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  1. Facebook has been criticised for allowing a 16-year-old child bride in South Sudan to be auctioned off to the highest bidder on its platform. Her father received 500 cows, two luxury cars, two bikes, a boat, some mobile phones and $13,800 in exchange for his daughter.

    59539 upvotes • comment • nov 21, 2018

  2. My 6 year old sister wanted to be Coraline for Halloween and for me to accompany her as the Other Mother. Here is our result!

    59477 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  3. TIL that in 1983 the head of a woman was found in a peat bog in England. A man assumed it belonged to his wife, who he had murdered and dumped in the bog in 1961, and made a full confession. The remains were dated and discovered to be 1750 years old. The man was still convicted of his wife's murder.

    59375 upvotes • comment • nov 05, 2018

  4. The Trump Organization Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower Moscow

    59369 upvotes • comment • nov 29, 2018

  5. TIL Robert Millikan disliked Einstein's results about light consisting of particles (photons) and carefully designed experiments to disprove them, but ended up confirming the particle nature of light, and earned a Nobel Prize for that.

    59284 upvotes • comment • nov 05, 2018

  6. Trump indicates he trusts Saudi crown prince’s Khashoggi denials over his own intelligence agency

    59280 upvotes • comment • nov 19, 2018

  7. TIL: A retired man robbed a bank and wait for police, using a note saying he'd rather be in jail than with his wife. He was sentenced to home confinement.

    59248 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2018

  8. Best Halloween duo I’ve seen this year

    59191 upvotes • comment • nov 02, 2018

  9. Condoms are made by automated assembly lines, meaning robots are literally helping to prevent human reproduction.

    59055 upvotes • comment • nov 11, 2018

  10. Beautiful bookshelf insert

    58982 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2018

  11. Majority says Election Day should be a federal holiday, poll finds

    58966 upvotes • comment • nov 06, 2018

  12. "Come meet my puppies."

    58942 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018

  13. I’m quite possibly the only registered democrat in my area. They change my polling location every election so now it’s a 21 mile round trip from my home. They’ll never suppress my vote.

    58887 upvotes • comment • nov 06, 2018

  14. You met me at a very strange time in my life....

    58818 upvotes • comment • nov 09, 2018

  15. The hero the world doesn't need right now. But the one it deserves!

    58796 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018

  16. Argentine prosecutors are considering charging Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman with war crimes and torture if he flies to Buenos Aires for the G20 summit this week.

    58756 upvotes • comment • nov 27, 2018

  17. This is Anthony Borges. He saved the lives of 20 of his Parkland classmates by using his body to keep the shooter from coming in to kill them. In the process, he was shot 5 times.

    58752 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  18. From a friend's snapchat pre-takeoff

    58749 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2018

  19. He looks like both, lion and a cat

    58711 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2018

  20. 'This is an illegal hoax': Trump calls for end to Mueller investigation after Cohen pleads guilty

    58662 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2018

  21. Now kids, say it after me....

    58638 upvotes • comment • nov 17, 2018

  22. Perfect costume

    58630 upvotes • comment • nov 29, 2018

  23. A teacher like her makes a huge difference

    58580 upvotes • comment • nov 10, 2018

  24. Turtle coming out of hibernation

    58530 upvotes • comment • nov 19, 2018

  25. I think this transcends race 😂

    58444 upvotes • comment • nov 15, 2018

  26. Scratching a capybara

    58421 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  27. My Mom is cleaning out the library at the preschool where she works and sent me this

    58317 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  28. My friends bathroom is also the entrance to his basement

    58299 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018

  29. TIL Iron Man was created by Stan Lee as a challenge to create a hero no one should like and force people to like him

    58288 upvotes • comment • nov 12, 2018

  30. Job interview went right

    58255 upvotes • comment • nov 02, 2018

  31. Congrats on making me giggle

    58253 upvotes • comment • nov 22, 2018

  32. My office lets me bring my cat to work, so I bought him some ties

    58244 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018

  33. I’m so happy this all turned out!

    58232 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  34. Oh, hello. I didn't see you there.

    58202 upvotes • comment • nov 17, 2018

  35. Good teachers make hard topics easier to learn. Bad teachers make you feel stupid for not easily learning a hard topic

    58196 upvotes • comment • nov 13, 2018

  36. Smoky the Sheltie

    58130 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2018

  37. Is this an offensive foul?

    58129 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2018

  38. This sea lion is having some fun!

    58110 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2018

  39. A very wise traveler.

    58097 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2018

  40. FBI now classifies far-right Proud Boys as 'extremist group', documents say

    58048 upvotes • comment • nov 19, 2018

  41. Abusive judge

    58011 upvotes • comment • nov 19, 2018

  42. My cat climbed in my hoodie and fell asleep when I got home from work...

    58009 upvotes • comment • nov 10, 2018

  43. Texas Students Will Soon Learn Slavery Played a Central Role in the Civil War

    57996 upvotes • comment • nov 16, 2018

  44. My pack of Cards Against Humanity suggests we send complaints and legal threats to the president.

    57965 upvotes • comment • nov 28, 2018

  45. One hundred years after the guns of World War One fell silent, the leaders of France and Germany held hands and rested their heads against one another in a poignant ceremony to mark the signing of the Armistice peace agreement.

    57960 upvotes • comment • nov 11, 2018

  46. Supreme Court: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall at court

    57866 upvotes • comment • nov 08, 2018

  47. They will ALWAYS find a reason.

    57838 upvotes • comment • nov 12, 2018

  48. Fan looks like it’s missing a blade

    57824 upvotes • comment • nov 20, 2018

  49. The Evolution of Pikachu

    57819 upvotes • comment • nov 13, 2018

  50. Mueller: Manafort Has Lied To Investigators Since Plea Deal

    57738 upvotes • comment • nov 27, 2018

  51. Judge orders White House to return Jim Acosta's press pass

    57723 upvotes • comment • nov 16, 2018

  52. The pressure is on

    57708 upvotes • comment • nov 19, 2018

  53. Ordinary people can do extraordinary things

    57678 upvotes • comment • nov 25, 2018

  54. TIL that André the Giant grew so fast that his own parents didn't recognize him. He left home at 14 and returned at 19, having already become a professional wrestler. As he explained his career choice, they realized they had seen him wrestle on TV under his alias, without knowing it was their son.

    57674 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018

  55. U.S. regulator demands companies take action to halt 'robocalls'

    57659 upvotes • comment • nov 05, 2018

  56. Earth is the ghetto of the universe

    57630 upvotes • comment • nov 11, 2018

  57. Because we redditors appreciate creativity

    57614 upvotes • comment • nov 03, 2018

  58. Ice melting on the handrail and sliding off.

    57507 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2018

  59. Report claims CIA has 'smoking gun phone call' connecting Saudi crown prince to Jamal Khashoggi killing

    57494 upvotes • comment • nov 22, 2018

  60. This is true

    57407 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  61. Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man!

    57367 upvotes • comment • nov 20, 2018

  62. Guilty as charged

    57334 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  63. TIL when the territory of Wyoming applied to join the US, congress told them they'd have to stop letting women vote. Their response was "We will remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women”. In 1890 they joined as the first and only state to allow women to vote.

    57206 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2018

  64. TIL in 1989, then Prime Minister of Japan Sōsuke Uno resigned after a geisha revealed she had an extramarital affair with him. The key of the scandal wasn't morality, but that he had failed to properly provide and support his mistress with an appropriate amount, and was branded as a stingy man.

    57070 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2018

  65. We are the first human beings to see a Mars sunset. It’s quite a thought

    57022 upvotes • comment • nov 29, 2018

  66. My cat made a smug and sweet entrance into the camera frame

    57019 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2018

  67. lord forgive me

    56952 upvotes • comment • nov 16, 2018

  68. The king's voice

    56940 upvotes • comment • nov 25, 2018

  69. My friend was trying to get a good picture of Nigeria. Random guy thought it was of him, decided to pose.

    56930 upvotes • comment • nov 25, 2018

  70. By the way, you forgot your BRIEFCASE [Hitman 2]

    56919 upvotes • comment • nov 12, 2018

  71. Trump says US stands with Saudi Arabia despite journalist Khashoggi's killing

    56912 upvotes • comment • nov 20, 2018

  72. To the Great Beyond

    56882 upvotes • comment • nov 27, 2018

  73. She forgot a very important bit of information

    56875 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018

  74. TIL: A member of Al Capone's gang promised federal agent Eliot Ness that $2000 (around $33,250 in today's money) would be on his desk every Monday if he turned a blind eye to their bootlegging. Ness refused the bribe and in later years struggled with money; he died almost broke at the age of 54.

    56860 upvotes • comment • nov 27, 2018

  75. Mass protests are planned across the US tomorrow to protect Mueller investigation from Trump

    56807 upvotes • comment • nov 08, 2018

  76. My dad was going through old photos recently, He found this picture of me on Halloween dressed as Michelangelo, my mom made this costume from scratch

    56773 upvotes • comment • nov 28, 2018

  77. This is what democracy looks like

    56766 upvotes • comment • nov 08, 2018

  78. Tough Days For Our Hero!!

    56731 upvotes • comment • nov 17, 2018

  79. Welcome to school

    56693 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2018

  80. Once your run into a window, you have trust issues.

    56659 upvotes • comment • nov 29, 2018

  81. US cigarette smoking rate reaches new low - Cigarette use among American adults is at the lowest it's been since the CDC started collecting data on the issue in 1965, down to 14% from over 40% in the mid-1960s, according to a new report.

    56617 upvotes • comment • nov 09, 2018

  82. Trust the lights

    56532 upvotes • comment • nov 09, 2018

  83. Thank you to the guy on subway who could read my body language.

    56515 upvotes • comment • nov 22, 2018

  84. These Eritrean kids, newcomers to Canada, are absolutely overjoyed to experience their first snow

    56510 upvotes • comment • nov 13, 2018

  85. The Lion King (2019) - Official Trailer

    56425 upvotes • comment • nov 22, 2018

  86. Curious little cat fascinated by pottery

    56420 upvotes • comment • nov 14, 2018

  87. Jamal Khashoggi was barred from writing and making public appearances by the Saudi royal family after he criticized President Donald Trump in late 2016

    56361 upvotes • comment • nov 21, 2018

  88. Talling while BLACK

    56337 upvotes • comment • nov 15, 2018

  89. Photos Show Scores of Uncounted Ballots in Opa-locka Mail Center

    56323 upvotes • comment • nov 10, 2018

  90. I still have my MW2 night vision goggles and they still work 9 years later. Back when you preordered something with a game and you actually got a usable product, as described, in the box.

    56123 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2018

  91. World's tallest statue unveiled in India - almost twice as tall as Statue of Liberty

    56089 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2018

  92. Tyreek Hill's high school 200m time vs. the fastest runners in the world

    56087 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2018

  93. My wife and I decided to cancel our wedding and elope in Moab, Utah. We couldn't be happier with the outcome.

    56072 upvotes • comment • nov 05, 2018

  94. Making a mushroom

    56031 upvotes • comment • nov 26, 2018

  95. My ex wife took my son when he was 3. He's 8 now. I drove 1200 miles to see him for Thanksgiving and made this. It's sparse, but I feel more like a dad than I have in years. He said it's not bad for my first time.

    55900 upvotes • comment • nov 22, 2018

  96. LIT-ERALLY having the best Thanksgiving!

    55881 upvotes • comment • nov 22, 2018

  97. TIL A woman was convicted of murder of her son. Authorities suspected antifreeze poisoning. After she went to prison, Stallings gave birth to another child; he was diagnosed with methylmalonic acidemia, a medical condition that can mimic antifreeze poisoning. Stallings was then released from prison.

    55821 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018

  98. Inverted Fish Tank

    55786 upvotes • comment • nov 06, 2018

  99. CDC says life expectancy down as more Americans die younger due to suicide and drug overdose

    55718 upvotes • comment • nov 29, 2018

  100. This is the kinda positivity I need in my life right now

    55686 upvotes • comment • nov 23, 2018