom Kingpin
He built at $60,000-a-month business selling opioid alternatives out of his apartment. His clients say he saves lives. The government wants to shut him down.

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26 min
August 26, 2019 How My Song Became an Unlikely Protest Anthem—in Hong Kong
I'd given up on a music career when a song I posted online took on a strange new life. Suddenly I had a #1 hit, and an entire new life on the other side of the world.

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15 min