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Reddit (Oct 2018)
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Hang on, I gotta get my moose
56402 upvotes • comment • oct 01, 2018
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Studying physics is essentially being taught a simple structure, and then told ”actually, scratch that, the truth is actually far more complicated” over and over again until we reach the point where we still don’t know the truth, only that we do not have it.
56386 upvotes • comment • oct 15, 2018
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Carlsberg glues beer cans together becoming one of the first breweries to abandon plastic rings
56211 upvotes • comment • oct 02, 2018
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A Saudi woman has lost a judicial battle to marry the man of her choice as a court deemed him "religiously" unfit because he plays a musical instrument, a Saudi newspaper reports
56163 upvotes • comment • oct 03, 2018
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My Lara Croft cosplay! (X-post from r/cosplay)
56143 upvotes • comment • oct 28, 2018
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Deciding to become a parent is like choosing to take care of a a drunk person for 13 years straight, and a hungover person for the next 5. Then paying for their rehab for the next 4.
55994 upvotes • comment • oct 08, 2018
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Tape measure embedded in concrete
55966 upvotes • comment • oct 16, 2018
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This is a real photo of the surface of a comet.
55895 upvotes • comment • oct 01, 2018
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My daughter’s hair is fabulous and I love when she lets me brush it without fussing. One of my favorite daddy daughter times.
55853 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2018
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The breastplate of cuirassier 19 years old Antoine Fraveau, struck and killed by a canonball during battle of Waterloo (1815)
55818 upvotes • comment • oct 02, 2018
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Thought you guys might like this spooky pumpkin.
55816 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2018
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He's practicing for pageants.
55792 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018
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Best of luck reaching 30, John!
55785 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2018
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65
55715 upvotes • comment • oct 15, 2018
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2000 years old green serpentine stone mask found at the base of Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico
55639 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2018
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when one of your opponents disconnects in a ranked game
55587 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2018
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If Pokémon were real
55578 upvotes • comment • oct 05, 2018
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I met this blind kitter today
55576 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2018
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TIL while assisting displaced Vietnamese refuge seekers, actress Tippi Hedren's fingernails intrigued the women. She flew in her personal manicurist & recruited experts to teach them nail care. 80% of nail technicians in California are now Vietnamese—many descendants of the women Hedren helped
55541 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018
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Some things never change
55501 upvotes • comment • oct 05, 2018
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Cannabis has been legalized in Canada last week, no smoking signs have been replaced
55453 upvotes • comment • oct 23, 2018
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Frying pan or flying pan?
55398 upvotes • comment • oct 06, 2018
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TIL that when actor Raul Julia was terminally ill, he decided that his last performance would be as the villain in Street Fighter, as his children were fans of the game it was based on. The movie received terrible reviews, but Julia's performance was critically acclaimed.
55393 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2018
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Horrible person is called out.
55348 upvotes • comment • oct 24, 2018
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My print shop job has many perks. The spiral binder is my favorite and by far the most satisfying.
55327 upvotes • comment • oct 31, 2018
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Suicide more prevalent than homicide in US, but most Americans don't know it. News reports, movies and TV shows may contribute to the perception of a high risk of firearm homicide, leaving a substantial gap between ideas and reality and potentially leading to further danger.
55270 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2018
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My neighbor’s graveyard of dead trends is back.
55254 upvotes • comment • oct 20, 2018
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How Assassin's Creed changed
55200 upvotes • comment • oct 03, 2018
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TIL of John Carpenter, the first person to win on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". He didn't use any Lifelines until the final question when he called his dad only to say that he didn't actually need any help, and just wanted to tell him that he was about to win a million dollars.
54978 upvotes • comment • oct 02, 2018
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Little boy brings street dog to food and water!
54965 upvotes • comment • oct 07, 2018
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Smashing a walnut with bare hand
54871 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2018
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Animation with no drawing, only paper creases.
54837 upvotes • comment • oct 03, 2018
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Seals are just dogs of the sea
54767 upvotes • comment • oct 08, 2018
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Mission Accomplished! 2 legged dog with prosthetic on stump conquering the stairs!
54718 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2018
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TIL California law allows employees to take two hours paid time off in the beginning or end of the work day to vote on election day.
54633 upvotes • comment • oct 15, 2018
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TIL: In an effort to reduce drunk driving, the city of Austin, TX will waive parking tickets if a receipt showing that a ride-share company, taxi or bus was used within 24 hours of receiving the ticket
54633 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018
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The first person to make ice cream probably ate all the ice cream in the world (at the time).
54608 upvotes • comment • oct 01, 2018
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Judge Upholds Verdict That Found Monsanto’s Roundup Caused a Man’s Cancer
54604 upvotes • comment • oct 23, 2018
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Spyro incense burner is one of the best purchases I’ve ever made
54498 upvotes • comment • oct 08, 2018
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These two have a life long friendship ahead of them
54474 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2018
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Gal Gadot visits children's hospital in her Wonder Woman costume
54420 upvotes • comment • oct 07, 2018
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I don't know who made this. But it's beautiful 💜
54419 upvotes • comment • oct 08, 2018
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Completely ridiculous
54394 upvotes • comment • oct 05, 2018
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Saudi Consul fired and placed under investigation after he is 'recorded saying 'Do this outside; you're going to get me in trouble' during torture of journalist'
54379 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2018
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Saudi suspect in Khashoggi case ‘dies in car accident’: Report
54300 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2018
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How this reflection of light only got past with the red
54114 upvotes • comment • oct 10, 2018
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A new Navy recruit has his first day on the submarine...
54088 upvotes • comment • oct 08, 2018
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TIL Donnie Darko was filmed in 28 days which, coincidentally, virtually matches the time that transpired in the film. The movie took place between October 2nd, 1988 to the weekend party scene before Halloween on October 31st, 1988.
54039 upvotes • comment • oct 02, 2018
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Fun fact: Cheetahs cant roar so instead they meow similar to house cats.
53970 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018
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I shall sing you the song of my people
53949 upvotes • comment • oct 06, 2018
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Buster Keaton in The Haunted House (1921)
53912 upvotes • comment • oct 04, 2018
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The letter shooter
53905 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018
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Want some snickers?
53884 upvotes • comment • oct 08, 2018
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1999 was a savage year for high school quotes
53822 upvotes • comment • oct 05, 2018
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when the audience doesn't know what they want
53766 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2018
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When the Police will do anything to catch you:
53662 upvotes • comment • oct 27, 2018
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Dad on a vacation
53620 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2018
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What fact could probably save your life?
53585 upvotes • comment • oct 23, 2018
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This picture of a crow is interesting because it’s actually a cat
53535 upvotes • comment • oct 28, 2018
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TIL Ludger Sylbaris, a man thrown into solitary confinement after a bar brawl, survived one of the biggest volcanic eruption of the 20th century because his cell was bombproof and poorly ventilated. He became one of only three known survivors of the event, and his prison cell still stands today.
53521 upvotes • comment • oct 12, 2018
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This is how my apartment’s landscaper decided to mow the lawn today...
53520 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2018
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Single Player games that don’t require internet are going to be extremely valuable during the apocalypse
53450 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2018
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Giving credit to those who do what we don't want to
53341 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018
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U.S. Military Is World’s Biggest Polluter: 'Producing more hazardous waste than the five largest U.S. chemical companies combined, the U.S. DoD has left its toxic legacy throughout the world in the form of depleted uranium, oil, jet fuel, pesticides, defoliants...'
53271 upvotes • comment • oct 15, 2018
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Beneath the broken brick
53249 upvotes • comment • oct 12, 2018
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Yesterday/Today
53227 upvotes • comment • oct 02, 2018
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Happy birthday Bob Ross
53210 upvotes • comment • oct 29, 2018
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One of my med school professors printed this and put it on his door after a tough exam
53203 upvotes • comment • oct 27, 2018
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When you do not have a doggo but your neighbor does...
53141 upvotes • comment • oct 16, 2018
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TIL that Devin Gaines earned 5 bachelor degrees with honors simultaneously at the University of Connecticut, averaging 24 credits a semester and 3 hours of sleep a night. He drowned in 2007 because he didn't know how to swim.
53103 upvotes • comment • oct 05, 2018
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Prehistoric little fucker
53012 upvotes • comment • oct 21, 2018
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What job exists because we are stupid ?
52992 upvotes • comment • oct 11, 2018
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Anything <$5 isn’t a tip
52913 upvotes • comment • oct 05, 2018
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My pup’s Halloween costume came in the mail today. :)
52888 upvotes • comment • oct 15, 2018
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"Beware of the dog"
52864 upvotes • comment • oct 03, 2018
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This restaurant that looks like it was drawn
52842 upvotes • comment • oct 12, 2018
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Tetris IRL
52802 upvotes • comment • oct 24, 2018
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What’s the dumbest thing you’ve heard someone say that made you wonder how they function on a day to day basis?
52779 upvotes • comment • oct 16, 2018
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Scientists are terrified that Brazil’s new president will destroy 'the lungs of the planet'
52748 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2018
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Portal Halloween costume
52717 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018
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nuk nuk nuk nuk nuk nuk
52677 upvotes • comment • oct 19, 2018
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What I got my boyfriend for his birthday.
52656 upvotes • comment • oct 02, 2018
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Police Sniper cloaked under a towel at an Orlando area hospital during a standoff with a suspect.
52647 upvotes • comment • oct 01, 2018
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TIL Kid Rock isn’t from a trailer park. His birth name is Robert James Ritchie and he’s the son of an affluent car dealership owner and grew up on a six-acre ranch tending to horses 40 miles outside Detroit
52640 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2018
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This Vietnamese couple has been married for 70 years
52634 upvotes • comment • oct 24, 2018
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We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them.
52474 upvotes • comment • oct 30, 2018
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Democrat/Republican divide is worst it's ever been, and neither party can shoulder the blame, as it doesn't matter which party is in charge, finds a new study published in journal Social Networks.
52466 upvotes • comment • oct 01, 2018
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Firefighter demonstrates how to put out a kitchen fire
52427 upvotes • comment • oct 10, 2018
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TIL After Jean-Claude Van Damme's biggest movie hit (Timecop 1994), he was offered a 3 picture deal at $12M per picture. He turned it down and demanded he get the same deal as Jim Carrey - $20M per movie. He was rejected and his career never recovered. He later admitted he "acted like an idiot"
52358 upvotes • comment • oct 07, 2018
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My brother shows us every picture of corgis that he sees on Reddit. Tonight, my Dad is surprising him with a new pup!
52335 upvotes • comment • oct 21, 2018
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Grieving Indiana bride poses for wedding photo alone after firefighter fiancé is killed by drunk driver.
52320 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2018
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Proud to be finished with this pencil drawing after months of creative block. The drawing depicts what it felt like to be debilitated by the huge need to create something...
52310 upvotes • comment • oct 11, 2018
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This transparent butterfly
52283 upvotes • comment • oct 06, 2018
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Jumping directly into a wall on a BMX
52197 upvotes • comment • oct 28, 2018
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Musical chairs
52073 upvotes • comment • oct 15, 2018
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Taking a picture of a bullet train
52037 upvotes • comment • oct 03, 2018
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You've been granted one wish by the Douchebag Genie. He takes advantage of people's poor wording when making wishes to screw them over. What do you wish for?
52008 upvotes • comment • oct 01, 2018
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It’s always nice getting pictures from our son’s teacher showing how he’s excelling in school
51914 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2018
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Men should be cuddled too ❤️
51911 upvotes • comment • oct 25, 2018
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Congratulations to Red Dead for nearly being as good as Wii Sports
51904 upvotes • comment • oct 26, 2018