‘Tell me a story about yourself that sounds like a lie but is absolutely true’ – 23 jaw-droppers

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In my 53 years on earth, I have saved three people’s lives. One toddler choking on the F train. One baby in Haiti post earthquake. One woman who started to drown in a pool. https://t.co/OCm7KNGKG0

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) January 12, 2020

14.

I died once (with a death cert. to show for it) and drowned once (and then revived at one Lagos beach) https://t.co/prxN7vdJf3

— e-relevant (@Sirkastiq) January 8, 2020

15.

I once burglarized a home & stole a safe. I cracked the safe & discovered photos of the owner molesting a child. He reported the burglary to police. I turned the photos in. The cops called him in to discuss the burglary. He confessed. We both went to prison. https://t.co/yxpFN30qgv

— Matthew Hahn (@hahnscratch) January 7, 2020

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Not about me but—

my grandmother Mulan-ed her way through WW2 by pretending to be a man so she wouldn’t be raped by the japanese and was even recruited by the Americans to fight in the Korean war https://t.co/ENWKznBmBm

— Incognerdo (@continueY_N) January 9, 2020

17.

We named our entire university after a slippery rock. https://t.co/m7cgkjRygA

— Slippery Rock University (@slipperyrocku) January 9, 2020

18.

i endured letters saying ‘HARRY POTTER HATES YOU’ in my locker for years in high school bc i hit j k rowling’s daughter really hard over the head with a stick in a hockey match https://t.co/9NYG75U847

— Dayna McAlpine (@daynamcalpine_) January 9, 2020

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i was hospitalized in 2015 after i became so constipated that when i tried pooping i blew a hole in my lung which caused air to leak into my chest cavity (pneumomediastinum) https://t.co/6HwcW1M0yK

— GaLLo™ (@ITakeBitcoin) January 8, 2020

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https://twitter.com/kwinbih/status/1214891347020107777?s=20

21.

My family and I were held hostage in our home by a gang of robbers and my dad made one of them take him to the kitchen so he could make himself a cup of tea https://t.co/bec2OmMw5t

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) January 8, 2020

22.

at 15 y/o, i went back to Algeria to visit family and went in pjs to our local drugstore to get some milk and the lady asked me if i was single then pulled out 3 pics of her sons and asked me to choose. as i stared all ?? she called their names and they. lined. up. in front of me https://t.co/E1Wt8hwGVj

— gaymer (@legallyines) January 8, 2020

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https://twitter.com/ciamarsh/status/1215651251096039424?s=20

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