Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

So few of us ever get a second chance.

Whether it's with our careers, our loved ones, or with life itself, we get one shot to make

the most of what we're given, and then one day it's game over.

But life is not a game.

Sure, there are winners and losers, but the stakes are far higher than we might realize

just ask, Asset Bernstein.

Bernstein was born in the Ukraine in 1882, back when his hometown was part of the Russian

Empire.

In 1906, he received his doctorate in law from Heidelberg University and became a practicing

financial lawyer shortly after that.

Bernstein saw great success in his legal career, earning a comfortable living for himself

and his family.

Unfortunately, as he would come to learn several times in his life, considerable gains

were often followed by immense losses, but it wasn't his fault.

He wasn't a gambler and he didn't play the stock market, although he did enjoy the

occasional game.

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