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  1. TIL in 1971, Texas lawmaker Tom Moore tried pranking the Texas legislature by introducing a resolution to commend the Boston Strangler for population control. The resolution passed unanimously. Some use this as a criticism that legislators don't read what they vote on.

    42454 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  2. DateCheri

    42446 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  3. Battlefront 2 to reinstate micro-transactions over the next few months.

    42437 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  4. The cover of the Princess Bride 20th Anniversary Edition DVD can be read upside down as well as right side up

    42434 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  5. Aw, shoot

    42399 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  6. Instagram famewhores...

    42347 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  7. Do flippyflaps count as tippytaps?

    42221 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  8. My wife's sister is coming to visit. Getting the guest room ready.

    42202 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  9. Sweet victory

    42199 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  10. What would you choose?

    42183 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  11. Little appreciation post for Michael Schur (“Mose Schrute”), who has actually been producer and writer for The Office, co-creator of Parks and Recs and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and creator of The Good Place. Ode to Mose!

    42175 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  12. Skiing into a dead end.

    42138 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  13. Juggling

    42072 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  14. When the 'Doggy School' bus comes to pick you up

    42035 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  15. TIL Basil Zaharoff sold the Greek government a submarine. He then told the Turks that Greece had a submarine, so they bought two. Then he told the Russians the Turks had two submarines, so they bought two as well. None of the submarines worked.

    42034 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  16. TIL in 2001 the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, ancient Buddha statues built into an Afghan mountain. Shortly after their destruction, researchers uncovered an archeological cave site behind the statues. The Taliban unintentionally uncovered new Buddhist treasures through their actions.

    42007 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  17. Puppy wants cat to wake up and play instead of sleep.

    41983 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2018

  18. Apple has a change of heart and approves an app that finds net neutrality violations

    41976 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  19. Best Augmentation

    41960 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  20. “Get in here and give me a kiss.”

    41876 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  21. Saved by a Good Samaritan

    41868 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  22. Me irl

    41859 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  23. Don't wear a seat belt, WCGW?

    41793 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  24. "Hayden Christensen is a bad actor"

    41758 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  25. Someone in VRchat has a seizure while playing, everyone stops what they’re doing to make sure he’s okay.

    41750 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  26. Sartre Day Night Live

    41713 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  27. Worn-out Footsteps in England

    41691 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  28. Found this little gal behind the restaurant I work at. Been keeping her safe and warm ever since. Meet Eevee (:

    41685 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  29. Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

    41682 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  30. MRW I check on my post and see someone left a polite comment.

    41652 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  31. Unemployment According to Trump Supporters

    41552 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  32. When the teacher secretly hates you

    41547 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  33. I can’t stop watching this. VR guitar hero but with lightsabres

    41467 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2018

  34. Ready for takeoff?

    41465 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  35. hmmm

    41453 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  36. oh wow

    41404 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  37. The Amazon rainforest is being burned down faster than ever before to plant fields of corn and soy for processed foods

    41344 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  38. YEAH! Lets go outs... no.

    41297 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  39. This toolkit is $6 more to get the non-girly version

    41284 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  40. Life Magazine Teaches You How to Kiss (1942)

    41281 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  41. How Brain Tumors are removed!

    41273 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  42. Beautiful bread

    41270 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  43. "BEWARE of DOG"

    41245 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  44. Eminem being honored by Obama for his diss against Trump. (2017 Colorized)

    41243 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  45. Mushrooms in the rain.

    41235 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  46. Engineer who lived modestly donates $37 million to Pittsburgh Foundation. Mr. Suckling’s bequest, will benefit the Sewickley Public Library, the Heritage Valley Health System in Sewickley, and nonprofits and programs in the Sewickley region that help low-income youth and families.

    41202 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  47. Skipping stone

    41180 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  48. Lara Craft

    41175 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  49. "Kubo and the Two Strings" is an absolute masterpiece.

    41167 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  50. Closeup image I shot of the RD-180 engine and AJ-60A solid rocket booster powering last week's Atlas V launch

    41129 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  51. Don’t try to bullshit a porn connoisseur

    41120 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  52. Good morning

    41103 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  53. Albino Leatherback Sea Turtle is 🔥

    40994 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  54. I present my magnum opus. I now retire from both art and animation. Thank you.

    40979 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  55. "Come on kid, don't be sad. I'm here for ya."

    40975 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  56. Kinda tame by this subreddit's standards, but I thought it was funny.

    40947 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  57. Come with me, it is the only way.

    40944 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  58. Blockbuster films ignore the real harbinger of the apocalypse: ignorance of science - A new UCLA study that analyzed disaster films between 1956 and 2016, published in the journal Futures, finds that the public would rather blame global disaster on human greed or ego than on simple ignorance.

    40925 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  59. A disturbing fact

    40730 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  60. Rainy days in NYC

    40721 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  61. Police killing rates in G7 members [OC]

    40703 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  62. This hair that got stuck in the zip of my hoodie

    40654 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  63. MRW the girl I'm texting suddenly says "I want to sit on your face."

    40647 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  64. Researchers recreate the DNA of a man who died nearly 200 years ago from his living descendants rather than his physical remains — something that has never been done before.

    40584 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  65. The light at the end of the wave.

    40558 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  66. Universal healthcare coverage law approved in Egypt

    40530 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  67. Its always a black guy...

    40510 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  68. I Hate UPS Just a Little Bit More Every Day

    40465 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  69. Ice makes cat check to make sure it still has claws

    40409 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2018

  70. Descendants

    40373 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  71. Waiting for his slower buddy

    40332 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  72. My favorite picture of my mom. She was the only girl in her welding class in 1984. Byrd High School. Shreveport, Louisiana.

    40310 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  73. Helping their big sister with her hair.

    40304 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  74. Triple Cork 1980 from the x-games

    40289 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  75. 2meirl4meirl

    40238 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  76. Salt and pepper up close

    40183 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  77. North Korea to send about 230 cheerleaders to Olympics for its 2 competing athletes.

    40153 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  78. War... war never changes 😤

    40145 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  79. To write a headline

    40135 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  80. If people grew vegetables like they do marijuana we would have the healthiest, tastiest vegetables ever.

    40129 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  81. Gillette now sells 4 packs of blades instead of 5 packs. Still the same price and even the same packaging.

    40113 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  82. “Why is the FBI here?”

    40112 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  83. My favorite picture of my parents. Them on their wedding day. 1991

    40091 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  84. Ken M on God

    40064 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  85. I'm too weak. . .

    40008 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  86. TIL lobsters do not die due to aging. They become stronger and more fertile with age due to the presence of enzyme telomerase which tepairs DNA sequence.

    39997 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  87. Well.

    39971 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  88. To hit the reporter

    39957 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  89. Sea you in court

    39922 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  90. Alternative ending [OC]

    39888 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  91. Low Clearance...

    39812 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  92. What is the scariest, most terrifying thing that actually exists?

    39795 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  93. A small but important distinction

    39793 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2018

  94. Declaration of independence..

    39785 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  95. A lady met a random cat, beautiful encounter ensues

    39741 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  96. He's not lying though

    39655 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  97. What is wrong with you guys

    39599 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  98. Dog lowers windows after owner gets locked out outside the car

    39579 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  99. Don’t tell me Gaten didn’t take any advice from Joe.

    39575 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  100. TIL of Jonny Kim. His accomplishments include being a former Navy Seal with 100 combat missions, a Doctorate of Medicine from Harvard, and will soon be an astronaut for NASA

    39575 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018