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  1. TIL planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software updates.

    108427 upvotes • 4385 comments • dec 22, 2018

  2. Most long-sleeves are longer than my arms due to a disability, so I wore an appropriate sweater

    94339 upvotes • 887 comments • dec 22, 2018

  3. Apparently Kids Doing ASMR Was A Problem: YouTube Deletes Video

    90550 upvotes • 6018 comments • dec 22, 2018

  4. Hugh Jackman interview

    88574 upvotes • 1030 comments • dec 22, 2018

  5. The book I was reading on the plane mentioned the flight I was reading it on.

    87359 upvotes • 1303 comments • dec 22, 2018

  6. TIL that an Orca killed a Great White Shark near California’s Farallon Islands in 2000. The smell of the dead shark's carcass caused all nearby great whites to vanish. A great white with a satellite tag in the area was seen to immediately dive to a depth of 500 meters and then swam to Hawaii.

    85785 upvotes • 3082 comments • dec 22, 2018

  7. Instant Trap

    79878 upvotes • 390 comments • dec 22, 2018

  8. Thanks reddit! You somehow made my random indie game become the 10th most played game on Steam of all time (info in comments)

    78849 upvotes • 1372 comments • dec 22, 2018

  9. Some old fashioned slavery

    78793 upvotes • 2403 comments • dec 22, 2018

  10. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Lawmakers Should Lose Their Salaries Too When They Shut Down the Government

    78299 upvotes • 3843 comments • dec 22, 2018