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  1. Old man remembering jazz

    71207 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018

  2. 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

  3. Teacher says she was fired for giving zeroes to students who didn't turn in their work

    71124 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2018

  4. With new Spider-Man occuping the headlines, let's not forget about this gem

    70718 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018

  5. Toast

    70637 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Who are you?

    70196 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018

  9. Head pong

    70165 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2018

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Hurricane Florence potential storm surge

    69795 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Having the Aurora Borealis in your backyard.

    69739 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2018

  16. 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

  17. Don’t blame the victim

    69697 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2018

  18. My daughter Stella at her six week check up. Our pediatrician is the MASTER of swaddles.

    69646 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2018

  19. F

    69636 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018

  20. Tie dye wedding dress.

    69429 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2018

  21. Wind in Hong Kong right now

    69420 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  22. I'm sold

    69276 upvotes • comment • sep 15, 2018

  23. Unusual pool dive

    69240 upvotes • comment • sep 04, 2018

  24. "Karen, open the window please. Bit of a situation out here"

    69219 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  25. Bunnies only flop over like that when they feel completely safe

    69207 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018

  26. Indiana man, 34, who impregnated 10-year-old girl, gets over 100 years in prison

    69116 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2018

  27. 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

  28. Stress levels 90%

    68843 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2018

  29. Harry Potter is way too emotionally stable for a kid raised by a family who hates him.

    68754 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018

  30. TIL a couple invited Queen Elizabeth to their wedding as a joke and she actually showed up

    68746 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  31. 8-bit side scrolled cosplay by Dan Cattell Art

    68625 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2018

  32. My first photo restoration

    68622 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2018

  33. 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

  34. My gym’s treadmill simulates your run inside Skyrim

    68575 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018

  35. I photographed a white stag mid sneeze

    68559 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2018

  36. Red Sox fan gives a foul ball to a young Yankees fan

    68544 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018

  37. 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

  38. Great Dane doing lunges like his owner

    68310 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  39. Boo!

    68097 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018

  40. Neighbours

    67958 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018

  41. 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

  42. There are two ways of bathing

    67817 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  43. It’s the world we live in

    67726 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018

  44. Huge, butt-shaped mushroom grew in my yard overnight.

    67563 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018

  45. 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

  46. The Simpsons: How times have changed.

    67490 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2018

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. Burt Reynolds Dies at 82

    67211 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2018

  50. Colin Kaepernick becomes the face of Nike’s 30th anniversary ‘Just Do It’ campaign

    67072 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018

  51. Well he’s not wrong

    67068 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018

  52. Rookie baseball player hits first ever home run, is "ignored" by teammates

    67027 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018

  53. Time to show the cool pillow some loving

    66843 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2018

  54. Almost as good as the real thing

    66680 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018

  55. Dogs are truly a man's best friend.

    66669 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2018

  56. Kindness is not dead

    66640 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  57. This powerful quote at the end of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC

    66594 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2018

  58. A moment of silence.

    66529 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018

  59. Graphics Then vs Graphics Now

    66493 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2018

  60. Prop Energy Sword

    66387 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2018

  61. The porcelain games

    66217 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018

  62. 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

  63. Jeezus

    66145 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2018

  64. The general public is getting tired of photomode

    66008 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018

  65. Ryan Fitzpatrick looks like Conner McGregor’s alcoholic older brother.

    66008 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  66. Extra Embarrassing

    65992 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018

  67. Just a nice act of kindness

    65921 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018

  68. Naturally painted by Mother Nature

    65918 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2018

  69. A lighthouse in Michigan, before and after major ice storm

    65905 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018

  70. This looks like a very sound sleep

    65886 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2018

  71. The perfect "I'm going to meet Robocop" Shirt.

    65882 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2018

  72. Canada bans artificial trans fats in all foods starting Monday

    65757 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2018

  73. 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

  74. Love this Americans suit and sign.

    65590 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2018

  75. Seems unnecessarily complicated, but okay

    65575 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2018

  76. Inside a 1926 Rolls Royce

    65538 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2018

  77. Man 'linked' between Trump campaign and Russia 'missing and may be dead'

    65508 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2018

  78. Important reminder

    65500 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018

  79. This idiot almost caused 3 accidents in 10 seconds.

    65495 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2018

  80. Mirror image

    65489 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2018

  81. 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

  82. 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

  83. Before and after you discover the subreddit for a hobby

    65322 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018

  84. 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

  85. Can you imagine?

    65020 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018

  86. My friend got teabagged by a monkey today.

    64891 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2018

  87. 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

  88. Multitasking

    64868 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2018

  89. A Black and Chestnut Eagle enjoying pets

    64846 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018

  90. Get the ball girl.

    64792 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2018

  91. R.I.P potato

    64672 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2018

  92. Support your local pole dancer

    64616 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2018

  93. Dropping the glass into a custom coffee table.

    64455 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2018

  94. Get a husky they said. It will be fun they said.

    64425 upvotes • comment • sep 15, 2018

  95. Motivational

    64423 upvotes • comment • sep 18, 2018

  96. Dallas police accused of smearing man killed by cop in his own apartment

    64387 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2018

  97. 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

  98. Ouch

    64307 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2018

  99. Jokeception

    64281 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2018

  100. "200 rounds"

    64216 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2018