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Reddit (Jan 2020)
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TIL that in WWII, an Australian soldier removed his own appendix in the middle of a Philippine jungle in 1944, without any anaesthetic and with only the use of a mirror and an ordinary knife. The operation took 4 and a half hours and he stitched himself up with jungle fibre.
52860 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020
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My cat sitting on the back of my chair makes it look like she’s wearing a leather jacket
52821 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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This little guy diet
52812 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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My brother bought a 20000mAh powerbank it couldn't fully charge his phone so my mom opened the powerbank and they found this... Only 3 batteries are connected to the powerbank and the rest are dummies.
52789 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020
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TIL the creator of Bum Fights was asked onto the Dr. Phil Show. He dressed up just like him and exposed Dr. Phil for being guilty of the same exact thing, exploitation of the challenged for monetary gain.
52768 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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Why washing your dried chilies is important
52757 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020
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Boy that escalated quickly
52751 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020
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Trump authorized Soleimani's killing 7 months ago, with conditions | The timing raises new questions about the Trump administration's stated justification for taking out the top Iranian general.
52748 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2020
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More gold from the Sanders Campaign
52746 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020
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Before he was Morpheus, he was Cowboy Curtis on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. 1986.
52737 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020
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Scientists paint Australia fires as red alert on climate change | "We totally expected that as the climate warmed, fires in Australia would get worse. But the scale of this disaster is something I couldn’t have imagined, and it’s the same for a lot of people in Australia.”
52720 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020
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Cop trips woman who is not under arrest
52715 upvotes • comment • jan 10, 2020
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For the first time, a majority of Americans want the Senate to remove President Trump from office
52709 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020
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If you can't be bothered to leave a phone number on your dog's tag, I can't be bothered to track you down to let you know that your dog died.
52687 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020
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Maybe Maybe Maybe
52677 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020
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This email my coworker received today. He drives a 2005 Camry. It’s not wrecked, just old and fading paint. He never has to meet anyone that they would ever see the car. It’s literally just another car in the garage.
52663 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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Tiny kitten adores its hooman
52653 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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Glass on a remote...why??
52608 upvotes • comment • jan 01, 2020
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I love Mike Myers but...
52583 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020
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I find it pretty sad that Notre dame raised a billion dollars when it caught fire and Australia has not even raised more then 25 million.
52551 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020
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25-cent Candy machines are becoming a better value every year due to inflation. They haven't changed the prices in decades and usually dispense the same amount of candy.
52539 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020
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Mother cat and her baby
52471 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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Anybody know of any good Orthopedic doctors
52428 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2020
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Walking into a fairytale
52410 upvotes • comment • jan 04, 2020
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"im gonna save you 20 minutes of ranting"
52344 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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Everyone deserves a chance to be loved [OC]
52336 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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Jupiter and four of its moons.
52311 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020
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American Quarterback & Superbowl winner Aaron Rodgers has left Christianity. "I don't know how you can believe in a God who wants to condemn most of the planet to a fiery hell". All religions who have a "Hell" have it of course to scare people to follow the specific religion.
52284 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves on the set of the Shakespearean adaptation “Much Ado About Nothing”, 1993.
52251 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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Was never funny
52241 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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Baby smile > anything
52224 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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Megathread: The US House of Representatives approves measure to restrain President Donald Trump’s actions on Iran
52219 upvotes • comment • jan 10, 2020
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Woman says school district required her to pay $600 to see video of daughter being bullied on bus
52160 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2020
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Some people just have to be fucking animals
52153 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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Help our country, we’re burning alive
52103 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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Sam by day, Captain Ravioli by night
52070 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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Reddit loves to dunk on Christianity but is afraid to say anything about other religions because that's considered intolerant. This is odd and hypocritical because modern-day religion in the Middle East is far more barbaric, misogynistic and violent than modern-day Christianity.
52065 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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They're always so happy :)
52046 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2020
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[FREE] 100+ AAA Steam Keys
52042 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020
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When you half to protect your baby from a hail storm
52032 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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The original xbox one was announced 19 years ago today
52022 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020
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People who sleep naked, what is your plan in case of a fire or murderer?
51977 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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Eight missed calls from [chain restaurant]
51975 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020
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This is Wendy Williams mocking and making fun of Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘cleft palate’ and everybody else in this world that has this unfortunate disfigurement.
51973 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020
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There are probably a ton of kids today that have no idea that computer mice used to have rubber balls instead of optical sensors
51963 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2020
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Blursed Convention Sign
51956 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2020
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Japan and Germany confirm patients who caught coronavirus did not visit China
51932 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020
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Its going to be okay :)
51899 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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I don't know why I get called a Boomer. I have a gaming PC...
51864 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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Megathread: Lev Parnas States In Interview ‘Trump Knew Exactly What Was Going On’
51841 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020
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I want this
51820 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020
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Absolute madlad
51817 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2020
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My friend just sent me this. Her stepmom took her stepsister to get food without her, and then when she went to go get food by herself she grounded her.
51733 upvotes • comment • jan 04, 2020
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Racist woman freaks out on college kids speaking a foreign language
51729 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2020
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Thanks, Mom.
51716 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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First-generation university students (the first in their family to go to university) are at greater risk of experiencing imposter syndrome (the feeling that they don’t belong or have the skills/intelligence), suggests a new study (n=818) that looked at the competitive nature of STEM courses.
51675 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020
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TIL Elton John is Eminem’s A.A. sponsor.
51585 upvotes • comment • jan 01, 2020
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Fatal car accidents in the United States spike by 6% during the workweek following the “spring forward” to daylight saving time, resulting in about 28 additional deaths each year, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.
51576 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020
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Hello Reddit, Bernie Sanders here. I am once again asking for your financial support. Tonight is the last FEC fundraising deadline before the Democratic primaries start, and we need a lot of donations to reach our goals. Can I count on you chip in and keep powering our movement?
51567 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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Recently got specs and no one told me this
51553 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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Trump officials are bending over backwards to say he didn't threaten to commit a war crime after he repeatedly threatened to commit a war crime
51550 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020
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Random Mar-a-Lago Guests Were Told More About Plan to Kill Soleimani Than Congress: Report
51534 upvotes • comment • jan 04, 2020
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Phones screen broke, maybe for the better.
51528 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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“We love Americans but hate your president “
51413 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2020
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Queensland town runs out of water after Chinese company given green light to extract water from area
51397 upvotes • comment • jan 14, 2020
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Every middle school be like
51348 upvotes • comment • jan 14, 2020
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Shockwave of a bomb
51345 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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My basement barcade is coming together nicely
51256 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2020
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Japanese opposition members trying to block the passing of new immigration laws
51202 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020
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Positive Thinking
51089 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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Seriously USA step it up
51084 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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True story though, Yeet
51050 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020
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'CNN Is Truly a Terrible Influence on This Country': Democratic Debate Moderators Pilloried for Centrist Talking Points and Anti-Sanders Bias
51041 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020
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What's the fastest you've ever gone from caring about someone to straight up loathing them?
51015 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020
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They gonna spend all nine lives together
50963 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020
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Dog breaks world record by catching 83 yard frisbee toss
50897 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020
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Finally removing the tape from this miniature oil painting I did
50862 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020
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A baby kangaroo came to a teenage boy for help during the recent wildfires and he gave it water to drink and a shower.
50856 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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Dads are the best
50819 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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to predict a war with Iran
50783 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020
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TIL there are more people who have learned English as a second language than there are native speakers.
50730 upvotes • comment • jan 10, 2020
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My Kid's Jacket Has Multiple Name Spaces to Facilitate Hand-Me-Downs
50721 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020
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Post-Laundry Feeling
50695 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020
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A US citizen, who once begged for President Trump's help, has died after more than six years without a fair trial in an Egyptian prison.
50692 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020
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What is the greatest Reddit post of all time?
50672 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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Taekwondo Athlete Gains MASSIVE Air While Training
50642 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2020
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Arrested protesters of the Vietnam war, 1971
50612 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020
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Scientists have found that a worldwide Green New Deal would create nearly 30 million jobs. By 2050 the world will spend around $17 trillion per year on energy if we’re still relying on fossil fuels, and that number goes down to $6.8 trillion if we’re using renewable energy.
50610 upvotes • comment • jan 01, 2020
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Good boi gets pampered
50596 upvotes • comment • jan 10, 2020
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Stork mother throwing one of her chicks out of the nest to enhance the survival probability of her other chicks
50574 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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It Is Beginning to Look Like the U.S. Has a Corruption Problem, Not Ukraine
50569 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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How would you feel about a show where in the first half of the episode, Bob Ross teaches Gordon Ramsay how to paint, and in the second half, Gordon Ramsay teaches Bob Ross how to cook?
50569 upvotes • comment • jan 01, 2020
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Mind your own Business
50550 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020
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My sister is 1.5 hours away in the start of a bad storm, but that clearly doesn’t matter
50447 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020
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[Charania] Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban: "Our organization has decided that the number 24 will never again be worn by a Dallas Maverick.”
50446 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020
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Did that just happen?
50444 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020
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Putting the last piece in my puzzle
50408 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020
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Netflix has released an official interactive map of the Witcher world, showing both the locations and timeline of events in the show on a world map
50377 upvotes • comment • jan 10, 2020
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Alex Trebek Says He's 'Rehearsed' His Final Day at 'Jeopardy!': 'It'll Be a Significant Moment for Me'
50361 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020
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Pup and I are loving our final moments with my wife
50353 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020