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  1. TIL Keanu Reeves turned down $11 million to do Speed 2 and instead toured with his band and took the title role in a 1995 Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    55144 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2018

  2. TIL of an Idahoan student who made a science project about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide (water). The project was so convincing it caused his fellow students to call for it to be banned. This was used as an argument against leading the public to false conclusions with the manipulation of facts.

    55115 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2018

  3. Adopted this morning, and he already claimed his spot!

    55049 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  4. New poster for “Incredibles 2”

    55035 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2018

  5. Tonight’s CVS receipt for a $4 purchase

    55002 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2018

  6. Executing a vectored thrust

    54987 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  7. The Toothless animation for this scene in "How to Train Your Dragon" was modelled on one of the animators cat with tape stuck to it's tail

    54930 upvotes • comment • feb 18, 2018

  8. Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launches successfully

    54859 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2018

  9. Ten years later, 'Ratatouille' remains a striking allegory of art and class

    54822 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2018

  10. Moscow Subway Ticket Machine Accepts 30 Squats as payment

    54817 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2018

  11. MRW I just finished my presentation on how the uneven vibrations caused by applause may cause earthquakes. AND THE FUCKING IDIOTS START CLAPPING.

    54809 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2018

  12. How I imagine the Tesla being found in the future

    54806 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2018

  13. “Superbowl Quarterback” upvote this so that it is the top image when you google SuperbOwl quarterback.

    54796 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2018

  14. This is what $20 million under a mattress looks like

    54794 upvotes • comment • feb 02, 2018

  15. What next?

    54793 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2018

  16. My tow truck driver has a cat named Dixie with a matching safety vest.

    54788 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2018

  17. Girl shared her brain cancer journey from start to the end of her life

    54767 upvotes • comment • feb 27, 2018

  18. Lazy weekend at home

    54743 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2018

  19. I asked my dad for a cordless drill and this is what he gave me.

    54668 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2018

  20. FBI ‘investigating whether Russian money went to NRA’s campaign to help elect Donald Trump’

    54661 upvotes • comment • feb 23, 2018

  21. A Message From the President

    54645 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2018

  22. Savage LeBron-Style Dunk

    54620 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  23. Assigned seating

    54608 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2018

  24. Depressed or anxious characters in movies are critically appreciated, but people with these conditions are often shunned or ignored in real life and told to 'snap outta it' by many.

    54554 upvotes • comment • feb 27, 2018

  25. Wife or girlfriend?

    54529 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2018

  26. !Heads Up!: Congress it trying to pass Bill H.R.1856 on Tuesday that removes protections of site owners for what their users post

    54480 upvotes • comment • feb 25, 2018

  27. Deadpool 2, Meet Cable

    54429 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2018

  28. I took grad photos with my boyfriend of the time, and after learning about our breakup, my aunt “fixed” my photos.

    54420 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2018

  29. Let's have a break.

    54386 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2018

  30. Pupper subtly hints that he's hungry

    54378 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2018

  31. Reality check for those who shame the DM slide

    54357 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  32. Why Garfield Hates Mondays

    54327 upvotes • comment • feb 18, 2018

  33. Marked with a downvote since birth. Still a v v v goodboy.

    54234 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2018

  34. Tennessee sheriff taped saying 'I love this shit' after ordering suspect's killing

    54232 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2018

  35. TIL in one of Thomas Jefferson's letters to James Madison in 1789 he stated that the Constitution and laws should expire after 19 years. This was to allow the new generations to learn from the past and change accordingly, it was also to prevent older generations from "binding" subsequent ones.

    54148 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2018

  36. Venom dog

    54098 upvotes • comment • feb 23, 2018

  37. This stop sign after a week of no sun

    54072 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2018

  38. Playing on low settings vs ultra settings

    54058 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2018

  39. If you're ever in doubt remember this

    54011 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2018

  40. me_irl

    53981 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2018

  41. Italians in awe of the Lancia Stratos Zero, 1970

    53977 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2018

  42. TIL that early phonographs didn't have volume control. People stuffed socks and towels into them to quiet them--which is where we get the phrase "put a sock in it"

    53902 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2018

  43. My sister made paintings for each of my siblings. Here’s mine

    53886 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  44. [Image] You are very much on time.

    53794 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2018

  45. In Alaska, snow plows are able to plow the streets without blocking in driveways.

    53778 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2018

  46. Nice try...

    53754 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2018

  47. Let me call you while you are hiding from a school shooter

    53735 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2018

  48. Meanwhile in Finland

    53722 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2018

  49. My girlfriend is like the square root of -100.

    53677 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  50. Elon Musk: 'We want a new space race — space races are exciting'

    53644 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2018

  51. Almost a decade ago, Discovery Chanel released this commercial. Boom De Yada.

    53637 upvotes • comment • feb 27, 2018

  52. T-Pain being super wholesome about Marriage

    53619 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2018

  53. Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski look like they’re announcers for Hunger Games

    53614 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2018

  54. Curling 360 no scope

    53608 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2018

  55. TIL that Tupac's godmother, Assata Shakur, was a Black Panther, Black Liberation Army member, revolutionary and bank robber. She was convicted for the murder of a police officer, escaped prison, found asylum in Cuba, and is still alive with a 2 million dollar American bounty on her head.

    53530 upvotes • comment • feb 23, 2018

  56. are you kidding me

    53465 upvotes • comment • feb 25, 2018

  57. TIL a man was fined $48,000 by the FCC for using a cell phone jammer everyday on his commute, because he didn't like motorists around him on their phones

    53453 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2018

  58. Rescued beaver gathering tools to build his dam

    53418 upvotes • comment • feb 19, 2018

  59. Wizards of the Sew

    53385 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2018

  60. A ball sucked into a treadmill

    53362 upvotes • comment • feb 02, 2018

  61. The first person who will be killed by a sex robot is probably already walking among us, unaware of how unflattering their obituary is going to read.

    53361 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2018

  62. Doggo has mad skills..

    53357 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2018

  63. Kid stuck macaroni up his nose...dad had to get it out.

    53316 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2018

  64. NASA releases time-lapse of the disappearing Arctic polar ice cap

    53314 upvotes • comment • feb 26, 2018

  65. What just happened?

    53240 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2018

  66. Truly disturbing

    53235 upvotes • comment • feb 02, 2018

  67. I can already hear "Riders On the Storm" with Snoop

    53206 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2018

  68. Donald Trump falsely says he never denied Russian meddling

    53199 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2018

  69. Cat becomes a can't.

    53189 upvotes • comment • feb 02, 2018

  70. This is what happens to aluminium when a 1/2 oz piece of plastic hits it at 15,000 mph in space

    53178 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2018

  71. Tobacco farmers could make more money converting their fields to solar arrays, land use study finds.

    53173 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2018

  72. Driver creates gap to let truck in, gets an awesome thank you flash

    53172 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2018

  73. MRW another white person walks into the Theatre to watch Black Panther.

    53156 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2018

  74. TIL : The movie “Moana” was changed to “Oceania” in Italy because there was a porn star named Moana already in Italy

    53136 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  75. Bill Gates calls GMOs 'perfectly healthy' — and scientists say he's right. Gates also said he sees the breeding technique as an important tool in the fight to end world hunger and malnutrition.

    53112 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2018

  76. Butterfingers shows no mercy

    53010 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2018

  77. Valentine's Day Box

    52948 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2018

  78. Arnold Schwarzenegger Joins 'Kung Fury' Feature Film

    52923 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2018

  79. A homophobic video urging Russians to re-elect President Vladimir Putin has gone viral less than a month before the country's election. The video tells voters that if Putin's rivals win they will take Russia into a "nightmare" future in which they are forced to co-habitate with gay men.

    52915 upvotes • comment • feb 19, 2018

  80. TIL The Olympian Who Lost His Gold Medal After Testing Positive For Cannabis Later Created a Popular Medicinal Weed Strain Called 'Ross's Gold'

    52906 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2018

  81. Super bowl ads

    52899 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2018

  82. PsBattle: Dirty Cat in a Rail Yard

    52860 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2018

  83. Mister Rogers

    52838 upvotes • comment • feb 18, 2018

  84. Depression, Watercolor, 12x9

    52834 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2018

  85. Shut up and take my money

    52801 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2018

  86. TIL that Gandalf and Saruman are not human, but actually part of a race of beings called the Maiar. They were part of a group sent by the Valar (basically gods) to help elves and men fight against Sauron (also Maia). In fact, the Maiar came into existence at the beginning of time like the Valar.

    52753 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2018

  87. LPT: When an app asks you if you want to leave a review on the apps' store, instead of tapping no, choose yes, wait for it to send you to the review page, then close it: it will think you left a review and won't bother you anymore.

    52752 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2018

  88. Millennium Falcon image refracting through my window

    52723 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2018

  89. MRW I realize we can convince the largest entertainment company in the world to hire Ewan if we upvote enough memes

    52717 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2018

  90. The Fucking Sun

    52710 upvotes • comment • feb 26, 2018

  91. Everyone, Meet ButtFace

    52699 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2018

  92. New "Discovery Mode" turns video game "Assassin's Creed: Origins" into a fully narrated, interactive guided tour through a detailed recreation of Ptolemaic-period Egypt.

    52673 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2018

  93. Woman who died in December was planned witness in Flint water crisis cases

    52633 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2018

  94. Bad hair day

    52623 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2018

  95. What's a computer?

    52580 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2018

  96. Cow scratcher

    52573 upvotes • comment • feb 18, 2018

  97. We're the reporters who found 100+ former politicians’ campaign accounts spending campaign donations years after the campaign was over — sometimes, even when the politician was dead. AUA

    52571 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2018

  98. I did a newborn photoshoot for my little rescue squirrel, Cardboard. I know I'm insane, but it turned out pretty cute

    52569 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2018

  99. Two members of the Pussy Riot punk group disappear on their way to Moscow after being harassed by police in Crimea

    52561 upvotes • comment • feb 27, 2018

  100. I just won a MacBook Air for $1.00

    52548 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2018