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Reddit (Apr 2020)
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Dr Drew Uses Copyright Claim to Takedown Supercut of Him Downplaying COVID-19
54615 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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Coronavirus Has Now Killed More People in US than 2018-2019 Flu Season
54609 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2020
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Hyperbole
54582 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2020
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Germany and Britain said yesterday that efforts to revive the global economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic must ensure a ‘green recovery’ that helps the world tackle climate change. “Unlike in the fight against the coronavirus, we already know the vaccines for the climate crisis,”
54503 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2020
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TIL when cocaine and ethanol (drinking alcohol) are consumed simultaneously, a new compound, cocaethylene, is formed in the blood, which is even more pleasurable, longer lasting, and more dangerous than cocaine or alcohol alone.
54493 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2020
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Table that perfectly fits its chairs.
54468 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2020
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“...just to see what would happen”
54453 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2020
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Ticketmaster Will No Longer Refund Postponed Shows
54418 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2020
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It was an honor
54371 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2020
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But her emails!
54309 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2020
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What's the best Wi-Fi name you've seen?
54308 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2020
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I'm just cleaning my hand
54306 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2020
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The perfect son.
54289 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2020
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Thank you, Bernie. We love you.
54249 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2020
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Coronavirus: Ban wildlife markets to prevent future pandemics, says UN biodiversity chief - ‘The message we are getting is if we don’t take care of nature, it will take care of us,’ Elizabeth Maruma Mrema says
54239 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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Steam is inevitable
54202 upvotes • comment • apr 03, 2020
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In 1918, there was an anti-mask league in San Francisco, which objected to wearing masks to prevent the spread of influenza. They held meetings of thousands of maskless people. San Francisco was ultimately was one of the cities that suffered most from the Spanish Influenza pandemic
54157 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2020
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You know the feeling
54106 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2020
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Reddit. Choose a movie. Keep one actor. The rest are Muppets. What is the movie and which actor do you keep?
54020 upvotes • comment • apr 04, 2020
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My pup a year ago
54016 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2020
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TIL Killer bees were created in an attempt to breed tamer and more manageable bees. This was done by crossing a European honey bee and an African bee, but instead the offspring became more aggressive and highly defensive bees that have escaped into the wild.
53995 upvotes • comment • apr 01, 2020
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Sneak level 100
53991 upvotes • comment • apr 30, 2020
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COVID-19 lockdown: New Zealand Health Minister demoted after driving 20km to beach, breaking lockdown rules
53980 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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My girlfriend was unemployed last Christmas and couldn’t afford a gift for me so she painted this.
53943 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2020
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4 people from 4 different wars
53920 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2020
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Mind blowing
53880 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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Identical twins of reddit who own a pet after living seperately; what was your pet's reaction when it saw two owners?
53867 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2020
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Quarantine Day ??: Home Casino
53847 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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You need to go back to work Dave.
53841 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2020
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Real Friends Would Understand Why They Haven't Reached Out or Not Hold It Against You
53802 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2020
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Traffic on my morning commute
53796 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2020
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COVID-19 is a lie!... gotta wear a face mask just in case tho
53737 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2020
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Trump denounces mail votes as corrupt – before admitting he applied for one
53734 upvotes • comment • apr 08, 2020
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More Than 1,000 French Sailors Test Positive For Coronavirus—On A Single Ship
53725 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2020
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Decorative wine bottle holder, banana for scale
53708 upvotes • comment • apr 17, 2020
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I’m a taxidermist and I decided to make a rat centipede, enjoy
53707 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2020
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Imagine getting worked up because the Newswoman has a little belly
53689 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2020
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Poor kid...
53654 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2020
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Pakistan’s Honey Production Increases by 70% Thanks to Billion Tree Project
53642 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2020
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Sometimes cheap and expensive items are the same thing with the only difference being the brand name. What are some examples of this?
53630 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2020
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Look at the happy boy
53628 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2020
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Liberal Jill Karofsky wins 10-year seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court
53621 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2020
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Trump vs. Vietnam
53549 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2020
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[image] try your best
53542 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2020
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My dumbest injury, I was flipping a steak in a curved pan (like flat bottom wok) and all the butter splashed out.
53523 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2020
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Day ??? of quarantine
53521 upvotes • comment • apr 01, 2020
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Abandoned presidents heads in a rural Virginia field.
53486 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2020
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Because trees have been around for millions of years, insects like beetles and moths literally look like sticks and leaves in order to blend themselves from predators. How long do you think it will take for insects to look like man-made objects, and what object will it be? Any thoughts?
53479 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2020
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A clothing company made a magnetic button down shirt for a man with cerebral palsy so he could get dressed more easily
53468 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2020
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British Prime Minister, who is suffering from coronavirus, has been admitted to intensive care as his condition has worsened
53459 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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If you woke up tomorrow and were able to move things with your mind, how would you use this ability?
53449 upvotes • comment • apr 07, 2020
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Zoom sued for allegedly sharing users' personal data with Facebook
53414 upvotes • comment • apr 01, 2020
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I just want them all to be happy...
53407 upvotes • comment • apr 19, 2020
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TIL Michael Jackson went grocery shopping shopping in a closed down supermarket with all the other people being actors just to experience what's it like to be an ordinary person
53405 upvotes • comment • apr 11, 2020
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Great value for travelers
53387 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2020
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I used to play games in the basement of his house, now he plays games in my basement.
53371 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2020
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TIL in the movie Full Metal Jacket, the actor that played Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) came up with 150 pages of insults on his own. Also the actor that originally was playing the role couldn't yell more than 30 minutes, but when Ermey stepped in and took over, his energy never let up.
53363 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2020
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‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
53344 upvotes • comment • apr 03, 2020
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Perfect and Sweet Response
53310 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2020
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GET OUT THE WAY PROTESTERS BIG DADDY IS COMING
53308 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2020
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Ruth’s Chris Made $468 Million in Revenue but Gobbled Up $20 Million in Small Business Relief. The steakhouse chain has more than 150 locations and $86 million in cash reserves—and it furloughed workers.
53278 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2020
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TIL in 1986 all game designers working for Konami were forbidden to attach their actual name to any project. Instead, they were required to create a fake name to be listed in the game’s credits. This was to prevent them from asking for raises, and keep rival companies from stealing their talent.
53255 upvotes • comment • apr 02, 2020
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US was warned of threat from anti-vaxxers in event of pandemic | US news
53188 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2020
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Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus
53178 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2020
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Sirens
53166 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2020
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Poll: 59 percent of voters more concerned about rolling back social distancing too soon than economic fallout
53163 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2020
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Low cost Nemesis cosplay
53114 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2020
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Fewer than 3,000 people died on 9/11 and we went to war, spent trillions, and surrendered freedom and privacy forever. Over 40,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 already, and you can't handle staying indoors for a while?
53091 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2020
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Fellas is it cultural appropriation to eat Chinese food?
53085 upvotes • comment • apr 11, 2020
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Cake days also make you feel older
53078 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2020
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Amazon delivery drivers got a bit too much on their mind these days...
53076 upvotes • comment • apr 14, 2020
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Wonderful 2000 year old Saphire ring presumably belonged to Roman Emperor Caligula, thought depicting his fourth wife Caesonia .
53036 upvotes • comment • apr 27, 2020
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Twins married twins and gave birth to twins!
53014 upvotes • comment • apr 28, 2020
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NSA deals with threats to national security through intelligence, FBI just solves federal crimes
52994 upvotes • comment • apr 09, 2020
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LPT: Mute your mic during video calls when your not speaking.
52990 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2020
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Pteropods, also known as sea butterflies, are sea snails that swim rather than crawl
52980 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2020
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Samsung redesigned its TV packaging so customers can upcycle the cardboard box into cat house.
52973 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2020
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*epic music starts playing*
52946 upvotes • comment • apr 29, 2020
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Life
52933 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2020
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Donald Trump is warning “China will own the United States” if Joe Biden is elected president. But Trump himself is tens of millions of dollars in debt to China.
52930 upvotes • comment • apr 24, 2020
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CBSNews reporter Paula Reid presses Trump on a month long gap in his administrations response to Coronavirus.
52895 upvotes • comment • apr 13, 2020
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Little pupper explodes with excitement to see human is home
52868 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2020
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Lebanon becomes first Arab country to legalise cannabis farming for medical use in bid to beat economic crisis: Cannabis has long been illegally farmed in the fertile Bekaa Valley and government now hopes to turn it into a legal billion-dollar trade.
52860 upvotes • comment • apr 25, 2020
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Canadian government commits $2 billion to Canadian made medical needs. So far more than 3,200 companies that would have closed have shifted to manufacturing medical equipment, PPE, sanitizers, masks, and more. Treat our patients, protect our workers, keep economy moving. Oh Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️
52827 upvotes • comment • apr 01, 2020
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"Our Christian race"
52817 upvotes • comment • apr 18, 2020
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The Needle Galaxy is nearly 50 million light-years away. I used 11 hours of exposure time to capture it from my backyard.
52800 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2020
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Jessie Graff, Holly Holm and Michelle Waterson
52788 upvotes • comment • apr 21, 2020
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Rising Above Negativity
52768 upvotes • comment • apr 22, 2020
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If you do this then fuck you !
52757 upvotes • comment • apr 10, 2020
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Basically my life right now
52748 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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Only a drunkard would accept these terms: Tanzania President cancels 'killer Chinese loan' worth $10 b
52729 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2020
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A powerful hammer
52702 upvotes • comment • apr 26, 2020
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Funny how that works
52700 upvotes • comment • apr 23, 2020
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TIL Joseph Lister, the father of antiseptic medicine, had the idea that surgeons could prevent infecting their patients by washing and disinfecting their hands with carbolic acid before surgery. This idea earned him ridicule—until people started noticing that it did indeed help.
52694 upvotes • comment • apr 06, 2020
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Sleeping on the job
52641 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2020
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A friend of one of my employees is looking for a cheap car...I tried so hard to keep my cool.
52631 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2020
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One more reason to dislike car dealerships
52610 upvotes • comment • apr 12, 2020
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me🐱irl
52595 upvotes • comment • apr 07, 2020
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Riding that Obama friendship to the Oval Office
52580 upvotes • comment • apr 16, 2020
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After 29 hours I finally finished this Master Chief illustration. This is the product of all the spare quarantine time.
52541 upvotes • comment • apr 20, 2020