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  1. Reversing skills

    101525 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2019

  2. New Zealand

    101424 upvotes • comment • mar 17, 2019

  3. I’m trying to find a guy who lost all his switch games on the NYC subway. Can you help?

    101362 upvotes • comment • feb 13, 2019

  4. Overwatch hero Mei is becoming a Hong Kong protest symbol - Polygon

    101320 upvotes • comment • oct 09, 2019

  5. Not my last complain

    101319 upvotes • comment • oct 12, 2019

  6. A brilliant way to deal with "influencers"

    101293 upvotes • comment • may 02, 2019

  7. Petition to rename this sub r/WhiteHouseDinners

    101274 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2019

  8. My dad spent a week in a hospital for a heart attack and this is what we owe

    101266 upvotes • comment • sep 29, 2019

  9. A mother and her primary school children flee the from the fires surrounding their town by going out to sea on their boat in Australia not knowing what’s going to be left on land when they come back. Source: ABC Gippsland. And yes it is daytime in this photo.

    101237 upvotes • comment • dec 31, 2019

  10. Frozen cat revived after being found in Montana snow bank

    101226 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  11. We built a catio so our indoor cats could enjoy fresh air and nature. The dogs are jealous...

    101222 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2019

  12. Teacher is psyched that he can still heelflip

    101214 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2019

  13. Having kids makes you happier, but only when they move out, according to a new study, which suggests that parents are happier than non-parents later in life, when their children move out and become sources of social enjoyment rather than stress (n=55,000).

    101176 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019

  14. Insulin

    101124 upvotes • comment • nov 30, 2019

  15. Ready Player 2

    101122 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2019

  16. Politician unlocks computer

    101120 upvotes • comment • mar 13, 2019

  17. Cone in a whirlpool

    101070 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2019

  18. Senate defies Trump, passes historic resolution to end US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen war

    101043 upvotes • comment • mar 14, 2019

  19. This rental car muted the radio until I put my seat belt on.

    101016 upvotes • comment • mar 12, 2019

  20. We saved it fellas

    101012 upvotes • comment • may 02, 2019

  21. Here’s hoping he yeets for many years to come.

    100951 upvotes • comment • feb 21, 2019

  22. Kid baits NBA camera and flashes free Hong Kong shirt

    100887 upvotes • comment • oct 23, 2019

  23. Chinese embassy has threatened Swedish government with "consequenses" if they attend the prize ceremony of a chinese activist. Swedish officials have announced that they will not succumb to these threats.

    100841 upvotes • comment • nov 15, 2019

  24. Let's hear it for the lurkers! The vast majority of Reddit users don't post or comment. [OC]

    100815 upvotes • comment • mar 25, 2019

  25. During last night’s snow storm in Toronto, I captured this guy sprinting into a strip club with his pizza! [oc] Michael Sidofsky

    100767 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2019

  26. I brought home a stray cat when I was 17 years old. I'm 36 now. Every time I go to my parents house, I check to make sure he is still there and give him some extra love before I leave. Meet Scooter.

    100733 upvotes • comment • oct 23, 2019

  27. Eating breakfast at a small cafe when this little guy hopped on the table

    100726 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2019

  28. Now that’s how you open a beer!

    100711 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2019

  29. TIL Martin Short, Steve Martin and Tom Hanks have regular ‘colonoscopy parties’ where they prep together overnight and share one car on the ride to get their colonoscopies the next day

    100692 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2019

  30. Where did all my money go??

    100679 upvotes • comment • jul 29, 2019

  31. I made a wheelchair for my friends disabled dog. Some of the parts were 3D printed and the rest cost under $20 on amazon. The dogs reaction was priceless. If anyone has a disabled dog I will provide the 3D printed parts for free and give you directions on how to assemble the rest.

    100662 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2019

  32. First poster for ‘Wonder Woman 1984’

    100631 upvotes • comment • jun 05, 2019

  33. TIL that Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather books who’d also adapted them to film, had no idea what he was doing as he’d never written a screenplay before. After winning two Oscars, he decided to buy a book on screenwriting to learn how. In the first chapter, it said “Study Godfather I”.

    100626 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019

  34. TIL Max Planck was told by his professor to not go into Physics because "almost everything is already discovered". Planck said he didn't want to discover anything, just learn the fundamentals. He went on to originate quantum theory and win a Nobel Prize.

    100617 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2019

  35. India is waking up, the mahimbeachcleanup has cleared more than 700 tons of plastic from our beach.

    100562 upvotes • comment • mar 12, 2019

  36. Boomer gets roasted on Twitter after saying the word "Boomer" is the n word of ageism.

    100494 upvotes • comment • nov 04, 2019

  37. My neighbors are moving their entire house back 200ft.

    100474 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2019

  38. I decided to do a little exploring after Hurricane Dorian...this is what I found!!! [Virginia]

    100470 upvotes • comment • sep 08, 2019

  39. A photo of Pluto, 25 years apart. (1994-2019)

    100456 upvotes • comment • mar 24, 2019

  40. F in the chat bois

    100428 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019

  41. Chess counts, right?

    100388 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2019

  42. I was taking a nap outside and i just woke up to a stray cat sleeping on my stomach, it’s still sleeping

    100374 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  43. Looooot

    100329 upvotes • comment • dec 27, 2019

  44. Katie Bouman who led the development of the algorithm which made it possible to capture the image of a black hole, and the moment when the first black hole image was processed.

    100303 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2019

  45. Whistleblower who escaped Chinese 're-education camp' reveals horrors of the gulag: Ex-teacher tells how inmates were flayed, raped by guards in front of other prisoners, and given injections that made them infertile

    100299 upvotes • comment • oct 28, 2019

  46. TIL that a Polish environmental charity put a SIM card in a GPS tracker to follow the migratory pattern of a white stork. They lost track of the stork and later received a phone bill for $2,700; someone in Sudan had taken the SIM from the tracker and made over 20 hours of calls.

    100260 upvotes • comment • feb 19, 2019

  47. I gave the local homeless musician, who was borrowing guitars to busk on the street, my old first acoustic guitar after upgrading. He's so happy now that he can play whenever he wants, and i honestly hope i made a difference in my community.

    100252 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2019

  48. Danish Special Forces (Frogmen) look scary AF

    100235 upvotes • comment • mar 10, 2019

  49. Buzz Aldrin’s reaction to Trumps space talk.

    100153 upvotes • comment • sep 05, 2019

  50. Big mistake dawg

    100137 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2019

  51. Police engage in a shootout with a local youth gang

    100088 upvotes • comment • feb 06, 2019

  52. Every day my parents play Mario Kart 64 to see who makes a cuppa tea. They've done this religiously since 2001.

    100065 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2019

  53. After a 10 yr custody battle, today I gained full rights. For the guys going through the same process; don’t lose hope and never quit fighting.

    100042 upvotes • comment • sep 06, 2019

  54. Aerial view of Protests in Hong Kong in July. Three months on, Hong Kong is still protesting

    100031 upvotes • comment • oct 06, 2019

  55. Jim Henson didn't know the little girl was going to interrupt him during the ABC song

    100018 upvotes • comment • oct 10, 2019

  56. TIL - In 1836, a sewer worker accidentally discovered an old drain which ran directly into the Bank of England's gold vault. He wrote letters to the directors of the bank and requested a meeting inside the vault at an hour of their choosing - and popped out of the floor to greet them

    99968 upvotes • comment • mar 11, 2019

  57. The winning sand sculpture of 2019’s Texas Sand Sculpture Festival

    99965 upvotes • comment • may 06, 2019

  58. Being a medic in any multiplayer

    99903 upvotes • comment • feb 07, 2019

  59. wholesome co-workers

    99880 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2019

  60. Why though

    99874 upvotes • comment • nov 07, 2019

  61. TIL Gary Gygax's wife was convinced he was having an affair so she followed him to a dimly lit basement and burst into the room only to find him and his friends hunched over hand drawn maps. Gary would go on to invent the role playing game "Dungeons and Dragons"

    99874 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2019

  62. Sat on a bench outside an office and noticed my reflection in the window perfectly fit in the chair

    99836 upvotes • comment • oct 17, 2019

  63. TIL that the Chernobyl disaster could have been 10x worse and could have affected most of Europe if three volunteer divers didn't drain a pool to prevent a second explosion.

    99827 upvotes • comment • feb 17, 2019

  64. Man surprises his wife of 67 years with a new diamond ring after she lost her wedding ring at the nursing home

    99808 upvotes • comment • jan 04, 2019

  65. Goodbye, monster

    99783 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019

  66. This is why woman live longer than men

    99772 upvotes • comment • sep 17, 2019

  67. Hal & Lois reunited tonight

    99772 upvotes • comment • may 11, 2019

  68. They have learned rather quickly that I provide breakfast on a regular schedule. Was 5 mins late and got told for it.

    99686 upvotes • comment • sep 02, 2019

  69. :D

    99667 upvotes • comment • dec 26, 2019

  70. 2meirl4meirl

    99624 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019

  71. Bar in Nebraska doing it right

    99606 upvotes • comment • jun 19, 2019

  72. These guys know how to have fun.

    99596 upvotes • comment • jun 29, 2019

  73. Benefits of Public Transport

    99573 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019

  74. The real issues:

    99553 upvotes • comment • sep 12, 2019

  75. Today on reddit

    99516 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2019

  76. I work at a small coffee shop. My boss just absent-mindedly poured unroasted beans into a batch of roasted ones. Here's us separating 10,000 beans...by hand.

    99506 upvotes • comment • sep 16, 2019

  77. Its so cold here in Iowa that there is now Frost on the inside of my door hinges

    99476 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2019

  78. I drew a PS1 exploded view

    99467 upvotes • comment • dec 30, 2019

  79. It do be like that

    99448 upvotes • comment • dec 05, 2019

  80. Bulbasaur as he appears in the upcoming live action Pokemon movie.

    99417 upvotes • comment • feb 16, 2019

  81. A Muslim American student entered the secret number of the door of the mosque next door from the school, which was hit by a shooting incident and saved the lives of many students

    99405 upvotes • comment • dec 07, 2019

  82. Yep I'm still wide awake

    99351 upvotes • comment • feb 23, 2019

  83. Biker making this lady’s day

    99314 upvotes • comment • feb 22, 2019

  84. While North America freezes, these guys are fighting bushfires in Tasmania, Australia as the mainland bakes at 116f

    99291 upvotes • comment • feb 01, 2019

  85. True

    99271 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2019

  86. It’s called self care

    99263 upvotes • comment • nov 01, 2019

  87. Peter Dinklage and his daughter

    99233 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2019

  88. when China demands names of airline's employees who protested, CEO lists only himself

    99202 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2019

  89. [No Spoilers] Peter Dinklage showed the world that little people don't need to be relegated to the background or cast as anything less than traditional roles. He absolutely crushed his performance, and may have helped other talented little people to get a bigger chance in film and television.

    99199 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2019

  90. Just imagine

    99189 upvotes • comment • jun 17, 2019

  91. TIL only three people in the nation were qualified to hand-pack the parachutes for Apollo 15. Their expertise was so vital, they were not allowed to ride in the same car together for fear that a single auto accident could cripple the space program.

    99179 upvotes • comment • dec 19, 2019

  92. An elder passing on his wisdom

    99178 upvotes • comment • may 27, 2019

  93. The most unrealistic thing about most sitcoms is how everyone's schedules line up perfectly so groups of 5+ people can get together every single day.

    99175 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2019

  94. Lebanese potestor kicks back tear gas at police mid air.

    99170 upvotes • comment • dec 15, 2019

  95. Found a tiny danger noodle in need of assistance 🐍

    99119 upvotes • comment • sep 03, 2019

  96. This notice board in a bookstore

    99094 upvotes • comment • feb 26, 2019

  97. Can I be his friend?!

    99083 upvotes • comment • jun 05, 2019

  98. I painted somebody's mom

    98991 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2019

  99. Safety glasses saved this guy's eye while angle grinding

    98959 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2019

  100. UC Davis paid $100k+ to have this removed from the internet

    98922 upvotes • comment • nov 06, 2019