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Reddit (Sep 2018)
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Old man remembering jazz
71207 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018
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TIL that residents in Surabaya, Indonesia can pay for the bus with plastic waste instead of money. Paying with plastic will grant you with 2 hours of travel. The aim is to reduce plastic waste whilst getting more people to use public transport, thus lowering the number of cars on the road.
71182 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018
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Teacher says she was fired for giving zeroes to students who didn't turn in their work
71124 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2018
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With new Spider-Man occuping the headlines, let's not forget about this gem
70718 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018
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Toast
70637 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018
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TIL that there is a specific clause in The Simpsons' contract that the network can't give notes, make cuts or exert creative control over episodes, meaning the producers have free rein to poke fun of FOX itself.
70598 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2018
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TIL that "on January 13, 1958, Klansmen burned a cross on the lawn of a Lumbee American Indian woman in the town of St. Pauls, North Carolina as "a warning" because she was dating a white man." At their next rally, a group of 500 armed Lumbee encircled the klansmen and opened fire.
70598 upvotes • comment • sep 02, 2018
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Who are you?
70196 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018
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Head pong
70165 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2018
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We left Tater tot at home while we went to a festival over the weekend. Here’s the moment he realized we hadn’t left him forever
70013 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2018
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Ajit Pai calls California’s net neutrality rules “illegal” - California senator replies: The rules are "necessary and legal because Chairman Pai abdicated his responsibility to ensure an open Internet"
69897 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2018
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Hurricane Florence potential storm surge
69795 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018
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TIL Chris Pratt stole his Peter Quill/Star-Lord costumes, including the jacket, from the set of “Guardians of the Galaxy” so that he could wear them to visit sick children at the hospital if the film was a hit.
69790 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018
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TIL an IT Director, fed up with sales calls where the caller lied to reach IT staff, said to transfer one such caller 'straight to hell' . This led to the creation of a special extension for such calls where horrible hold music and faked queue messages play on an endless loop to increase hold time.
69776 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018
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Having the Aurora Borealis in your backyard.
69739 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2018
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We were in a long line at the grocery. This man said he had to go use the restroom, but instead he secretly bought flowers for his wife and hid them behind his back.
69717 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018
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Don’t blame the victim
69697 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2018
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My daughter Stella at her six week check up. Our pediatrician is the MASTER of swaddles.
69646 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2018
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F
69636 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018
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Tie dye wedding dress.
69429 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2018
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Wind in Hong Kong right now
69420 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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I'm sold
69276 upvotes • comment • sep 15, 2018
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Unusual pool dive
69240 upvotes • comment • sep 04, 2018
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"Karen, open the window please. Bit of a situation out here"
69219 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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Bunnies only flop over like that when they feel completely safe
69207 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018
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Indiana man, 34, who impregnated 10-year-old girl, gets over 100 years in prison
69116 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2018
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TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant, who was inspired by Chinese food to put a South American ingredient on an Italian dish, that went on to be most popular in Australia
69087 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2018
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Stress levels 90%
68843 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2018
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Harry Potter is way too emotionally stable for a kid raised by a family who hates him.
68754 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018
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TIL a couple invited Queen Elizabeth to their wedding as a joke and she actually showed up
68746 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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8-bit side scrolled cosplay by Dan Cattell Art
68625 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2018
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My first photo restoration
68622 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2018
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TIL that Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued the manufacturers from the industry and won millions of dollars in settlements.
68592 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018
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My gym’s treadmill simulates your run inside Skyrim
68575 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018
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I photographed a white stag mid sneeze
68559 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2018
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Red Sox fan gives a foul ball to a young Yankees fan
68544 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018
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TIL Samsung accidentally issued 2,000 employees 1,000 shares of stock for 37 minutes before realizing the error. 16 employees sold during that time for approx. $9,000,000 each.
68431 upvotes • comment • sep 18, 2018
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Great Dane doing lunges like his owner
68310 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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Boo!
68097 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018
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Neighbours
67958 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018
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TIL infamous streaker, Mark Roberts, was sponsored by GoldenPalace.com to streak Super Bowl 38. He was paid $1 million, given front row tickets on the 50-yard line, and provided with one of the best defense attorneys in the US who was able to reduce his charges down to a misdemeanor and $1,000 fine.
67914 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2018
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There are two ways of bathing
67817 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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It’s the world we live in
67726 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018
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Huge, butt-shaped mushroom grew in my yard overnight.
67563 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018
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TIL Stephen Hawking liked "The Theory Of Everything" so much that he allowed the filmmakers to use his trademarked computerized voice on it. He called the film "broadly true" and emailed the filmmakers that there were certain points when he thought he was watching himself, which left him tearful.
67520 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2018
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The Simpsons: How times have changed.
67490 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2018
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TIL that fake oil paintings can be detected because of nuclear bombs detonated in 1945 because of the fact that isotopes such as strontium-90 and cesium-137 that can be found in oil did not exist in nature previously. If a picture contains these isotopes, it is certainly painted after year 1945
67440 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2018
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If a genie grants you the opportunity to ejaculate $50 in cash instead of sperm every time you cum for the rest of your life meaning you can't have any more children, would you accept? Why, why not?
67417 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2018
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Burt Reynolds Dies at 82
67211 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2018
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Colin Kaepernick becomes the face of Nike’s 30th anniversary ‘Just Do It’ campaign
67072 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018
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Well he’s not wrong
67068 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018
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Rookie baseball player hits first ever home run, is "ignored" by teammates
67027 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018
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Time to show the cool pillow some loving
66843 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2018
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Almost as good as the real thing
66680 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018
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Dogs are truly a man's best friend.
66669 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2018
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Kindness is not dead
66640 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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This powerful quote at the end of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC
66594 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2018
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A moment of silence.
66529 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018
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Graphics Then vs Graphics Now
66493 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2018
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Prop Energy Sword
66387 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2018
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The porcelain games
66217 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018
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TIL that the Japanese used houseflies coated in a bacterial slurry to spread cholera in China and kill an estimated 410,000 people during WWII.
66211 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018
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Jeezus
66145 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2018
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The general public is getting tired of photomode
66008 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018
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Ryan Fitzpatrick looks like Conner McGregor’s alcoholic older brother.
66008 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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Extra Embarrassing
65992 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018
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Just a nice act of kindness
65921 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018
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Naturally painted by Mother Nature
65918 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2018
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A lighthouse in Michigan, before and after major ice storm
65905 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018
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This looks like a very sound sleep
65886 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2018
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The perfect "I'm going to meet Robocop" Shirt.
65882 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2018
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Canada bans artificial trans fats in all foods starting Monday
65757 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018
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The EU and national funders launch a plan to make all publicly funded research available for free instead of scientific publications hiding it behind their pay walls.
65747 upvotes • comment • sep 04, 2018
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Love this Americans suit and sign.
65590 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018
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Seems unnecessarily complicated, but okay
65575 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2018
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Inside a 1926 Rolls Royce
65538 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2018
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Man 'linked' between Trump campaign and Russia 'missing and may be dead'
65508 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2018
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Important reminder
65500 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018
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This idiot almost caused 3 accidents in 10 seconds.
65495 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018
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Mirror image
65489 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2018
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I ordered chickfila online for the first time. There was a slider for "extra pickles." I set it to max. This is what I got.
65488 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2018
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My girlfriend broke up with me after we planned a trip to Japan. So I brought my Dad instead… and made this music video.
65442 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018
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Before and after you discover the subreddit for a hobby
65322 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018
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Coworker made her 11 year old a costume for his first Comic Expo visit. He was so excited to finally have a hero that looks like him! Mom gave me permission to share.
65144 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2018
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Can you imagine?
65020 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018
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My friend got teabagged by a monkey today.
64891 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018
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She accidentally joined my GTA golf game, one bad joke and a few months later I made the trip from California to Australia. Sometimes they actually are girls.
64870 upvotes • comment • sep 04, 2018
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Multitasking
64868 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018
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A Black and Chestnut Eagle enjoying pets
64846 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018
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Get the ball girl.
64792 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018
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R.I.P potato
64672 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2018
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Support your local pole dancer
64616 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2018
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Dropping the glass into a custom coffee table.
64455 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018
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Get a husky they said. It will be fun they said.
64425 upvotes • comment • sep 15, 2018
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Motivational
64423 upvotes • comment • sep 18, 2018
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Dallas police accused of smearing man killed by cop in his own apartment
64387 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2018
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Haven’t had an all nighter with the boys since high school almost 8 years ago. Halo is our favourite.
64357 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018
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Ouch
64307 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2018
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Jokeception
64281 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018
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"200 rounds"
64216 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018