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He offered strangers $10 to tie his shoe. Then things got weird

NPR | By Henry Larson

Published August 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM EDT

Would $10 convince you to walk up to a stranger and tie their shoe? One Minneapolis artist turned that question into delightfully public chaos.