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  1. Today, NASA will officially have to say goodbye to the little rover that could. The Mars Opportunity Rover was meant to last just 90 days and instead marched on for 14 years. It finally lost contact with earth after it was hit by a fierce dust storm.

    187649 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2019

  2. This person sold their VHS player on eBay and got a surprise letter in the mailbox.

    185269 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  3. I rejected 12 offers from major publishers to make my first game DARQ the way I dreamed it to be. They told me "you can't make it without us" and wanted up to 80% cut & IP.

    184174 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2019

  4. Given that reddit just took a $150 million investment from a Chinese censorship powerhouse, I thought it would be nice to post this picture of "Tank Man" at Tienanmen Square before our new glorious overlords decide we cannot post it anymore.

    176972 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  5. Whoever created the tradition of not seeing the bride in the wedding dress beforehand saved countless husbands everywhere from hours of dress shopping and will forever be a hero to all men.

    167496 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2019

  6. Youtube is Facilitating the Sexual Exploitation of Children, and it's Being Monetized (2019)

    164089 upvotes • comment • feb 18, 2019

  7. I sell on eBay and got this in the mailbox today.

    157192 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2019

  8. I took nearly 50,000 images of the night sky to make an 81 Megapixel image of Tuesday's moon. Uncompressed image linked in the comments. [OC]

    153564 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  9. The real picture of Tienanmen Square people should be posting

    151942 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  10. Caught this kid in the background of CBS coverage of Cohen’s testimony

    141491 upvotes • comment • feb 27, 2019

  11. Im the girl from the "giant" wolf post. Here's another one of our rescues, Yuki.

    138904 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2019

  12. School Science teacher dunks for his students

    137736 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2019

  13. Went to open my fridge. Definitely thought my hand was connected properly.

    135998 upvotes • comment • feb 18, 2019

  14. Wait... is that it?

    135849 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2019

  15. I found out that my calculus teacher is actually a world record holder in Donkey Kong and has his own documentary

    133993 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  16. Brutal Canadian Road Rage Incident Caught On Camera

    132824 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2019

  17. Anyone else guilty?

    132084 upvotes • comment • feb 26, 2019

  18. If Batman is so rich, then why does he have to keep renting out his garage for music videos?

    131858 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  19. My Grandma has played Wii Fit everyday for over 10 years!

    131038 upvotes • comment • feb 25, 2019

  20. Staying at an AirBnB and I woke up to their kitten this morning licking my face. Instant 5 star review

    129931 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  21. It’s this kid’s first drop in

    128542 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  22. This athlete with celebral palsy deadlifted 200lb at 99lb

    127983 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  23. Ross from Friends with Nicolas Cages face on him just makes him look more like Ross

    127323 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2019

  24. At this point just buy a plane..

    126731 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2019

  25. He's still a pup at heart

    124001 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2019

  26. Jamaican Super Lotto winner taking NO CHANCES

    123169 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2019

  27. Remember when Satoru Iwata cut his salary by 50% for 5 months due to the commercial failure of the Wii U, instead of firing people...these companies should take note.

    122226 upvotes • comment • feb 26, 2019

  28. Becoming my own superhero my recovery from anorexia

    121738 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2019

  29. Service doggo walks on glass floor for the first time

    121202 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  30. Forecast was for freezing rain, but had to go check it out...

    120360 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2019

  31. Whoa, check out his stick!

    120259 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  32. My aunts cat hates when she leaves so she guards her keys everyday. I told her to film it as proof and this is what she sent me.

    119779 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2019

  33. Dog breaks world record by catching 83 yard frisbee toss

    119406 upvotes • comment • feb 24, 2019

  34. Mary was kicked out for loving Jake. Married for 65 years. Cheers for love!

    118703 upvotes • comment • feb 24, 2019

  35. This is Phil.

    118427 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2019

  36. Fire VS Water.

    117994 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2019

  37. Reminds me of taking a bath

    117904 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2019

  38. Encountered one on reddit - I received platinum a while back and it came with 700 complimentary reddit coins, so I’ve been giving silver to posts/comments that I enjoyed. Apparently it’s not enough. Should’ve probably purchased more RC’s from my money to give them gold MINIMUM.

    115797 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2019

  39. This restaurant puts a teddy bear on your table if you're dining alone.

    115355 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  40. I hate it when people rush me out of restaurants

    115088 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2019

  41. I switched out all my co-worker's cheat sheets while he was out.

    114756 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2019

  42. Mister Weez was always my big chonk. After a year of diet and exercise, he’s now my small/medium chonk.

    114235 upvotes • comment • feb 24, 2019

  43. This is what an empty 787 looks like

    113669 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2019

  44. My fiancée thinks I can only embarrass him once this month, but now I have obtained the video. Happy Valentine's Day

    113487 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2019

  45. Pulled over on the highway to get this photo. I’m glad I stopped.

    112759 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2019

  46. Original look back meme

    112749 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2019

  47. The opposite of r/ChoosingBeggars - my wife trying to sell her car.

    112494 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  48. TIL Mike Tyson loved keeping pigeons as a kid and the first fight he ever got into was when a thug ripped the head off one of his birds. He said, “The pigeon was the first thing I ever loved in my life. I don’t know why, I feel ridiculous trying to explain it. Pigeons are just so much like people.”

    112117 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2019

  49. In Colorado, due to rock fall, a 20 mile stretch of highway now has a 238 mile, 4.5 hour detour.

    111544 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2019

  50. Rapper Sheck Wes doesn't pay for his music video so the production team uploads this instead.

    111443 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2019

  51. Someone called the police on kids sledding down a road so the cops investigated

    110564 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  52. Dog absolutely loving 101 Dalmatians in bar

    110264 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  53. You ain't all that.

    110120 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  54. I look like Christian Bale

    110074 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2019

  55. Mark Wahlberg invited this homeless man to eat for free at his restaurant.. Respect

    110054 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2019

  56. Tell me your favorite song

    108957 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2019

  57. My sister rescued this baby girl and gave her new ears

    107907 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2019

  58. It's the little things in life

    107688 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2019

  59. Man invites entire world to celebrate holiday

    107256 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2019

  60. Going to hell for sneaking an illegal picture of the Sistine Chapel

    107142 upvotes • comment • feb 19, 2019

  61. "No Jon, I'm pooping"

    106710 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  62. TIL a Harvard study found that hiring one highly productive ‘toxic worker’ does more damage to a company’s bottom line than employing several less productive, but more cooperative, workers.

    105946 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2019

  63. Who will finish first?

    105272 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  64. Our saviour

    105077 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2019

  65. The syllables in “on your mark, get set, go” are a countdown

    104997 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2019

  66. 7 years ago I wanted the cheapest cat ever. All of them were too expensive as a college student. But they said they were giving away cats with FIV for $10. This 12 year old bastard is the best $10 I’ve ever spent. And he’s a magnificent prick. I present to you, Hank.

    104519 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2019

  67. I'm a truck driver. I 80 is shut down right now and there is a little arcade inside the truck stop. A new competetive scene has emerged.

    104506 upvotes • comment • feb 24, 2019

  68. Not passed by someone else's misfortune. Well done!

    104285 upvotes • comment • feb 23, 2019

  69. I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything.

    104215 upvotes • comment • feb 25, 2019

  70. So Activision has secretly added Loot Boxes to BO4. It is now a $60 game, with a $50 season pass, that also has a battle pass you can buy tiers on, direct purchases in game, and now supply drops. Seriously, stop buying Activision’s Games people.

    104067 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2019

  71. A beard makes a big difference.

    103812 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2019

  72. Will you be my Valentine?

    103778 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2019

  73. Did you know... That on this day in Black History, Tyrone "Fuck the Klan" Johnson was the 1st black man to have his picture taken while beating the breaks off a Kkk member.

    103759 upvotes • comment • feb 05, 2019

  74. The amazing recovery of Medal of Honor recipient William Kyle Carpenter. He jumped on a grenade to shield a fellow Marine and ended up saving his life.

    103578 upvotes • comment • feb 12, 2019

  75. Because we can't let Verizon look bad

    103128 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2019

  76. Canadian school board issues 6000 suspension notices over lack of vaccination records, forcing students to vaccinate

    102877 upvotes • comment • feb 27, 2019

  77. It would be cool if after you died you could see the top 5 times you almost died.

    102795 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2019

  78. Good Networking Advice

    102450 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  79. Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

    102243 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2019

  80. Rain shower

    102159 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2019

  81. YouTube channel that uploads piano tutorials has been demonetized for "repetitious content"

    102143 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2019

  82. This guy followed my wife and son home from the park. he had a chip and we found the owner lived 25 miles away from us. We returned him and the next day we received a call from the owner asking us if we wanted to keep him. Reddit meet Boomer. :)

    102036 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2019

  83. The cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine finding out the show Is coming back for Season 7

    101794 upvotes • comment • feb 28, 2019

  84. Here he comes

    101598 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  85. I’m trying to find a guy who lost all his switch games on the NYC subway. Can you help?

    101362 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2019

  86. Frozen cat revived after being found in Montana snow bank

    101226 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  87. Cone in a whirlpool

    101070 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2019

  88. Here’s hoping he yeets for many years to come.

    100951 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2019

  89. My neighbors are moving their entire house back 200ft.

    100474 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2019

  90. Chess counts, right?

    100388 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2019

  91. I was taking a nap outside and i just woke up to a stray cat sleeping on my stomach, it’s still sleeping

    100374 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  92. TIL that a Polish environmental charity put a SIM card in a GPS tracker to follow the migratory pattern of a white stork. They lost track of the stork and later received a phone bill for $2,700; someone in Sudan had taken the SIM from the tracker and made over 20 hours of calls.

    100260 upvotes • comment • feb 19, 2019

  93. I gave the local homeless musician, who was borrowing guitars to busk on the street, my old first acoustic guitar after upgrading. He's so happy now that he can play whenever he wants, and i honestly hope i made a difference in my community.

    100252 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2019

  94. Police engage in a shootout with a local youth gang

    100088 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2019

  95. Being a medic in any multiplayer

    99903 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  96. TIL that the Chernobyl disaster could have been 10x worse and could have affected most of Europe if three volunteer divers didn't drain a pool to prevent a second explosion.

    99827 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  97. Bulbasaur as he appears in the upcoming live action Pokemon movie.

    99417 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2019

  98. Yep I'm still wide awake

    99351 upvotes • comment • feb 23, 2019

  99. Biker making this lady’s day

    99314 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2019

  100. While North America freezes, these guys are fighting bushfires in Tasmania, Australia as the mainland bakes at 116f

    99291 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2019