A weird thing about anecdotes: there are so many humans, and each human has so many things happen to them, that for a great many simple stories, you might make up (as long as it is within the bounds of physics/current technology/human capacity, and isn't too specific), something similar has happened to somebody.
For instance, I just made up these stories that I've never heard of ever happening:
• a young child stealing their mother's car
• a dog discovering buried treasure
And i...
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