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  1. Took on a whole family from the Salvation Army and couldn’t buy my brothers gifts because of it. Got this text tonight 🙂

    61376 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2018

  2. Germany mulls introducing 'mosque tax' for Muslims - The idea, similar to Germany's church tax, would aim to make mosques independent of foreign donors. Germany's government and progressive Muslim leaders have supported the idea.

    61258 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2018

  3. TIL that premature babies, instead of full term babies, are usually casted in movies as they look like a newborn yet meet the minimum 15-day-old requirement for them to “work”. Twins and triplets are preferred as the babies tend to be smaller, and filming hours can be prolonged.

    61238 upvotes • comment • dec 24, 2018

  4. Popular Young Reporter For NewsChannel 9 Terminated By Sinclair As She Battles Cancer

    61192 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2018

  5. Californian law change means pet shops can sell only rescued animals

    61191 upvotes • comment • dec 30, 2018

  6. This is Clover. She’s a pippet (a cross between a pit bull and a whippet).

    61163 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2018

  7. High School running back hurdles two defenders

    61144 upvotes • comment • dec 22, 2018

  8. What food can you bring to an office holiday part that says, "I brought food because the office party is mandatory"?

    61105 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2018

  9. Parents who knock on their kids' doors and then immediately open it anyway, what's your thought process?

    61018 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2018

  10. TIL that Theodore Roosevelt --a successful boxer at Harvard, got into a bar fight after a man called him 'four eyes' in reference to his spectacles and suggested he pay for drinks. The man held two guns and told Roosevelt to "set up the drinks." Roosevelt knocked him out and took away his guns.

    60981 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2018

  11. A clear bathtub

    60939 upvotes • comment • dec 16, 2018

  12. I wonder how her real husband feels?

    60915 upvotes • comment • dec 04, 2018

  13. Once a hero, forever a hero.

    60749 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2018

  14. My Chinese "Smart TV" plays a 15 second Chevrolete commercial every time I turn it on.

    60737 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2018

  15. Oh! Your Majesty... Sorry if I disturbed you.

    60737 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2018

  16. What's a really cheap item you can buy that can make you look incredibly rich?

    60718 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2018

  17. TIL that former Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke had a serious accident at 17. This near-death experience acted as his catharsis, driving him to make the most of his talents and not let his abilities go to waste. Later he set a world record by drinking 1.4 liters of beer in 11 seconds.

    60557 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2018

  18. UPS man is Snow White

    60555 upvotes • comment • dec 08, 2018

  19. 4 paintings of the same sunflower by each of my 4 children, all painted at the same age of 5

    60516 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2018

  20. Surprising her boyfriend at his graduation

    60494 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2018

  21. Im in the millitary and got to come home for christmas. All my friends put together a lan party in the same garage from when we were kids.

    60336 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2018

  22. I painted a tiger with every colour I had.

    60287 upvotes • comment • dec 03, 2018

  23. Behold, a rare Oreo cloud!

    60256 upvotes • comment • dec 16, 2018

  24. Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week. It leads to higher productivity, more motivated staff.

    60246 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2018

  25. Update: I moved ~3 months ago, I returned to the window today to visit an old friend.

    60184 upvotes • comment • dec 30, 2018

  26. If Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers had switched roles with Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, both movies would've been significantly better.

    60181 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2018

  27. I used my laser cutter/engraver to make this rad ukelele!

    60180 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2018

  28. Saw This on Twitter, Wanted to Share

    60079 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2018

  29. Missouri man must watch ‘Bambi’ monthly as part of poaching punishment, judge rules

    59924 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2018

  30. FBI catches Air Force senior Officer during underage sex sting operation

    59823 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2018

  31. Trump reveals 87-page response to Mueller findings already created, despite no report released yet, pointing to strongly incriminating finding of collusion on the Russian investigation

    59782 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2018

  32. How to get out of a headlock

    59749 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2018

  33. What's the most kind/beautiful thing you've overheard about yourself by accident?

    59673 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2018

  34. TIL the Thanksgiving Turkey presented to the U.S. President each year was originally intended to be slaughtered for the White House Thanksgiving dinner-- It was George H.W. Bush that established the currently ongoing tradition of presenting the turkey with a Presidential Pardon, sparing its life.

    59581 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2018

  35. Maria Butina pleads guilty, is first Russian national convicted of seeking to influence U.S. policy around time of 2016 election

    59557 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2018

  36. Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead

    59528 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2018

  37. It’s not over until it’s over

    59474 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2018

  38. Facebook, I'm beyond words

    59471 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2018

  39. Just a cat chilling on glass

    59453 upvotes • comment • dec 08, 2018

  40. If you were given the chance to start your life over at age 10 right now, but still retain all of your current knowledge and memories, would you? Why or why not?

    59418 upvotes • comment • dec 05, 2018

  41. TIL that in 2009 identical twins Hassan and Abbas O. were suspects in a $6.8 million jewelry heist. DNA matching the twins was found but they had to be released citing "we can deduce that at least one of the brothers took part in the crime, but it has not been possible to determine which one."

    59409 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2018

  42. How can you even create so much chaos in 10 seconds?

    59394 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2018

  43. Every year I fall victim to SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). This year I started taking my neighbors dog for walks, and his joy for life has kept me positive through the long winter.

    59303 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2018

  44. Man Discovers Hockey for the first time

    59234 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2018

  45. Bros looking out for other bros.

    59177 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2018

  46. Kelloggs is using rejected cornflakes to make beer in an effort to cut down on food waste

    59129 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2018

  47. California officially becomes first in nation mandating solar power for new homes

    59049 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2018

  48. MRW I spend most of my days doing my incompetent boss's job and then I find out his Christmas bonus was larger than my my yearly income

    59048 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2018

  49. Boop pawy hello

    58855 upvotes • comment • dec 08, 2018

  50. Last piece of coal harvested from Germany’s last coal mine

    58821 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2018

  51. This photo I took of gatwick this morning.

    58689 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2018

  52. About 16 months of life experience later

    58629 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2018

  53. The ‘clean plate’ mentality drives us to overeat: New research explores our tendency to overeat when we only have a little bit of food left over. Many of us were raised with a ‘clean your plate’ mentality, stemming from a desire to not be wasteful but this can also lead to overconsumption.

    58576 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2018

  54. These kids were asked to dress up as Elves for their school play. One kid dressed up as Elvis

    58568 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2018

  55. Trump admin to lift sanctions on firms owned by Russian oligarch Deripaska

    58473 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2018

  56. Cheap ass Papa Johns

    58442 upvotes • comment • dec 08, 2018

  57. There has been a wave of criticism after Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he sexually assaulted a maid, having recalled confessing to a priest how he reached into the maid's underwear as she slept. Women's rights group Gabriela said Duterte was "unworthy of his position and should resign".

    58398 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2018

  58. This cookie

    58376 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2018

  59. Megathread: Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison for crimes including hush-money payments that prosecutors say Trump ordered

    58334 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2018

  60. Today is your lucky day, don't mess it up .

    58304 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2018

  61. Daughter singing for her hearing-impaired father at a rock concert

    58268 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2018

  62. 7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion

    58265 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2018

  63. Dragon egg made from 500 tacks

    58241 upvotes • comment • dec 13, 2018

  64. World's biggest firework ever (Malta 2016)

    58207 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2018

  65. I love that life makes sense for him now

    58190 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2018

  66. Jokes about anti-vax children dying has become the socially acceptable dead baby jokes

    58170 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2018

  67. Dad and son squirrel hunting when an interested deer came up to say hi

    58140 upvotes • comment • dec 09, 2018

  68. France Protests: Police threaten to join protesters, demand better pay and conditions

    58131 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2018

  69. A world where cops employ chimps/gorillas instead of k9's would be fucking terrifying.

    57963 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2018

  70. Everyone praises dogs as mankind’s best friend. But the horse which was the backbone for almost all labor and transportation gets little praise from today’s society.

    57960 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2018

  71. TIL about the Grafton castaways, a real-life Gilligan's Island. Shipwrecked for 18 months in the Auckland islands in 1864, the 5 men lived in a thatched hut complete with glass windows and bookshelves. They built a forge to work metal, tanned leather, made soap from seashells, and even brewed beer.

    57935 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2018

  72. Art exercise

    57829 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2018

  73. I gotta find and buy this couch.

    57824 upvotes • comment • dec 22, 2018

  74. You are offered 10 million dollars but you have to participate in a porn movie that your family and friends are going to be aware of, do you take this offer or not? Why?

    57811 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2018

  75. When you are the younger sibling

    57740 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2018

  76. Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, and St. Helens in the same picture🏔 [OC] [810x1080]

    57714 upvotes • comment • dec 17, 2018

  77. Her ex boyfriend walks in with his new girlfriend

    57713 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2018

  78. Don't underestimate me ;)

    57679 upvotes • comment • dec 23, 2018

  79. There’s a solar farm in China shaped like a Panda.

    57674 upvotes • comment • dec 08, 2018

  80. TIL the 1992 Joe Pesci comedy My Cousin Vinny is praised by legal experts as being one if the most accurate film depictions of courtroom procedure and trial strategy. It is even cited in textbooks on law.

    57650 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2018

  81. Long Exposure photography with a green laser pointer on a car

    57646 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2018

  82. Easy to forget how big NBA players are. The Rock is 6'5, 265 pounds.

    57634 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2018

  83. Did you know... that this is how grapes are made?!

    57584 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2018

  84. Everyone's reaction to the new Kim Possible.

    57579 upvotes • comment • dec 08, 2018

  85. How to tie a scarf

    57491 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2018

  86. Ticket counter 🤤

    57481 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2018

  87. Albert Einstein's 'God letter' in which physicist rejected religion auctioned for $3m: ‘The word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of venerable but still rather primitive legends’

    57434 upvotes • comment • dec 05, 2018

  88. I volunteer through Big Brother Big Sister, and my Little was one of my groomsmen. This is the best photo of my wedding. Made me cry immediately.

    57425 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2018

  89. The US is preparing to withdraw all its troops from Syria, US defence officials

    57413 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2018

  90. It's 48 Hours Before Christmas and You Realize You Haven't Bought Anyone Anything. What is Your Go-To Last Minute Gift?

    57407 upvotes • comment • dec 10, 2018

  91. I haven’t seen baby yaks here before, but they are still cute

    57392 upvotes • comment • dec 20, 2018

  92. It’s a good point

    57336 upvotes • comment • dec 18, 2018

  93. What "you know what, just to be safe..." thing you did ended up saving your ass later?

    57327 upvotes • comment • dec 12, 2018

  94. Fox playing in a yard all by itself.

    57300 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2018

  95. Stan Lee meeting Stan Lee

    57282 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2018

  96. TIL when Apple was building a massive data center in rural North Carolina, a couple who had lived there for 34 years refused to sell their house and plot of land worth $181,700. After making countless offers, Apple eventually paid them $1.7 million to leave.

    57238 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2018

  97. The legendary trio

    57228 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2018

  98. This Texas mother partied and smoked Marijuana as her two toddlers slowly died in a hot car

    57218 upvotes • comment • dec 18, 2018

  99. LPT: S is the "skip intro" hotkey on Netflix. A christmas gift from our home to yours.

    57188 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2018

  100. A shot I took on my last mission. Thought it turned out pretty good.

    57150 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2018