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You finally got that job interview. But first you’ve got to sit down and complete the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), a test of over 300 questions, because the company wants to know how emotionally stable you are before hiring you. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us while the MMPI was originally created in 1943 to diagnose psychiatric patients in Minnesota, the test has many other uses outside the doctor’s office, including legal cases and employment.

You hardly ever hear about kids writing in diaries anymore because paper and pencils seem to have been replaced by computers and text messages. As MN90 producer Marisa Helms explains, the technology that makes it easier for our children to communicate may be destroying their legacies.

The cattails you'll find in roadside ditches might not look like anything special. But as MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel discovers, in the 1940s in northern Minnesota, those reed-like plants helped the war effort and represented a good source of income for local residents who would harvest and cash in on their fluff.

Every part of the world has its ghost stories, and Minnesota is no exception. But as author Michael Norman explains, Minnesotan tales have their own unique flair, as evidenced in the story of the Lutefisk Ghost. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel brings us that eerie tale.