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Reddit (Aug 2019)
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LPT : As a manager, give praise in public and discipline in private.
65600 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2019
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Great guy and his taxi driver
65558 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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Dayum bro!
65515 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019
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The Amazon is burning at alarming rate, and smoke covered São Paulo
65466 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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The start of American Civil War ,1861
65423 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2019
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Hong Kong protesters call for 'Mulan' boycott after star went public in support of police
65401 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
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TIL that Nicolas Cage once outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for a 70 million year old dinosaur skull paying $276,000 for it. After later finding out that the skull was stolen he agreed to return it to the Mongolian authorities.
65310 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2019
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If you love something, set it free..
65293 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2019
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LPT: To prep for a hurricane, fill every food storage container you have with water and freeze it now. If you lose power, transfer these giant 'ice cubes' to the fridge. They will keep it sufficiently cool to preserve food for days and provide a drinkable water source as the ice melts.
65249 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2019
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After over 6 months of working with the data, here is my final composite of January's lunar eclipse in a 100 megapixel image. Zoom in to see the details. [OC]
65228 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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Every single one of you matter....
65201 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2019
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Just in the case that anyone missed this iconic display of idiocy.
65182 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2019
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The surface of Venus, taken by Russia’s Venera 13 spacecraft. It lasted 127 minutes before succumbing to the Planet’s extremely harsh atmosphere.
65150 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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To punish a child
65142 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019
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I don't feel so good, Mr Stark
65141 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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Fire Ants are wild
65061 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2019
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The fog lifting and changing the view from my house between 8am and 10am
64879 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2019
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Blowing a line on a city bus
64873 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2019
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Military parade gone wrong
64836 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guards calling for an ambulance (2019)
64826 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2019
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I’m so happy for them
64811 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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TIL- Bees don't buzz during an eclipse - Using tiny microphones suspended among flowers, researchers recorded the buzzing of bees during the 2017 North American eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up to the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison.
64756 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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Stolen dog freak out recognizing his owner after 2 years
64726 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
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CrAfT BeEr CoUpLe
64682 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2019
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Guy confusing people with towels
64652 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
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Safety Standards, 1960s
64619 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2019
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This hit me right in the feels
64616 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
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They grow up so fast
64571 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
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This is Osha, the cat I found on a construction site. His hobbies include boxes and not letting us sleep.
64536 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2019
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Preach
64506 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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He’s worth it!
64499 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
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What can those who don’t live in Hong Kong do to support the protesters fighting for freedom?
64486 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019
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American troops advancing into Normandy, 1944
64478 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2019
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The standards for this reality are too low
64366 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2019
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He grew up so fast
64228 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
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TIL that immediately after the end of slavery was declared in America, there was a surge in Wanted Ads placed in newspapers across the country. African-Americans used them to search for family members sold or escaped, sometimes decades earlier.
64204 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2019
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Grandparents make us feel like badasses.
64199 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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2meirl4meirl
64167 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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Uruguay issues travel warning for the U.S. after mass shootings, citing "indiscriminate violence" and a rise in hate crimes
64140 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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R. Kelly Charged With Underage Prostitution in Minnesota
64133 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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If at first you don't succeed...
64078 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2019
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Now Earning 278 Times More Than Average Worker, New Study Shows CEO Pay Has Grown More Than 1,000% Since 1978: "Corporate greed is eviscerating the working class" - consumer advocacy watchdog Public Citizen
64059 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019
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picking and choosing which parts of the Bible to follow
64034 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2019
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Birds occupied the sky in Rome
63948 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019
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Lions fight while eating a water buffalo, then it casually walks off
63940 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2019
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Gay Dads adopt all 6 siblings who have spent half a decade in foster care
63923 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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Ex-Skinhead Gets His Racist Tattoos Removed After Becoming A Dad
63918 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2019
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Cursed Forest
63842 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2019
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SMH what are we doing
63753 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2019
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My best friend handmade a skunk costume for my kid’s first Halloween
63739 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019
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Dave Chappelle Puts On Massive Block Party In Dayton in Honor of Mass Shooting victims. 20k in attendance. Entertainers seen at the event include Kanye West, Chris Rock, Chance the Rapper, Talib Kweli, Jon Stewart and Michael Che
63659 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2019
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The media gives way too much air time to climate change deniers who don't know what they're talking about, study finds. This imbalance has created an unrealistic picture of climate change, hindering efforts to raise awareness of the problems the planet faces.
63657 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
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The little man in the brick
63632 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019
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I recently became a dad and put my "uniform" on while still at the hospital. I've been planning this for a while.
63488 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2019
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Dammit these games are making me a deranged psychopath.
63483 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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Head out reeaaal quick
63433 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2019
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me irl
63427 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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Couple proposes to each other at the same time
63425 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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High turnover, understaffing, low pay: US nurses fight to unionize
63418 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019
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Make your friends feel special :)
63405 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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Feminists in Mexico protesting after 4 policemen raped a 17 y.o. girl
63291 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2019
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Poor mother has to imagine her daughter now
63255 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2019
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Parents of Reddit, what is the best "weird flex but ok" moment you've seen from your child?
63159 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2019
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A rare glimpse of a history meme in the wild
63131 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2019
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I keel u big man!!!
63113 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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Curve of the year
63109 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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Usage Share of Internet Browsers 1996 - 2019 [OC]
63091 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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In movies when our planet is in great danger, all world leaders gather together and do whatever they can to save it. In real life, they don't don't do anything.
63090 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019
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The FTC Should Fine Itself for False Advertising for Promising You $125 From Equifax - Consumer groups say the FTC engaged in the same false and deceptive behavior it’s supposed to police.
63053 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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Supermarket thugs back again, annoying chav who knows no road rules crashes into Mercedes, blames driver and his Chavy mates vandalise his car.
63044 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
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Anemone fleeing from a starfish
63019 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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This 60-year-old edgelord
62972 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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Thats scary
62925 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
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Gang gang 😇
62919 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
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Surprising daughter with a kitten.
62891 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019
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TIL In the 1960s, the CEO of Ampex wanted his employees to take LSD to improve their creativity. The board of directors said no, and then had to fire him after they discovered he'd snuck off anyway on a mountain hike with seven or eight engineers and given them LSD.
62823 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2019
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TIL After an internet vote for a new middle name, Macaulay Culkin legally changed his name to Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.
62799 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019
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“They never came back...”
62774 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2019
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Colorized footage of the last known Tasmanian tiger, taken in 1933.
62763 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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Spotted a spider on a traffic light the other day and decided to snap this cool pic
62642 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2019
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"Hi there, I'm a red flag. Date me."
62612 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2019
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My sister and brother in law gave my wife and I a date night wallet filled with gift cards for local dates. Best wedding gift to give if you can!
62610 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
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What 2000s song will always be a banger?
62463 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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To Protect And Swerve!
62418 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
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TIFU by genuinely forgetting I had a joint in my pocket and trying to board a plane in Amsterdam and getting caught.
62386 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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My great grandfather - 1911
62349 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
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Bernie Sanders calls for a ban on police use of facial recognition
62347 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2019
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1-800-273-8255
62339 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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Going hiking
62309 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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"Why yes, it is I."
62295 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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If Israel Wants to Ban Members of Congress, It Should Not Receive Billions in US Military Aid - Bernie Sanders
62275 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
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Be the America Hong Kong thinks we are.
62205 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
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Visual change due to Vietnam in my dad. 1968-1972
62178 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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Come get your legendary loot at Burger Royale! [OC]
62172 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
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Take several seats
62133 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019
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When smart kids share random facts, adults tell them how smart and interesting they are, when smart adults share random facts, people tell them they’re annoying and weird.
62055 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
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Just two days after Trump called himself an "environmentalist," his administration announced a rollback of methane gas emissions regulations so large that even oil companies are objecting to the change.
62001 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2019
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This just in: White robots are racist
61976 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
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DHL delivery guy hides delivery behind the pillar, and then on noticing the other package he decides to hide that too.
61964 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
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About one-fifth of the Amazon has been cut and burned in Brazil. Scientists warn that losing another fifth will trigger the feedback loop known as dieback, in which the forest begins to dry out and burn in a cascading system collapse, beyond the reach of any subsequent human intervention or regret.
61868 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2019