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Reddit (Jan 2020)
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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
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Childhood memories
45119 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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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
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Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed
45070 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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Trippie Redd cosplay
45067 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020
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I’m pretty sure this has already happened
45045 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020
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Annoying a teen
45038 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020
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Cursed_pornhub
44993 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020
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yeah im just bad at it
44982 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2020
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What is the best response when a cop says “do you know why I pulled you over”?
44957 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020
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The greatest feeling...
44895 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020
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If you're only interested in your child's grades and nothing else, you are a terrible parent.
44809 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020
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One kick man
44808 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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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
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The good old times
44754 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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Against all odds, it looks like Bernie Sanders might be the Democratic nominee after all
44749 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020
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Imagine this baby fox showing up at your house
44741 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020
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This anti vaxxer trying to stop her son from getting vaccinations himself
44719 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020
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Does this count? The author actually replied back to me lmao
44705 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020
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71% of republicans want mitch mcconnell to call witnesses at trump impeachment trial, new poll shows
44699 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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I dont even know how
44685 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020
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Sanders Team Weighing Executive Orders to Legalize Marijuana, Stop Trump Border Wall, Declare Climate Emergency, and More
44669 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020
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What an examad lad
44649 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020
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Comment section on article about Sasha Obama deciding to not rush sororities at the University of Michigan
44632 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020
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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
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Trump Doesn’t Want Voters to Know How Much His Family’s Trips Cost Taxpayers
44599 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020
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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
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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
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Little did we know, Ewan was a prequel-memer even before there was r/prequelmemes
44578 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020
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I had a baby for someone else
44562 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2020
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That was evil Buck.
44551 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020
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The time I rescued a crying kitten outside my cat cuddled her ❤️
44550 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020
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[cw: strobing] Nicolas Cage head turn using 63 posters
44536 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020
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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
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Ah, american jokes
44520 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2020
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Because that's how you get pregnant...
44513 upvotes • comment • jan 14, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?
44438 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020
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Kimberly gives 0 fucks
44434 upvotes • comment • jan 03, 2020
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The system doesn't help the child
44406 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020
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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
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Don't let it die.
44391 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020
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That slap though
44390 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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Morning Joe defends Sanders against CNN and the sexist charge
44380 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020
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Mando is best dad in the galaxy.
44379 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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True bro’s never die
44372 upvotes • comment • jan 15, 2020
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Finally getting water after the bushfires.
44365 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2020
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Since we're talking about one of the first viral videos. This went viral before youtube even existed.
44345 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2020
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Cat isn't really aware of their tongue after a surgery
44333 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020
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Someone made a goose that you download and it messes with your computer. (Credit - SamNChiet)
44328 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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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
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Sanders campaign raised $34.5M in fourth quarter
44290 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020
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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
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100 reasons why you shouldn’t commit suicide
44255 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020
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The face I get for watching tv instead of taking him on a walk
44239 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020
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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
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🔥 This Heavenly Glacial Gates in Iceland
44209 upvotes • comment • jan 05, 2020
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With my one year of Spanish class I’m happy I understood 🙂
44185 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020
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Me_irl
44183 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2020
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Better to catch that deal than the real thing
44162 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2020
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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
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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
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Don’t tie your shoelaces in Paris or your girlfriend will cry.
44121 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020
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Biker bro move right there. Oh they found the owner.
44121 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2020
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What fact sounds legit but is actually fake?
44112 upvotes • comment • jan 02, 2020
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If you could make 1 law for the entire planet, what would it say?
44106 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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Charlie wasn't ready for the boss fight
44096 upvotes • comment • jan 12, 2020
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"Look at me drift"
44091 upvotes • comment • jan 11, 2020
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Man whose headaches made him vomit 'had tapeworm in brain for 10 years'
44087 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020
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Megathread: Iran launches missiles at US airbase in Iraq
44058 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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That didn’t take long
43978 upvotes • comment • jan 07, 2020
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What are you good at, but hate doing?
43966 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2020
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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
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It's going to be a while before anyone can drive
43942 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2020
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Damn you autocorrect!
43940 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2020
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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
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[Serious] Redditors that have had a threesome and regretted it, what was the unexpected fallout?
43926 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2020
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Largest Veterans organization demands apology after Trump said traumatic brain injuries from Iranian attack are 'not very serious'
43899 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020
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Oh my gosh... I did not expect this to work
43831 upvotes • comment • jan 13, 2020
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‘Matrix 4’ Starring Keanu Reeves Set To Begin Shooting Next Month In San Francisco
43830 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2020
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Only a few days till 2020!!
43828 upvotes • comment • jan 01, 2020
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Prince Andrew has given ‘zero cooperation’ in Jeffrey Epstein sex crime investigation, federal prosecutors say
43817 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2020
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63 Canadians dead in Iran plane crash
43739 upvotes • comment • jan 08, 2020
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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
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Smooth
43732 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2020
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Proud boy finding best stick
43698 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2020
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Classy mom and dad take their kids to visit NASA's headquarters
43647 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2020
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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
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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
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Let me spell it out for you
43535 upvotes • comment • jan 06, 2020
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Be happy.
43533 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2020
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Twirly twirly shimmy shimmy
43522 upvotes • comment • jan 09, 2020
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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
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I did a great job at the vet today!
43432 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2020