Few things bond a group of friends faster than a ridiculous nickname that sticks. Whether it’s a jab at someone’s clumsiness, a pun on their last name, or a term of endearment…
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For 24 years, the world knew nothing of what was happening in the basement of a quiet house in Amstetten, Austria. Then, in the spring of 2008, a medical emergency tore the…