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Reddit (Jul 2019)
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TIL at age 11 Hugh Jackman decided against dance lessons because his older brother told him "dancing is for sissy's." Years later his brother apologized and encouraged him to follow his passion. Hugh signed up for lessons the following day and went on to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
49069 upvotes • comment • jul 06, 2019
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Frank was scared of jumping from high places so...
49049 upvotes • comment • jul 28, 2019
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We adopted our daughter from foster care 8 months ago, she hasn't said "I love you" back to me yet...she gave me this when I got home from work today.
49047 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2019
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Teen Driver Couldn't See Through Cloud of Pot Smoke, Rammed Police Car
49010 upvotes • comment • jul 11, 2019
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Mr. Rogers brought a special needs child on his show and showed the world how to treat them with kindness.
48901 upvotes • comment • jul 23, 2019
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Syrian refugee cooks food on the street to give to the homeless in Germany.
48893 upvotes • comment • jul 27, 2019
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Avengers got it all wrong
48878 upvotes • comment • jul 15, 2019
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I feel like it’s my duty to notify all the strangers my cat befriended at my apartment complex
48865 upvotes • comment • jul 01, 2019
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The Okanagan, British Columbia
48861 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2019
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A tasty piece of Salmon from this Salmon ATM in Singapore.
48856 upvotes • comment • jul 19, 2019
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Corgi falling asleep on the train
48846 upvotes • comment • jul 08, 2019
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TIL Gay men incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps during World War II were forced back into prison even after the Allied forces won that conflict.
48837 upvotes • comment • jul 07, 2019
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A giant mechanized minotaur walking around Toulouse.
48792 upvotes • comment • jul 29, 2019
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3 miscarriages, 3 years later. We finally get to meet the angel we've been longing for.
48771 upvotes • comment • jul 16, 2019
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Tesla parks on someone’s lawn, steals electricity.
48771 upvotes • comment • jul 26, 2019
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Puerto Ricans are US citizens. They can’t be deported from the United States.
48716 upvotes • comment • jul 14, 2019
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#MoscowMitchMcTreason trends after McConnell defends blocking election security bills
48710 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2019
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[OC] Purpose in life
48697 upvotes • comment • jul 02, 2019
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Shocked meow meow
48660 upvotes • comment • jul 19, 2019
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A chrome Maserati
48641 upvotes • comment • jul 27, 2019
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I couldn’t find my horse for hours. Went into a cave and saw this
48625 upvotes • comment • jul 28, 2019
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This sign from Thailand
48623 upvotes • comment • jul 02, 2019
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Rammstein's guitarists kiss onstage during Russia performance to protest anti-LGBTQ laws
48621 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2019
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Germany introducing mandatory measles vaccination for kids
48602 upvotes • comment • jul 17, 2019
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Netflix could lose almost a quarter of its subscribers if it started running ads, study shows
48592 upvotes • comment • jul 05, 2019
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IF 👏 YOU 👏 AREN’T 👏 PREPARED 👏 TO 👏 BE 👏 A 👏 DECENT 👏 PARENT 👏 THEN 👏 DON’T 👏 FUCKING 👏 HAVE 👏 KIDS
48563 upvotes • comment • jul 28, 2019
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Justin Bieber: I appreciate Trump helping A$AP Rocky, but 'can you also let those kids out of cages?'
48558 upvotes • comment • jul 20, 2019
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More than two thirds of UK millennials believe their generation will be 'worse off' than their parents’ - Almost two thirds (62 per cent) of the 1,030 16-24-year-olds polled by YouGov felt the Government cared more about older generations than their own.
48538 upvotes • comment • jul 08, 2019
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Anon is a boomer
48523 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2019
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TIL about Ralph Lazo, the only known non-spouse, non-Japanese American who voluntarily relocated to an internment camp. When Lazo learned that his Japanese American friends and neighbors were being forcibly removed, he was so outraged that he joined friends on a train that took hundreds to Manzanar.
48481 upvotes • comment • jul 18, 2019
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Teens brags about destroying ruins
48447 upvotes • comment • jul 13, 2019
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What's a problem of yours that would be solved if someone just gave you $5000?
48425 upvotes • comment • jul 26, 2019
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The pyramids as seen from the center of Cairo
48359 upvotes • comment • jul 16, 2019
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New dishwasher has a third rack for large cooking utensils
48339 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2019
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Forgot slept too much
48332 upvotes • comment • jul 27, 2019
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Mueller testimony: Trump ordered former White House counsel Don McGahn to lie, special counsel confirms
48326 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2019
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Polish streamer almost runs over pedestrians - twice!
48308 upvotes • comment • jul 13, 2019
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Necessary information before an answer
48220 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2019
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The first sign of the apocalypse
48214 upvotes • comment • jul 17, 2019
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me irl
48199 upvotes • comment • jul 19, 2019
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Such a powerful quote
48186 upvotes • comment • jul 26, 2019
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A praying mantis trapped in amber, approximately 12 million years old
48168 upvotes • comment • jul 02, 2019
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Lady calls the cops to stop a water fight. This was their (the water fighters) response
48163 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2019
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And that’s a fact.
48150 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2019
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I recently bought a small farm house that needs a lot of work. This deck was the first big construction project, built with the help of my brothers, and I'm really proud of it. It's amazing what one week of hard work can accomplish!
48149 upvotes • comment • jul 26, 2019
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In the distant future when all of the World's languages are condensed into a single universal common language, 'Fuck' is totally going to make the cut.
48131 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2019
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Manslaughter Charge Dropped Against Alabama Woman Who Was Shot While Pregnant
48098 upvotes • comment • jul 03, 2019
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My new official campaign shirt! Let's see if the rest of the group can handle it 😸
48096 upvotes • comment • jul 29, 2019
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds To Republicans Calling Her ‘Just A Waitress’ After Ivanka Tweet: ‘What Is So Appalling To GOP About Having An Honest Job?’
48070 upvotes • comment • jul 01, 2019
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TIL that the US has refused to continue funding the nuclear claims tribunal set up to compensate islanders that suffered radiation-related diseases from testing. So far it's paid less than $4 million of a $2.2 billion damage judgement. More than half of the affected islanders have died since.
48019 upvotes • comment • jul 18, 2019
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Fellow Kids Style "Cool" Youth Pastor Who Creeped Out Multiple Teenage Girls Starter Pack
48006 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2019
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My copy of Fahrenheit 451 was one of the only books that survived the house fire today
47995 upvotes • comment • jul 21, 2019
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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigns
47972 upvotes • comment • jul 12, 2019
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Immigrant child celebrating Independence Day from his cage (July 4, 2019).
47966 upvotes • comment • jul 04, 2019
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No one probably cares but I can't contain my excitement!! I'm going to college at 16 years old!
47962 upvotes • comment • jul 19, 2019
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I'm with the metric system on this one
47944 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2019
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Palpatine has reached his full potential
47907 upvotes • comment • jul 23, 2019
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Big cats reaction to ice
47866 upvotes • comment • jul 09, 2019
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This extremely hard test
47836 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2019
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Human body ‘close to thermal limits’ due to extreme heatwaves caused by climate change, scientist says | Recordbreaking heat has swept through Europe this week with temperatures topping 40C - in places such as South Asia & the Persian Gulf, people are already enduring temperatures reaching up to 54C
47797 upvotes • comment • jul 28, 2019
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Trump said some Democrat congresswomen from countries “whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe” should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came”.
47790 upvotes • comment • jul 14, 2019
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Just follow the law
47774 upvotes • comment • jul 21, 2019
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Me and my 19 year old that I've had since the day he was born.
47765 upvotes • comment • jul 05, 2019
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Done in a easy way
47755 upvotes • comment • jul 25, 2019
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In an alternate universe...
47734 upvotes • comment • jul 05, 2019
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Maggie is now a certified therapy dog!
47726 upvotes • comment • jul 12, 2019
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I need an AR15 in case I need to hijack a plane
47726 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2019
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Not everyone on tinder is a dick apparently
47723 upvotes • comment • jul 08, 2019
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What folklore creature do you think really exists?
47685 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2019
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TIL Sir Alec Guiness HATED his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: "Apart from the money, I regret having embarked on the film," calling the dialog "lamentable." An autograph seeker told him he'd seen the movie over 100 times; he gave him an autograph on the condition he never see the movie again.
47678 upvotes • comment • jul 23, 2019
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Why Britain. Why
47650 upvotes • comment • jul 19, 2019
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You should stop focusing on me and look to your righ...
47625 upvotes • comment • jul 09, 2019
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Fawn trusts a baby
47593 upvotes • comment • jul 27, 2019
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Lazy lion lets gravity do the work for her.
47593 upvotes • comment • jul 10, 2019
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Damn
47581 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2019
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Dog reenacting poses from pictures.
47576 upvotes • comment • jul 11, 2019
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Wonder if he bought it
47569 upvotes • comment • jul 25, 2019
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The new Prime Minister of the UK.
47559 upvotes • comment • jul 23, 2019
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My tortoise going on his daily prowl
47551 upvotes • comment • jul 02, 2019
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Teenager Accused of Rape Deserves Leniency Because He’s From a ‘Good Family,’ Judge Says
47547 upvotes • comment • jul 03, 2019
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Just filthy and nasty
47546 upvotes • comment • jul 25, 2019
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Dog eating pieces of sliced carrot like a champ.
47530 upvotes • comment • jul 08, 2019
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WCGW if I let my son shoot some fireworks
47504 upvotes • comment • jul 09, 2019
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Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft
47503 upvotes • comment • jul 25, 2019
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Sand sculpture I was lucky to see on my morning walk
47499 upvotes • comment • jul 23, 2019
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Fighting an ant infestation in my kitchen the last couple days. Didn't think to check my cereal box. Realized the small brown things are ants 6-8 bites in.
47472 upvotes • comment • jul 18, 2019
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"You saw nothing." - Sheep
47456 upvotes • comment • jul 27, 2019
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Kids being kids
47391 upvotes • comment • jul 31, 2019
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The FBI Somehow Lost Its Files About White Supremacist Forum Stormfront: The feds can’t find some of its own investigative records about the hateful neo-Nazi haven.
47388 upvotes • comment • jul 03, 2019
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Wholesome 100
47369 upvotes • comment • jul 20, 2019
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Who wanna join?
47353 upvotes • comment • jul 12, 2019
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This is too sad 😔
47349 upvotes • comment • jul 12, 2019
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The Universal Truth
47347 upvotes • comment • jul 04, 2019
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My parents invited guests over and said that there was a kid my age. He was 6. I'm 17.
47330 upvotes • comment • jul 13, 2019
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What are some NOT fun facts?
47319 upvotes • comment • jul 20, 2019
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Satisfaction 100!
47319 upvotes • comment • jul 16, 2019
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'Straight Pride Parade' organizers say they received suspicious envelopes in the mail. They were full of glitter
47314 upvotes • comment • jul 02, 2019
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Wasps head got crushed in between the garage door panels when I closed it
47310 upvotes • comment • jul 27, 2019
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The beach near my house after the tourist left
47307 upvotes • comment • jul 29, 2019
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Asshole school system charging kids for lunch and then blaming parents
47264 upvotes • comment • jul 20, 2019