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5 years ago I promised my sister I would bring a llama to her wedding
147433 upvotes • 3372 comments • mar 01, 2020
A conservation group has closed a $15.65 million deal to buy the largest privately owned giant sequoia grove left on Earth, an ancient forest with hundreds of the endangered redwood trees, which can live for 3,000 years and rise nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
132246 upvotes • 2355 comments • mar 01, 2020
big brain moves
131307 upvotes • 1562 comments • mar 01, 2020
TIL 22-yr-old Canadian man John McCue took it upon himself to fill potholes with the sign: "I filled the potholes. Pay me instead of your taxes." Drivers gave him cash, coffee and joints for filling in potholes.
94492 upvotes • 2158 comments • mar 01, 2020
Dutch 'Boy Genius' who has been cleaning up Pacific Garbage Patch is now clearing the world’s rivers responsible for depositing most of the ocean trash. His latest creation, The Interceptor, is a solar-powered barge which can collect up to 55 tons of garbage daily.
89829 upvotes • 2063 comments • mar 01, 2020
Backward cartwheel dog trick
82260 upvotes • 622 comments • mar 01, 2020
Coke and Pepsi Are Getting Sued for Lying About Recycling: “At this rate, plastic is set to outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050,” the complaint reads.
76687 upvotes • 2790 comments • mar 01, 2020
Lebron gets assaulted on live TV.
75790 upvotes • 4143 comments • mar 01, 2020
Pete Buttigieg is suspending his 2020 presidential campaign
73692 upvotes • 9023 comments • mar 01, 2020
Aaaand there go my $300 headphones
73164 upvotes • 2042 comments • mar 01, 2020