{
  "id": 5962289,
  "title": "This Billionaire Had a Root Canal Without Novocaine to ‘See If He Was a Badass.’ You Don’t Have to Go Nearly That Far",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/this-billionaire-had-a-root-canal-without-novocaine-to-see-if-he-was",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-06T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/this-billionaire-had-a-root-canal-without-novocaine-to-see-if-he-was-a-badass-you-dont-have-to-go-nearly-that-far/91401491"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Want to develop greater mental fortitude? Want to prove something to yourself? Small challenges work as well as crazy ones.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}