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Petition to end horse racing for this.
118576 upvotes • 1500 comments • jul 09, 2019
Jim Carrey deepfake of The Shining
111222 upvotes • 3115 comments • jul 09, 2019
A massive eruption on the sun just happened a few moments ago and I was able to capture it from my backyard. At least two Earths could fit in that loop. [OC]
110503 upvotes • 2412 comments • jul 09, 2019
Our kid neighbor loves our one-eyed cat, Ace. Checking our cameras, he visits almost every day!
101824 upvotes • 1275 comments • jul 09, 2019
Billie Jean King was the first female athlete to admit to being gay, but only after being outed in a 1981 lawsuit. It hurt her image. Yesterday, after winning the world cup, Kelley O’Hara—who wasn’t previously out—ran to the sideline & kissed her girlfriend. How far we’ve come.
93905 upvotes • 4054 comments • jul 09, 2019
Why I use chopsticks
88745 upvotes • 2367 comments • jul 09, 2019
You try to install one skyrim mod, and...
87622 upvotes • 2212 comments • jul 09, 2019
TIL that Charles Dickens’ novels were hugely popular even among the illiterate poor. They would pool their money to hire a reader, and then gather together to listen to the stories.
74417 upvotes • 1020 comments • jul 09, 2019
2003, a rookie LeBron James traveling with his PS2
67519 upvotes • 1534 comments • jul 09, 2019
TIL In the film Osmosis Jones, Bill Murray's character mentions a "National Chicken Wing Festival" in Buffalo, New York. While the festival did not exist during the filming of the movie, this mention caused organizers to create an annual festival in Buffalo which has been active now for 16 years.
67232 upvotes • 1376 comments • jul 09, 2019