Here are authentic stories you can re-tell to friends, family, classmates, club or conference audience. Use them as great conversation starters, in student projects, or to make telling points in a business talk. Off-beat but nothing off-color. Just remarkable eye-openers, and above all, true and memorable encounters. There are five categories: true history and adventure; how we humans behave; mysteries and out-of-this-world ideas; nature's wonders; science and space technology.