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  1. TIL that James Doohan (i.e. Scotty in the Original Star Trek) helped a suicidal fan by personally requesting her attendance to a convention, after 8 years of silence he received a letter from her thanking him for what he did, and stating she had earned her Masters degree in Electronic Engineering.

    45119 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2020

  2. Childhood memories

    45119 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020

  3. TIL The longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to have a sapphire jubilee, marking 65 years of reign. There were no public celebrations and she spent the day in "quiet reflection" and undertaking official work

    45119 upvotes • comment • jan 14, 2020

  4. Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed

    45070 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  5. Trippie Redd cosplay

    45067 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020

  6. I’m pretty sure this has already happened

    45045 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020

  7. Annoying a teen

    45038 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020

  8. Cursed_pornhub

    44993 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020

  9. yeah im just bad at it

    44982 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2020

  10. What is the best response when a cop says “do you know why I pulled you over”?

    44957 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020

  11. The greatest feeling...

    44895 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020

  12. If you're only interested in your child's grades and nothing else, you are a terrible parent.

    44809 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020

  13. One kick man

    44808 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020

  14. Iranian Foreign Minister Says Iran Will Respond ‘Proportionately’ To Soleimani Assassination: “This is an act of aggression against Iran, and it amounts to an armed attack against Iran. But we will respond proportionately - not disproportionately. We are not lawless like President Trump.”

    44773 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020

  15. The good old times

    44754 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020

  16. Against all odds, it looks like Bernie Sanders might be the Democratic nominee after all

    44749 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020

  17. Imagine this baby fox showing up at your house

    44741 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020

  18. This anti vaxxer trying to stop her son from getting vaccinations himself

    44719 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020

  19. Does this count? The author actually replied back to me lmao

    44705 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020

  20. 71% of republicans want mitch mcconnell to call witnesses at trump impeachment trial, new poll shows

    44699 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020

  21. I dont even know how

    44685 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020

  22. Sanders Team Weighing Executive Orders to Legalize Marijuana, Stop Trump Border Wall, Declare Climate Emergency, and More

    44669 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020

  23. What an examad lad

    44649 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020

  24. Comment section on article about Sasha Obama deciding to not rush sororities at the University of Michigan

    44632 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020

  25. This woman freaks out after the attendant tells her to check her seat-belt, and then immediately starts the ride.

    44615 upvotes • comment • jan 04, 2020

  26. Trump Doesn’t Want Voters to Know How Much His Family’s Trips Cost Taxpayers

    44599 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020

  27. London police to deploy facial recognition cameras across the city: Privacy campaigners called the move 'a serious threat to civil liberties'

    44592 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020

  28. An 11 and 13 year olds playing with a BB gun learn a valuable lesson from this police officer.

    44591 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020

  29. Little did we know, Ewan was a prequel-memer even before there was r/prequelmemes

    44578 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020

  30. I had a baby for someone else

    44562 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2020

  31. That was evil Buck.

    44551 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020

  32. The time I rescued a crying kitten outside my cat cuddled her ❤️

    44550 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020

  33. [cw: strobing] Nicolas Cage head turn using 63 posters

    44536 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020

  34. For an ex-feral cat, Lilly is very sweet and will hold chair seats ransom for pets and cuddles. Also, she is ridiculously photogenic.

    44530 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020

  35. Ah, american jokes

    44520 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2020

  36. Because that's how you get pregnant...

    44513 upvotes • comment • jan 14, 2020

  37. Ladies of Reddit - what is the most sexiest thing an overweight gamer has done that made you immediately want to have sex with him/be his girlfriend?

    44513 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020

  38. TIL that when the Japanese emperor announced Japan's surrender in WW2, his speech was too formal and vague for the general populace to understand. Many listeners were left confused and it took some people hours, some days, to understand that Japan had, in fact, surrendered.

    44457 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2020

  39. TIL Henry Ford introduced a $5 min wage. The move made national news as it constituted double the industry norm—and double the pay of most of Ford’s own employees. He also reduced the working day from 9 hours to 8 —becoming one of the first companies in America to adopt the 40-hour work week.

    44455 upvotes • comment • jan 04, 2020

  40. Have you ever woke up in the middle of a dream and the dream was so interresting that you wanted to to back to sleep to see the end of it? If so, what was the dream?

    44449 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2020

  41. What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

    44438 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020

  42. Kimberly gives 0 fucks

    44434 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020

  43. The system doesn't help the child

    44406 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020

  44. World leaders largely condemn the deadly US drone strike on Iranian general as a 'dangerous escalation' while the UN calls the move 'likely unlawful'

    44405 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020

  45. Don't let it die.

    44391 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020

  46. That slap though

    44390 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  47. Morning Joe defends Sanders against CNN and the sexist charge

    44380 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020

  48. Mando is best dad in the galaxy.

    44379 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  49. True bro’s never die

    44372 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020

  50. Finally getting water after the bushfires.

    44365 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020

  51. Since we're talking about one of the first viral videos. This went viral before youtube even existed.

    44345 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2020

  52. Cat isn't really aware of their tongue after a surgery

    44333 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020

  53. Someone made a goose that you download and it messes with your computer. (Credit - SamNChiet)

    44328 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020

  54. My stepdad did the all the flight rigging for Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. He's 70 this year and going strong as an ox. This is him with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis.

    44323 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  55. Sanders campaign raised $34.5M in fourth quarter

    44290 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020

  56. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, commissions a greenhouse nursery in Nigeria to supply farmers with the best quality tomato seedlings, making Nigeria self-sufficient in tomato production

    44263 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020

  57. 100 reasons why you shouldn’t commit suicide

    44255 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020

  58. The face I get for watching tv instead of taking him on a walk

    44239 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020

  59. TIL that in order to arrest two Russian hackers, the FBI created a fake startup company called Invita, and invited them to the U.S. for a “job interview”. The two men accepted and were arrested. They had hacked into the networks of at least 40 U.S. companies and then tried to extort money.

    44238 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2020

  60. 🔥 This Heavenly Glacial Gates in Iceland

    44209 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  61. With my one year of Spanish class I’m happy I understood 🙂

    44185 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020

  62. Me_irl

    44183 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020

  63. Better to catch that deal than the real thing

    44162 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020

  64. People who voted for Clinton in 2016 but are intending to vote for Trump in 2020 what made you change your mind?

    44155 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020

  65. US families are paying over $4,500 in medical bills to have a baby. The average out-of-pocket costs for childbirth increased by 50% in 7 years. Despite an Affordable Care Act mandate that employer-based health plans cover maternity care, some are shouldering more of the expenses tied to childbirth.

    44148 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2020

  66. Don’t tie your shoelaces in Paris or your girlfriend will cry.

    44121 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020

  67. Biker bro move right there. Oh they found the owner.

    44121 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2020

  68. What fact sounds legit but is actually fake?

    44112 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020

  69. If you could make 1 law for the entire planet, what would it say?

    44106 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020

  70. Charlie wasn't ready for the boss fight

    44096 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020

  71. "Look at me drift"

    44091 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2020

  72. Man whose headaches made him vomit 'had tapeworm in brain for 10 years'

    44087 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020

  73. Megathread: Iran launches missiles at US airbase in Iraq

    44058 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2020

  74. Ocasio-Cortez Says Trump Is a 'Monster' for 'Threatening to Target and Kill Innocent Families, Women, and Children' in Iran

    44009 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  75. Why is a 22GB database containing 56 million US folks' personal details sitting on the open internet using a Chinese IP address? Seriously, why?

    44002 upvotes • comment • jan 10, 2020

  76. I recently had a full head MRI. Using free software I was able to pluck my brain out and turn it into a desk light.

    43979 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020

  77. That didn’t take long

    43978 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020

  78. What are you good at, but hate doing?

    43966 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2020

  79. Research has found that 80% of Generation Z and Millennials believe “global warming is a major threat to human life on earth as we know it,”. They also believe that state and local government should be doing something about it in the absence of federal government action.

    43965 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020

  80. It's going to be a while before anyone can drive

    43942 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020

  81. Damn you autocorrect!

    43940 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020

  82. I sent my stepmom a pic of my now shaved head cause of chemo and she sent back this. She made me feel like a warrior when I really needed it

    43939 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020

  83. [Serious] Redditors that have had a threesome and regretted it, what was the unexpected fallout?

    43926 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020

  84. Largest Veterans organization demands apology after Trump said traumatic brain injuries from Iranian attack are 'not very serious'

    43899 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020

  85. Oh my gosh... I did not expect this to work

    43831 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2020

  86. ‘Matrix 4’ Starring Keanu Reeves Set To Begin Shooting Next Month In San Francisco

    43830 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020

  87. Only a few days till 2020!!

    43828 upvotes • comment • jan 01, 2020

  88. Prince Andrew has given ‘zero cooperation’ in Jeffrey Epstein sex crime investigation, federal prosecutors say

    43817 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020

  89. 63 Canadians dead in Iran plane crash

    43739 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2020

  90. The film 1917, filmed in 2019, is claimed to have been a one-shot movie. This is impossible, as there were way too many guns fired.

    43738 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2020

  91. Smooth

    43732 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020

  92. Proud boy finding best stick

    43698 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020

  93. Classy mom and dad take their kids to visit NASA's headquarters

    43647 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020

  94. A man in Seattle killed himself thinking that he'd hurt someone in a hit-and-run. A cop's lie 'contributed' to his suicide, police watchdog says

    43567 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2020

  95. I was laughing and my dog thought I was hyperventilating and got me my emergency inhaler. Thanks pal? LOL.

    43538 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020

  96. Let me spell it out for you

    43535 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020

  97. Be happy.

    43533 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020

  98. Twirly twirly shimmy shimmy

    43522 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020

  99. Aquaman's skin is impenetrable by normal blades, bullets and more... Which makes you wonder how he got his tattoos in the 2018 movie

    43502 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020

  100. I did a great job at the vet today!

    43432 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020