anecdota

Noun
1. short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
(hypernym) report, account

n. anecdote, short narrative describing an interesting or amusing incident

anecdote

= yarn, anecdote.
Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.
Ex: For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
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* contar una anécdota = tell + story.
* persona que sabe contar anécdotas = raconteur.