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  1. Service dog training to stop repetitive behaviors

    79222 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2019

  2. This guy who is dancing just to make people smile!

    78927 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2019

  3. TIL about "paired kidney exchange", which allows you to donate your kidney that wasn't a match for your intended recipient (spouse, child, etc.) to a stranger but in turn receive a kidney that is a match for your loved one. Instead of two people going without a transplant, both get a transplant.

    78904 upvotes • comment • sep 15, 2019

  4. Displaying different material used in real time

    78800 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2019

  5. The eye of Hurricane Dorian that has just reached category 5

    78709 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  6. My 3.5 month old piranha

    78616 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019

  7. 4 years ago I had the honor of being a bone marrow donor to my brother who had stage IV cancer for the 4th time. We just celebrated 4 years CANCER FREE!!

    78512 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  8. I synced my calendar with my mum and forgot I have my birth control implant replacement date marked 3 years from now. She saw it and texted me this while I was at work. I’m 20.

    78343 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2019

  9. dumb ass teachers

    78223 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2019

  10. Smooth one bartender

    78212 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019

  11. The loyalty levels are strong.

    78018 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  12. This kids got it

    77882 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2019

  13. What’s going on in Area 51?

    77847 upvotes • comment • sep 20, 2019

  14. Greenland

    77815 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2019

  15. Welcome to League of Legends

    77674 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2019

  16. TIL After Oprah's famous "You get a car" episode, where she gave away 276 cars at a total cost of $7.6 million, many of the recipients sent in complaints to the show as they had all been charged a $6-7k "gift tax".

    77462 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2019

  17. The Area 51 raid is still happening right?

    77302 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2019

  18. Italian firefighter saves small kitten and then cries his heart out ❤️

    77040 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2019

  19. "Hold very still, their vision is based on movement" - bear lessons on encountering senior citizens, probably

    76960 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2019

  20. My first ever class as a teacher is about to begin, all notes on the laptop

    76853 upvotes • comment • sep 24, 2019

  21. Martha "Triple OG" Stewart

    76817 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2019

  22. Watch this child killer die inside when a woman he tried to kill comes to court to ask him how his nose is doing. (She broke his nose during the attack and he can't stand that she is in control now)

    76803 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2019

  23. Jack is deaf. Jack also likes to scream. Be glad you cannot hear photographs.

    76799 upvotes • comment • sep 04, 2019

  24. Theories as to why we have not yet made alien contact

    76747 upvotes • comment • sep 02, 2019

  25. Richie is good at what he does.

    76718 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2019

  26. This is why Reddit is better

    76701 upvotes • comment • sep 02, 2019

  27. MAINTENANCE HAS BEGUN! 25K UPVOTES AND WE WILL GIVE AWAY 25 DIGITAL DELUXE EDITIONS OF SHADOWKEEP!

    76673 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2019

  28. Choosing beggars are expecting more from free movie showings

    76624 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  29. Our company now has 900 of these pens

    76358 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2019

  30. Video showing hundreds of shackled, blindfolded prisoners in China is 'genuine'

    76273 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019

  31. Embarrassment.

    76247 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019

  32. Sony, Marvel Make Up: Companies Will Produce Third ‘Spider-Man’ Film

    76211 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2019

  33. I think more than one drink was needed after that text

    76199 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2019

  34. Thanks Reddit, never thought I’d actually run across a card skimmer

    76199 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2019

  35. What are some declassified government documents that are surprisingly terrifying?

    76178 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  36. Exactly bro

    76091 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2019

  37. German police officer shaming people for filming a fatal accident site. What a cool approach.

    75870 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2019

  38. Egyptology.

    75792 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  39. ᴮᵃᶰᵍ

    75722 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2019

  40. What do you WANT??!

    75708 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2019

  41. Kinesin, a motor protein, "walks" different proteins from one place to another

    75622 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2019

  42. Trucker driving a truck illegal for residential streets in NYC creates chaos and destruction in Queens

    75517 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2019

  43. Mickey beats his meat.

    75178 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2019

  44. Something I made for all those dogs waiting for their owners to come back

    74996 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2019

  45. This texture pack was supposed to be a joke - should I keep going?

    74910 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2019

  46. 9/21/2019

    74880 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019

  47. TIL George Clooney once gave 14 of his closest friends each $1M in cash, and even paid the taxes on it for them - with one condition: they all had to take it or none of them got it.

    74858 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2019

  48. Wow! Super at lush for jammies!

    74716 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2019

  49. We are rooting for you!

    74559 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  50. Donald Trump Suggests Whoever Passed On Ukraine Call Information Should Be Executed. "Because that’s close to a spy."

    74551 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2019

  51. 🔥 Intense hailstorm in Canada

    74529 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2019

  52. TIL shortly after returning from the moon Buzz Aldrin began to suffer from alcoholism and depression. "I wanted to resume my duties, but there were no duties to resume. There was no goal, no sense of calling, no project worth pouring myself into."

    74469 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2019

  53. Bernie Sanders became the first presidential candidate to call for a total ban on the use of facial recognition software for policing, and a moratorium on the use of algorithmic risk assessment tools that aim to predict which criminals will reoffend.

    74241 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2019

  54. At the airport tonight and after sitting began to hear the soft sound of reading aloud (with voices!). This man is reading the Lord of the Rings to his children and it reminded me of my mom. I hope to be that kind of parent someday.

    74114 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2019

  55. We need more kids like this.

    74066 upvotes • comment • sep 14, 2019

  56. I would like some please.

    74063 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2019

  57. Been asked to share my 67lb cabbage with you guys. Hope you enjoy :)

    74008 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2019

  58. Cashiers in US are not allowed to sit because it is 'impolite' but no one knows who finds it impolite except the hypothetical 'some people'.

    73966 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2019

  59. Here in Italy bars are starting to use pasta as straws to reduce plastic use. Our technology amazes the world another time.

    73957 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2019

  60. I’m trying to see something 🤔

    73914 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2019

  61. TIL when Beethoven first performed his Ninth Symphony, as he couldn’t hear the rapturous applause it received due to his deafness, one of his singers approached him and turned him around so that he could see the standing ovation he was receiving.

    73844 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2019

  62. Fuck You Greta

    73762 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2019

  63. Iranian president asserts 'wherever America has gone, terrorism has expanded'

    73574 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2019

  64. Judge Orders Release of Records That Might Tie Saudi Royals to 9/11: Federal judge’s ruling raises hopes that we may better understand any possible ties between Saudi Arabia’s ruling family and the 9/11 hijackers - the vast majority of whom were Saudi citizens.

    73505 upvotes • comment • sep 11, 2019

  65. TIL that Saturns’ rings are, cosmically speaking, a very brief event. We are about halfway through their 200 million year lifespan and are very lucky as a species to be alive to witness them. “Some velociraptor with a telescope looking at Saturn would not have seen rings.”

    73347 upvotes • comment • sep 02, 2019

  66. WCGW If I don't pay attention

    73322 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2019

  67. TIL that the first anti-hacking law was passed after President Reagan saw the movie War Games and asked his staff if this could happen. A week later the response was “Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.”

    73198 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2019

  68. I go to UVA and I'm in the library and I just saw this

    73087 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2019

  69. Libertarians irl

    72984 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2019

  70. Eat your vegs lil man 😂😂😂

    72896 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2019

  71. In 1964, Ringo Starr snapped a photo of some high school students who skipped class to see the Beatles during their first trip to the US. The group had no idea the photo existed until Ringo published his book of photos. Nearly 50 years later, the group reunited and recreated the photo.

    72866 upvotes • comment • sep 02, 2019

  72. Explain this to a kid

    72673 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019

  73. Don’t text and drive

    72633 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2019

  74. How to tie a proper knot

    72554 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2019

  75. This is John. John completed some work. John didn't get paid for the work. John is standing up for himself.

    72547 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2019

  76. 200 years ago, people would never have guessed that humans in the future would communicate by silently tapping on glass

    72513 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2019

  77. Boris Johnson loses majority as Tory MP Phillip Lee crosses floor to join Lib Dems

    72406 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2019

  78. John Cena's grandma

    72392 upvotes • comment • sep 15, 2019

  79. Flawless Robotic dancing

    72189 upvotes • comment • sep 25, 2019

  80. How wholesome...

    72109 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2019

  81. Can we all agree having to pay for a human necessity is a major Asshole Design?

    71805 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2019

  82. The UK ambassador forced to resign after he called Trump 'inept' and 'incompetent' is being made a Lord

    71785 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2019

  83. This refund my coworker had to process today

    71686 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2019

  84. This is Jax with his human. Jax is an akita, but due to a condition he was given a very special "mask."

    71678 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2019

  85. This purple roly poly I found today

    71550 upvotes • comment • sep 26, 2019

  86. When the ocean gives back

    71532 upvotes • comment • sep 04, 2019

  87. I can’t even, this is too lovely 😩

    71531 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2019

  88. Opening paragraph from one the best books ever written

    71506 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2019

  89. Freeze-dried dragonfruit is one of the most vibrant natural examples of the color fuchsia

    71469 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2019

  90. Tough as nails

    71440 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2019

  91. As I look into the abyss, the abyss looks into me.

    71369 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2019

  92. Welcome to the wild world of combat juggling.

    71346 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2019

  93. Adulthood is hard

    71332 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2019

  94. "Don't talk to strangers!" - the universal rule

    71205 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2019

  95. My dad meeting my son for the first time yesterday. I’ve never seen my dad so happy. Feels real good, man.

    71155 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2019

  96. Nether update officially confirmed!

    71139 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2019

  97. The US had to extract a top spy from Russia after Trump revealed classified information to the Russians in an Oval Office meeting

    71109 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2019

  98. President Obama fist-bumping climate activist Greta Thunberg

    71104 upvotes • comment • sep 18, 2019

  99. Nothing like mom’s unconditional love

    70964 upvotes • comment • sep 01, 2019

  100. We went to the beach to find shark teeth, so when my daughter yelled "I found teeth!" this was the last thing I was expecting

    70944 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2019