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Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.

• About a Maraschino cherry company in Brooklyn that was discovered to be a front for a huge marijuana-growing operation? —Ben Sachs

• That Austin, Texas, is the country’s most economically segregated city? —Drew Hunt