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  1. I'm going to play a nice relaxing game today, Also me

    94797 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2019

  2. TIL that when Michael Jackson granted Weird Al Yankovic permission to do "Fat" (a parody of "Bad"), Jackson allowed him to use the same set built for his own "Badder" video from the Moonwalker film. Yankovic said that Jackson's support helped to gain approval from other artists he wanted to parody.

    94784 upvotes • comment • feb 26, 2019

  3. Save Yo Extra $10

    94744 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2019

  4. I bought my grandad a HUGE tub of his favourite chocolates and he emailed me this photo to tell me that he had finally finished them.

    94739 upvotes • comment • mar 20, 2019

  5. Reminder that this monstrosity of a tweet still exists

    94732 upvotes • comment • nov 10, 2019

  6. Reddit ruled today, so I arted it.

    94716 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019

  7. Penguins on an iceberg that's been flipped upside down, known as a blue iceberg.

    94688 upvotes • comment • nov 17, 2019

  8. Our solar system in 2018, a composition from pictures i was able to take from my backyard

    94651 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2019

  9. Good guy delivery man rethinks placement and hides package

    94627 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2019

  10. there was an attempt to prove the earth is flat

    94625 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2019

  11. Seemed like a 5 star man

    94592 upvotes • comment • mar 23, 2019

  12. This McDonalds menu

    94584 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2019

  13. TIL that farmers in USA are hacking their John Deere tractors with Ukrainian firmware, which seems to be the only way to actually *own* the machines and their software, rather than rent them for lifetime from John Deere.

    94571 upvotes • comment • may 03, 2019

  14. My alcohol looks like cleaner, and my cleaner looks like alcohol

    94565 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2019

  15. Postize just got annihilated

    94555 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2019

  16. I paint everyday for roughly 8 hours, because I am so god damn determined to make a career out of it. Here’s my latest. “Inevitable” oil on canvas

    94531 upvotes • comment • mar 20, 2019

  17. He attached a pulley system to the door that makes it automatically close

    94518 upvotes • comment • mar 28, 2019

  18. Spotify brought a glock to a pencil fight

    94505 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2019

  19. Picture of Kwame Ajamu being told he is a free man by a judge, after being falsely imprisoned for 27 years.

    94502 upvotes • comment • jun 03, 2019

  20. It's no Superbowl, but they played this at the Dallas Stars hockey game

    94486 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2019

  21. My wife and I forgot to close the garage last night. I think it became the meeting place for a secret cat gang.

    94432 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019

  22. This guy photoshops smiles onto Eminem

    94432 upvotes • comment • feb 15, 2019

  23. Facts

    94431 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2019

  24. Don’t be afraid of Master Chief

    94421 upvotes • comment • mar 17, 2019

  25. Ships owned by cruise giant - Carnival Corporation - emit 10 times more air pollution than all of Europe’s cars

    94405 upvotes • comment • jun 18, 2019

  26. One step closer to building a real life Ironman

    94397 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2019

  27. The Needle Galaxy is nearly 50 million light-years away. I used 11 hours of exposure time to capture it from my backyard.

    94363 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2019

  28. It‘s ironic that people on the internet will go to great lengths to find a 10 year old tweet from somebody to ruin their life, but can‘t be bothered to do some quick fact checking about a subject that is talked about.

    94362 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2019

  29. Went to the pole for an EPIC insult

    94315 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2019

  30. I like to put hats on my grandparents dog, and she likes to wear them

    94285 upvotes • comment • jun 17, 2019

  31. This is happening right now. Puerto Rico marching in protest against the governor of the island and years of corruption.

    94260 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2019

  32. The watermark face on this counterfeit US $50 bill

    94233 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2019

  33. We don't deserve doggos.

    94233 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2019

  34. Doggo's polite and subtle implication that he is interested in going for a walk

    94218 upvotes • comment • jun 17, 2019

  35. WW2 101st airborne brothers reunited

    94217 upvotes • comment • mar 10, 2019

  36. Sgt surprises his son after a year long deployment

    94209 upvotes • comment • mar 20, 2019

  37. Look at what Chinese militants did to protesting Buddhists. We will not be censored.

    94141 upvotes • comment • feb 08, 2019

  38. TIL that during the filming of the Sound of Music, the city of Salzburg refused to allow Nazi flags to be hung off buildings for filming. The director threatened to instead use real newsreel footage of the city enthusiastically greeting Hitler. The city quickly backpedalled and allowed the shot.

    94133 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2019

  39. TIL that after studios refused, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was instead financed by the rock stars Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Jethro Tull and Elton John who all saw it as simply 'a good tax write-off".

    94128 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2019

  40. Running from the cops is the ultimate double or nothing.

    94113 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2019

  41. I took a photo of my friend.

    94112 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2019

  42. Realistic Storm generated from Unreal Engine 4

    94093 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2019

  43. TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.

    94073 upvotes • comment • sep 24, 2019

  44. A movement we can all get behind.

    94071 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019

  45. Not 100% sure this belongs here

    94010 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2019

  46. Hong Kong protesters - “We are Fighting for the Future of Our Home”

    94010 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2019

  47. My wife and her friends are having a LAN party to play Stardew Valley.

    93988 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2019

  48. "Nobody Died at Sandy Hook" author must pay victim's dad $450,000, jury says

    93973 upvotes • comment • oct 16, 2019

  49. Cyberpunk 2077 — Official E3 2019 Cinematic Trailer

    93950 upvotes • comment • jun 09, 2019

  50. Built an Arcade in my backyard. Spent 15 years trading up and collecting and 3 years building this. With the help of great friends and a little bit of hiring out I made it happen. I call it Level Up

    93947 upvotes • comment • dec 04, 2019

  51. Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Wears 'Star Trek' Uniform in Space

    93910 upvotes • comment • oct 20, 2019

  52. 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 • comment • jul 09, 2019

  53. I have a very particular set of skills. I just never thought that they'd be useful.

    93898 upvotes • comment • sep 13, 2019

  54. US Senator to introduce bill to ban loot boxes and pay to win microtransaction

    93888 upvotes • comment • may 08, 2019

  55. Just a quick bump

    93876 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2019

  56. 136-year-old Levi's jeans found in a goldmine looks just like a pair from today

    93872 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2019

  57. I got my new prosthesis today. It uses vacuum suction to keep the socket on my leg and the new prosthetic foot is split down the middle to help accommodate uneven grounds. Super badass!

    93714 upvotes • comment • jul 03, 2019

  58. Sucks for deaf people... or weabs

    93708 upvotes • comment • nov 04, 2019

  59. Buying drinks alone

    93693 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2019

  60. Saw that the #trashtag challenge seemed to be dying down... so I decided to take things into my own hands

    93656 upvotes • comment • mar 18, 2019

  61. After spending more money than we can really afford on a gaming computer, my wife is playing Minecraft in windowed mode.

    93635 upvotes • comment • dec 01, 2019

  62. Little girl's hero

    93599 upvotes • comment • jul 07, 2019

  63. This Sprite can I found in the ceiling of an old mall.

    93585 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  64. My friends do a Tencious D cover band, look who crashed their show.

    93582 upvotes • comment • oct 21, 2019

  65. I think it's time at start calling it as it is. The Hong Kong cops aren't police, they're a glorified fucking gang with a huge budget.

    93564 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2019

  66. Just another reminder that people like to be treated like adults and ghosting isn’t cool

    93512 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2019

  67. The good ol’ days of looney tunes

    93495 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2019

  68. Here are you free coins

    93452 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2019

  69. Kevin Harts halloween costume cracks me up

    93451 upvotes • comment • oct 31, 2019

  70. I asked this dapper gentleman for his photograph while out one evening in Cannes, FR. He was confused and said, "But I am no one!" I must disagree. He is, don't you think?

    93446 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2019

  71. ‘Untold human suffering’: 11,000 scientists from across world unite to declare global climate emergency. ‘Despite 40 years of major global negotiations, we conduct business as usual and have failed to address this crisis,’ group says.

    93436 upvotes • comment • nov 05, 2019

  72. Yoof

    93430 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2019

  73. From earlier today.

    93401 upvotes • comment • may 17, 2019

  74. My brother made a video making fun of our hometown and somehow made it to the front page of the local paper

    93399 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2019

  75. My kid was so adamant I put in the lunchables code. Never expected this.

    93268 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2019

  76. My brother recently bought an acerage that has a bit of a rat problem. His other two dogs chased off any cats they tried to adopt. So he did the most logical thing and adopted a rat terrier. Bella is doing a great job so far!

    93254 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2019

  77. The Avengers 1978 has aged really well

    93241 upvotes • comment • sep 24, 2019

  78. Proof that Disney is running out of ideas

    93237 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2019

  79. The homies need love too

    93220 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2019

  80. This is what kindness looks like - my wife and I are in rough shape thanks to the government shutdown, but after mentioning it in a comment thread this happened. So thank you, anonymous Redditors. You’ve given us fewer things to be worried about! (Story in comments)

    93218 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2019

  81. Sixth attempt to post this, hope it works.

    93186 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2019

  82. Scientists replaced 40 percent of cement with rice husk cinder, limestone crushing waste, and silica sand, giving concrete a rubber-like quality, six to nine times more crack-resistant than regular concrete. It self-seals, replaces cement with plentiful waste products, and should be cheaper to use.

    93177 upvotes • comment • nov 03, 2019

  83. The uncropped "Tank Man" photograph from Tiananmen Square. June 4th 1989. NEVER FORGET.

    93157 upvotes • comment • jun 02, 2019

  84. Staff at an assisted living facility made a slip and slide for their residents.

    93156 upvotes • comment • jun 23, 2019

  85. Increase the pay or lower the requirements

    93147 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2019

  86. Pet the kitty

    93139 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2019

  87. The planet is not an ashtray #trashtag

    93099 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019

  88. Expectations VS Reality

    93061 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2019

  89. The bans on vaping aren’t frustrating because vaping is safe or good. They’re frustrating because they demonstrate swift and decisive action can be taken, but never for the right thing.

    93041 upvotes • comment • sep 24, 2019

  90. For first time ever, US billionaires pay lower tax rate than workers

    93039 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2019

  91. My dad's coffee grinder was acting up... so he took it apart... this is what was inside.

    92988 upvotes • comment • may 30, 2019

  92. You only got 1 second to save the president's daughter

    92934 upvotes • comment • feb 03, 2019

  93. My wife wasn’t conscious to celebrate Thanksgiving in the ICU, but she’s awake in time for her favorite holiday!

    92928 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2019

  94. Night before a day off is more satisfying than the actual day off.

    92897 upvotes • comment • jun 30, 2019

  95. TIL in 2012, a burger king employee anonymously posted an image on 4-chan of him putting his feet in lettuce, with the caption: "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." It took 20 minutes for people to track down the branch the employee worked at and contact the news. He was promptly fired.

    92879 upvotes • comment • dec 16, 2019

  96. Too hot to play fetch outside, so how about a game of lazy fetch inside?

    92845 upvotes • comment • jul 03, 2019

  97. Not sure if this is the right sub for this

    92844 upvotes • comment • dec 29, 2019

  98. Special birthday treat for the best doggo

    92800 upvotes • comment • sep 28, 2019

  99. TIL that Volvo opened up the patent for three-point seatbelt cause "it had more value as a free life saving tool than something to profit from"

    92780 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2019

  100. This cat's peculiar jumping style.

    92769 upvotes • comment • jul 03, 2019