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TIL Scientist grew trees in a sealed biosphere and couldn't work out why they fell over before they matured. They eventually figured out whilst they provided the perfect growing environment it was lacking wind which provides the stress to ensure the trees grew strong enough to support themselves.
91243 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
When you're sorting the tank filters and a big boye wants cuddles
91237 upvotes • comment • oct 13, 2019
My dad, earning his bachelors degree, summa cum laude, at 62 years young. He is so happy and I am so proud.
91218 upvotes • comment • jul 30, 2019
That sneaky slide.
91213 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2019
not sure if this is the right place to post but my dad is 52 y/o and his hobby is making these weird heads? he doesn’t think they’re any good but considering he makes them from scratch i think they’re amazing!
91185 upvotes • comment • dec 11, 2019
TIL that after visiting a prison in Norway that treated prisoners humanely, a warden from North Dakota went back and reformed her prison based on Norway's model. It later saw sharp decline in violence against inmates and threats against staff
91183 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2019
This restaurant gives you a discount if you have well behaved kids
91179 upvotes • comment • feb 24, 2019
If “OK Boomer” was a digital assistant like “OK Google” what sorts of answers would it give you to certain questions?
91172 upvotes • comment • nov 25, 2019
We are the first human beings to see a Mars sunset.
91166 upvotes • comment • may 17, 2019
I was giving away a free dishwasher on Craigslist and caught one in the wild!
91164 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
Hello, Reddit! My daughter posted a few of my paintings in here and I was so happy with all the comments I decided to create a profile! Hope my paintings brings you as much joy as it does to me.
91164 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2019
How I put on my prosthetic leg
91151 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2019
HISTORY MEMES STANDS WITH HONG KONG
91144 upvotes • comment • oct 11, 2019
A Civil Rights Movement one for y'all
91133 upvotes • comment • nov 14, 2019
Misty morning in the African savanna, South Africa
91130 upvotes • comment • jun 30, 2019
Blizzard Doesn't Respect the Human Rights of Its Customers, Major Rights Organization Says
91114 upvotes • comment • oct 12, 2019
Because these leaves aren't gonna blow themselves
91086 upvotes • comment • mar 01, 2019
Was this the begining of CoD being a joke?
91082 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2019
Probably posting too early for the Americans to see this
91066 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2019
"Time for bed kids!"
91056 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2019
Talent shows like Britain's got talent become much more disturbing when you realise that it's just 4 rich people dangling money in front of poor people and telling them to dance for their entertainment.
91053 upvotes • comment • mar 06, 2019
My dad and I used to get milkshakes together all the time. My daughter and I sharing our first milkshake together
91011 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2019
Mobile Game Ads
90986 upvotes • comment • mar 24, 2019
Pac-Man Explained
90968 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2019
LeBron James educating protesters.
90966 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2019
Swedish 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg just arrived in Manhattan after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a zero-emission yacht.
90944 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2019
So....Was woke up this morning to my wife telling me that Oliver, our dog, got out and was playing with a skunk!!! I would’ve never believed it until I went out to check the hole he got out through and he was playing with the skunk AGAIN!! Luckily the neighbors got a video!
90943 upvotes • comment • sep 23, 2019
Old friends catching up
90935 upvotes • comment • jun 24, 2019
Venezuela President Maduro breaks relations with US, gives American diplomats 72 hours to leave country
90912 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2019
Weight loss
90887 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2019
Iron lungs in a polio ward. Let's not ever let anti-vaxxers cause an epidemic and ruin lives of children.
90854 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2019
TIL in 1959 a white man from Texas disguised himself as a black man and traveled for six weeks on greyhound buses. After publishing his experiences with racism he was forced to move to Mexico for several years due to death threats.
90824 upvotes • comment • jun 21, 2019
Jonah Hill dropping his coffee
90813 upvotes • comment • sep 10, 2019
Murdered by kindness.
90808 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
Restaurant in Rome
90794 upvotes • comment • feb 09, 2019
Having surgery wish me luck!
90781 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
This “where are you from” map at The Aurora Museum in Reykjavík Iceland
90771 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2019
I Guess it was a windy day
90758 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
The tallest person in the world has physically experienced being the exact height of every other person in the world at some point
90694 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2019
No problem
90680 upvotes • comment • jul 08, 2019
Cat five
90673 upvotes • comment • feb 11, 2019
I said ‘screw it’ about 6 months ago and decided to drop everything and build a tiny home. After some headache and some heartache, I’m finally almost finished! I proudly present to Reddit my CozyCasa!!
90663 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2019
New credit card 3 digit (CVV) changes every 4 hours
90657 upvotes • comment • sep 19, 2019
Disaster is unfolding in Syria as videos emerge of US allies being slaughtered and hundreds of ISIS prisoners escape during airstrikes
90644 upvotes • comment • oct 13, 2019
Whatcha lookin at human?
90611 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2019
My boyfriend told me he didn’t care what shoes I wore shopping
90599 upvotes • comment • sep 24, 2019
I’ve spent the last several months telling him NOT to lick the baby’s face, but it turns out that’s all she really wants.
90582 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2019
Every. Time.
90557 upvotes • comment • mar 12, 2019
In case you needed this today.
90534 upvotes • comment • mar 13, 2019
Not Facebook but I still think it belongs here
90527 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2019
A person wearing a suit in a room of people in t-shirts is usually the most important person there, a person wearing a t-shirt in a room full of suits is more likely the most important person in the room
90489 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2019
This racist piece of shit
90489 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2019
And so it begins
90459 upvotes • comment • sep 22, 2019
Table made from original Golden Gate Bridge suspender ropes
90451 upvotes • comment • feb 14, 2019
Sad but true
90423 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
Billionaire David Koch dies at age 79
90412 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2019
You gain control of JK Rowling's twitter account for a day. What unnecessary piece of information do you add to Harry Potter lore?
90374 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2019
MMR vaccine does not cause autism, another study confirms
90342 upvotes • comment • mar 04, 2019
I swear, this was just supposed to be a normal Water Bucket fall video
90323 upvotes • comment • may 04, 2019
The two standing gorillas posing for a selfie with another anti-poaching ranger.
90323 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2019
No time traveling.
90316 upvotes • comment • dec 28, 2019
After 3 months of hard work my wife has finished another coloured pencil ocean drawing.
90311 upvotes • comment • mar 23, 2019
I moved in with my grandparents and decided we would be sending out Christmas cards this year. I love them. We make the perfect team. I do the heavy lifting, technology and driving. Grandpa gets the mail and grandma does literally everything else.
90294 upvotes • comment • nov 18, 2019
Shut it off
90294 upvotes • comment • nov 04, 2019
Driving by thousands of protesters on the streets of Hong Kong today (estimated 2M total)
90261 upvotes • comment • jun 16, 2019
Guess I'm a scared loser. (Repost due to a goof I did)
90248 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2019
Heart melting moment a father, 88, is reunited with his down syndrome son, 53, after a spending a week apart for the first time ever.
90240 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2019
My parents 50's style diner they made in their basement-
90235 upvotes • comment • mar 18, 2019
As a prior US Marine who fought for freedom your actions make me sick. Goodbye Blizzard
90209 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2019
Friends
90172 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2019
Me and the girl I met on Club Penguin 10 years ago just got married!
90151 upvotes • comment • mar 03, 2019
Whelp.
90141 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2019
Only a few shekels
90094 upvotes • comment • nov 14, 2019
Elliot's owner shares what he looked like at 4 weeks vs full grown, with his favorite toy
90079 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2019
Gamers! Rise up!
90074 upvotes • comment • may 03, 2019
A successful mission
90070 upvotes • comment • nov 07, 2019
Students often wonder why they have to learn so much stuff like science/chemistry/biology that they'll "never use" while simultaneously wondering why adults are stupid enough to not believe in modern medicine.
90065 upvotes • comment • nov 19, 2019
Went to Colorado to visit some family, discovered a happy ass tree among the Garden of the Gods.
90064 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2019
Taking a dip in the Rhine
90042 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
Her foster parents surprised her with adoption papers
90036 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2019
Street cats in Istanbul are cherished. They can lay on the sidewalk and get love from passersby without fear. Some restaurants even have tip boxes that go towards the veterinary bills for the cats. This is a few hours of a typical day for a cat there.
90025 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2019
🔥 the Harpy Eagle
90006 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2019
Steam
90006 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2019
The hero we need
90003 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2019
Team of researchers behind the first picture of a black hole. Lets give them the recognition they deserve
90002 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2019
My girlfriend and similar lookin' horse
89965 upvotes • comment • dec 25, 2019
This man is way ahead of our time
89934 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2019
Hong Kong Police tortured a patient in hospital
89933 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
TIL that according to a study, strict parents can turn their kids into more effective liars because children who are afraid to tell the truth learn more deceptive behaviors to avoid getting in trouble.
89928 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2019
The picture of the Japanese movie advertisement is printed on two sides of the newspaper, so the full picture could be seen under light
89917 upvotes • comment • jun 30, 2019
This woman brings a bag of hats to the shelter every year, which she knits from January to December
89910 upvotes • comment • dec 14, 2019
Guy at coffee shop shows off his solution to the $999 Apple stand.
89907 upvotes • comment • jun 12, 2019
I'd say I cant believe it, but I certainly can
89900 upvotes • comment • feb 20, 2019
All right Rowling, we get it.
89881 upvotes • comment • mar 21, 2019
If people from the Star Wars universe ever came to Earth, the fact that it has deserts, rain forests, prairies, tundras AND oceans would probably be a real mind fuck for them.
89867 upvotes • comment • nov 27, 2019
Know your worth
89864 upvotes • comment • oct 04, 2019
Cursed_Interview
89858 upvotes • comment • nov 19, 2019
Even two of the best boxers in the world can share an awkward handshake.
89837 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2019
WAY too many streaming services
89833 upvotes • comment • nov 12, 2019
China suddenly takes BBC news off air after Muslim detention camps mentioned
89821 upvotes • comment • feb 24, 2019