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TIL: One evening, while rushing for dinner after a long day at the lab, Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist at Johns Hopkins, forgot to wash his hands that had traces of benzoic sulfimide. This compound made his dinner taste sweet, and that’s how he discovered the artificial sweetener Saccharin.
44528 upvotes • comment • jun 03, 2019
Paperless voting machines are just waiting to be hacked in 2020. We are a POLITICO cybersecurity reporter and a voting security expert – ask us anything.
44527 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019
Wholesome dad
44525 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
thank you, tax returns. gotta do it right
44523 upvotes • comment • mar 05, 2019
Trump "fawning" to Putin and other authoritarians in "embarrassing" phone calls, White House aides say: they were shocked at the president's behavior during conversations with authoritarians like Putin and members of the Saudi royal family.
44521 upvotes • comment • oct 05, 2019
Iama guy who purchased a 380 acre ‘ghost town’ with a friend. It once was California’s largest silver mine, has a population of 4500, and was known to have a murder a week. Currently it has a population of 1. AMA
44518 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2019
What is the “I study animation so I can draw my own porn” of other majors?
44513 upvotes • comment • mar 16, 2019
By Anonymous *shocking*
44509 upvotes • comment • jun 28, 2019
New Zealand shows willingness to curb guns after one, not 1,981 mass shootings
44509 upvotes • comment • mar 16, 2019
Wholesome tips for y’all
44509 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2019
My Detective Pikachu drawing in process!
44507 upvotes • comment • may 13, 2019
Just your average steampunk, gyroscopic motorcycle
44503 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2019
I was embarrassed to say I lived in a trailer but I made it my own.
44501 upvotes • comment • jul 22, 2019
The price of trying to look like Kylie Jenner
44500 upvotes • comment • apr 11, 2019
My family is pressuring me to give my (23/F) sister my (28/F) wedding venue because she needs it more and is pregnant. (Re-upload +Updates)
44500 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
Humans must be a very confusing species to wild animals. One minute a human might be trying to kill them and the next minute another human is trying to help them. We are the least consistent predators on the planet.
44497 upvotes • comment • jul 14, 2019
I drew the r/teenagers logo as a cute anime girl
44496 upvotes • comment • jul 16, 2019
This library
44490 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2019
Seem like a lovely couple
44489 upvotes • comment • oct 23, 2019
Suicidal behavior has nearly doubled among children aged 5 to 18, with suicidal thoughts and attempts leading to more than 1.1 million ER visits in 2015 -- up from about 580,000 in 2007, according to an analysis of U.S. data.
44489 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2019
[Image] U will be OKAY.
44489 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019
Life is art
44489 upvotes • comment • jun 27, 2019
What boss is this
44489 upvotes • comment • feb 23, 2019
[image] keep that in mind
44487 upvotes • comment • nov 08, 2019
HMC while I counter the birthday cake smash
44485 upvotes • comment • jun 03, 2019
The great thing about science is you don't have to believe in it to work
44484 upvotes • comment • may 25, 2019
EA not bad?!
44482 upvotes • comment • nov 29, 2019
Huckabee's getting murdered again
44480 upvotes • comment • jun 07, 2019
What food made you think how the frick did our ancestors found out this was edible?
44478 upvotes • comment • sep 21, 2019
WHO, CDC data shows measles cases up 30 percent globally, with the disease killing more than 140,000 people worldwide in 2018, despite the availability of a vaccine. “That anyone should die from measles... is a collective failure which must be addressed”.
44478 upvotes • comment • dec 06, 2019
Vince giving us an amazing finale again just to show 2D how it's done
44477 upvotes • comment • oct 14, 2019
Facebook will reportedly be fined a record $5 billion over privacy mishaps
44475 upvotes • comment • jul 12, 2019
Cursed_Shark
44473 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2019
More than a hundred kids were waiting to see this historic steam train in England
44473 upvotes • comment • jul 20, 2019
Danny DeVito walking his dog
44472 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2019
My mom crocheted a couch for her cat!
44469 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2019
God
44469 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2019
Company Ordered to Pay Woman $459K After Spamming Her With More Than 300 Robocalls
44468 upvotes • comment • mar 30, 2019
Trump says Bahamas full of 'very bad gang members' as he doubles down on not letting hurricane refugees in to US
44467 upvotes • comment • sep 09, 2019
Oh Boy, We're Walking!
44466 upvotes • comment • oct 18, 2019
So, I've removed some animations from Batman: the Telltale series
44462 upvotes • comment • jun 05, 2019
“Hey, hey, hey, wake up! Look, it’s you!”
44460 upvotes • comment • mar 08, 2019
Perfect for cat lovers
44459 upvotes • comment • jun 12, 2019
Black Otter Rex rabbits
44458 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2019
This should be a sport
44457 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2019
What did the reddit user say after detonating a bomb inside a bank?
44457 upvotes • comment • oct 03, 2019
Extremely talented amateur boxer does backflip mid fight
44456 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2019
“sex”
44456 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2019
Donald Trump is less popular than Nancy Pelosi for the first time during his presidency
44456 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2019
Flight attendants and pilots of Reddit, what are some things that happen mid flight that only the crew are aware of?
44454 upvotes • comment • mar 09, 2019
'Friends can buy influence': Businessman who lent Boris Johnson his £9.5 million flat given job as government adviser
44454 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2019
This Flashlight Illusion Children's Book
44453 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2019
What to Do When Your Car Is Stranded In the Snow
44452 upvotes • comment • dec 21, 2019
The best way to spend your Christmas.
44452 upvotes • comment • dec 01, 2019
World leaders believe ‘it’s pointless’ attempting to show unity with Trump at G7
44450 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2019
Lena Dunham sexually assaults Brad Pitt.
44449 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
China media says Hong Kong protesters are ‘asking for self-destruction’ as military assembles nearby
44449 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2019
A concerned mother
44445 upvotes • comment • feb 02, 2019
White House admits Trump's Ukraine phone call record was moved to secret server
44438 upvotes • comment • sep 27, 2019
It's make sense ...
44437 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2019
The United States government has begun releasing records pertaining to the brutal killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after a judge ruled they were of "considerable public importance"
44437 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2019
Change my mind!
44436 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
TIL Since 1980 Quebec have restricted unhealthy food and beverage advertising for children under 13. The Heart and Stroke Foundation has advised that, as a result, Quebec households have a lower likelihood to purchase fast food and Quebec youth and children have very low rates of obesity.
44434 upvotes • comment • jul 08, 2019
Everyone got to go home early because a F16 crashed into the building. There were no fatalities
44433 upvotes • comment • may 17, 2019
Kitchen counter cat says wassup....
44431 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2019
Let me try!
44430 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2019
My drawing from 2 years ago and now
44430 upvotes • comment • nov 03, 2019
Here it is
44430 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2019
Perfect Cover
44429 upvotes • comment • may 24, 2019
YouTube just banned supremacist content, and thousands of channels are about to be removed
44428 upvotes • comment • jun 05, 2019
Politically incorrect speech works in politics because it can help people appear more authentic, suggests a new study (n=4,956), which found that replacing even a single word with a politically incorrect one makes people view a speaker as more authentic and less likely to be swayed by others.
44428 upvotes • comment • sep 07, 2019
Police officers who fined stalking victim before she was murdered face disciplinary action
44428 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2019
CEO of EA is also the antagonist from Borderlands 2
44425 upvotes • comment • mar 14, 2019
Have you ever quit a job, without another lined up, for you mental health? How did it turn out?
44423 upvotes • comment • jun 14, 2019
Time to break out the bootstraps
44421 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2019
Historian unearths solid evidence for the Armenian Genocide. The Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians was carried out during and after WWI. Turkey continues to contest the figure and denies that the killings were systematically orchestrated and constitute a genocide
44419 upvotes • comment • jul 24, 2019
"Stephen Hillenburg did not want Spongebob to have any spinoffs and Nickelodeon is now making Kamp Koral after he has passed."
44418 upvotes • comment • nov 20, 2019
rainy day blues
44414 upvotes • comment • may 30, 2019
On Ask Reddit
44414 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2019
Zoophile + Twitter = Content
44413 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
I bet you guys can’t spell out the entire navy seal copypasta
44413 upvotes • comment • jun 25, 2019
Mariah the savage
44412 upvotes • comment • jul 06, 2019
What was the hardest piece of news you’ve had to tell someone?
44412 upvotes • comment • jun 02, 2019
I always have to leave the windows rolled up when im in the car with my girl
44411 upvotes • comment • jun 04, 2019
We lost him again
44410 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
As a teacher, I find this hilarious.
44409 upvotes • comment • nov 09, 2019
The size of this juvenile Andean Condor
44407 upvotes • comment • feb 04, 2019
That's pro-choice.
44407 upvotes • comment • jun 27, 2019
Hopping on the swing real quick
44406 upvotes • comment • may 15, 2019
I made a mind-bending panorama
44405 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2019
The fact that he had to clarify this 😂
44402 upvotes • comment • jul 01, 2019
Plaque at my university showing that it is the birthplace of Reddit
44402 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2019
Saving a woman from a burning car
44401 upvotes • comment • jun 01, 2019
these people are hard to find
44401 upvotes • comment • jun 27, 2019
Business Turtle
44400 upvotes • comment • dec 02, 2019
bruh
44400 upvotes • comment • sep 30, 2019
🔥 A storm I saw flying through East Africa that our plane avoided.
44399 upvotes • comment • mar 03, 2019
Student Archers Take Position to Battle Police After Writing their Last Words
44399 upvotes • comment • nov 17, 2019
Advanced hiding tactic used by the Vietcong
44398 upvotes • comment • feb 10, 2019
Feisty feral kitten is offered some food
44397 upvotes • comment • apr 03, 2019