insane = 'amazing; hard to believe'

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN reports people in Atlanta have "insane stories of being stranded."

 Not in OED.

I've known this usage since 1970 at least, typically in the appreciative
comment, "That's insane!"

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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