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Reddit (May 2020)
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Arresting reporters at a protest is an affront to the First Amendment
75543 upvotes • comment • may 29, 2020
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It was my grandma's 95th birthday so I cooked for her. I asked her where she kept the salt and she said "I barely use salt, but if it's there, it's way in the back of the cabinet." It turns out the only container of salt she has is dated from 1965!!! It worked, and salt doesn't really expire!
75468 upvotes • comment • may 11, 2020
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Today marks one year since Kendrick Castillo bravely gave his life to save others in the Stem shooting. Stem students came to my school to evacuate and hold a vigil. Don't let his name be forgotten, he went above and beyond when he was needed.
75396 upvotes • comment • may 07, 2020
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For the first time in its history, New York City deliberately shut down its entire subway system this morning
75304 upvotes • comment • may 06, 2020
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I’ve never played an Assassin’s Creed game but to prep for Valhalla I decided to play Odyssey and man it’s a gorgeous ass game!
75252 upvotes • comment • may 07, 2020
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Judge Who Advised Woman to 'Close Your Legs' to Avoid Sexual Assault Permanently Removed From the Bench
75251 upvotes • comment • may 26, 2020
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Trump supporters never cease to amaze me
75248 upvotes • comment • may 13, 2020
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Netherlands's measure against illegal flying drones.
75236 upvotes • comment • may 20, 2020
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TIL Adam Sandler's movie "50 First Dates" inspired a real therapy program in which patients with early dementia watch every morning a video message of support from their loved ones.
75168 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
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Coronavirus: Florida scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data
75160 upvotes • comment • may 19, 2020
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Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, experts say
75138 upvotes • comment • may 17, 2020
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When pizza's on a bagel you can eat pizza anytime
75088 upvotes • comment • may 26, 2020
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This probably surpasses my doctor’s recommended daily irony intake.
75085 upvotes • comment • may 27, 2020
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2nd and 3rd place winners of the World Figure Skating Championships help to lift the champion for podium photo
75069 upvotes • comment • may 24, 2020
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Biggest downgrade in history
75039 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
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TIL when MAD published a parody of Star Wars, George Lucas' lawyers demanded the issue be recalled and that Lucasfilm receive all revenue from the issue. Unbeknownst to Lucas' lawyers, MAD had just received a letter from Lucas, expressing delight over it and comparing the artist to Leonardo Da Vinci
75031 upvotes • comment • may 12, 2020
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TIFU By saying Jesus Christ at the dinner table. I've ruined my life actually. [M17]
74974 upvotes • comment • may 03, 2020
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My mom runs an organization that only takes in unwanted cats. This is one of them! Meet Milo
74967 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
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This deserves an applause
74882 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
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TIL the guard of the tomb of the unknown solider does not wear any rank insignias so as to not outrank any of the "unknown" soldiers.
74863 upvotes • comment • may 06, 2020
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How the police handle peaceful protestors kneeling in solidarity
74826 upvotes • comment • may 31, 2020
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He said I got you mom
74779 upvotes • comment • may 05, 2020
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A customer called asking if we were practicing social distancing with her sandwiches. I told her we are, but tbh guys I'm running out of space.
74767 upvotes • comment • may 12, 2020
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Amnesty International: U.S. police must end militarized response to protests
74758 upvotes • comment • may 31, 2020
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I'd need more than 300 words to express my dissapointment
74720 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
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TIL that actress Tilda Swinton comes from an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the Middle Ages, & is one of only three British families that can trace their unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest
74680 upvotes • comment • may 12, 2020
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Including all of south America was way too generous.
74650 upvotes • comment • may 22, 2020
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I'll just road rage on this guy
74603 upvotes • comment • may 17, 2020
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Mitch McConnell is pushing the Senate to pass a law that would let the FBI collect Americans' web browsing history without a warrant
74578 upvotes • comment • may 13, 2020
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In 2009, the Obama Administration began issuing press releases naming facilities that violate OSHA safety and health regulations. This naming and shaming led other facilities to substantially improve their compliance and experience fewer work injuries. The Trump administration ended the practice.
74515 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
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Witnessing child birth for the first time
74493 upvotes • comment • may 02, 2020
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Thieves break into neighbours house at 5am yesterday morning...
74447 upvotes • comment • may 15, 2020
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To have a threesome
74447 upvotes • comment • may 05, 2020
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Found at a park in Brooklyn, NYC
74400 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
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Parents, how's that home schoolin' going?
74351 upvotes • comment • may 01, 2020
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Tragicomedies
74322 upvotes • comment • may 19, 2020
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there's always a tweet
74318 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
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Texas park ranger pushed into water after reminding crowd about social distancing
74318 upvotes • comment • may 02, 2020
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Babushka takes a moment to recognize backpacker that had stayed with her a year ago - is then elated and insists on giving him 30 eggs
74291 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
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FedEx. More like FedUp.
74286 upvotes • comment • may 22, 2020
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TIL termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet's most efficient bioreactors
74247 upvotes • comment • may 07, 2020
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My covid bathroom remodel. Took me a month and many late nights.
74246 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
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To make a false quote
74155 upvotes • comment • may 10, 2020
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When you have fabulous hair I guess you become a Disney princess
74150 upvotes • comment • may 03, 2020
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This pristine McDonald's bun
74094 upvotes • comment • may 16, 2020
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The White House has just been placed under lockdown by US Secret Service because of this protest
74090 upvotes • comment • may 29, 2020
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Twitter Employees Can Work From Home Forever, CEO says
74057 upvotes • comment • may 12, 2020
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What is the greatest "fuck it, I'll do it myself" in history?
73965 upvotes • comment • may 10, 2020
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TIL After being shot by poachers, an Elephant in Zimbabwe named Ben walked to and patiently waited outside a medical lodge for 5 hours.
73903 upvotes • comment • may 17, 2020
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underwater welder surfaces to find himself face-to-face with a Grey Seal...
73895 upvotes • comment • may 18, 2020
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Being proactive is rarely rewarded, because if your actions avoid a tragedy, there is no tragedy to prove your actions were warranted.
73878 upvotes • comment • may 11, 2020
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Good for him
73852 upvotes • comment • may 31, 2020
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My Great Grandma's medical bill from 1950
73849 upvotes • comment • may 19, 2020
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Karen spotted in Hawaii 👀 🌴
73777 upvotes • comment • may 06, 2020
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My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined
73676 upvotes • comment • may 03, 2020
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And the job went to the lowest bidder...
73658 upvotes • comment • may 01, 2020
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She is the best <3
73650 upvotes • comment • may 07, 2020
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Wiggle wiggle wiggle
73643 upvotes • comment • may 06, 2020
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What is the pettiest, silliest, most meaningless hill you are willing to die on?
73506 upvotes • comment • may 13, 2020
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Speechless.
73502 upvotes • comment • may 31, 2020
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Trump walks out of press conference after altercation with female reporters
73475 upvotes • comment • may 11, 2020
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Nothing important to say, just wanted the world to see that I had a perfect avocado today
73403 upvotes • comment • may 21, 2020
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North Korean Founder Kim Il Sung Did Not Have the Ability to Teleport, State Media Admits
73289 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
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It's mango season !
73230 upvotes • comment • may 08, 2020
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🔥 Coming out of the tunnel in Zion National Park, Utah.
73205 upvotes • comment • may 10, 2020
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Essential Oils don’t work
73193 upvotes • comment • may 22, 2020
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Woman trolling a tiny group of Islamophobic protesters in DC in 2019.
73152 upvotes • comment • may 03, 2020
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Oh I know what the ladies like
73142 upvotes • comment • may 13, 2020
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A floating dock made of assembly parts
73130 upvotes • comment • may 25, 2020
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A Chinese woman whose boy was kidnapped in 1988 never gave up looking for him, and later helped more than 20 families find their missing children. On Monday, after 32 years, she was reunited with her son.
73056 upvotes • comment • may 19, 2020
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What golden nugget of information do you have to share?
72999 upvotes • comment • may 23, 2020
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Outside my window, Minneapolis.
72984 upvotes • comment • may 29, 2020
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It is quite the big sad
72891 upvotes • comment • may 05, 2020
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Minneapolis as protestors took to the streets to protest on behalf of George Floyd
72867 upvotes • comment • may 27, 2020
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Peter Jackson’s LOTR Was an Improbable Miracle, and We’re Lucky to Have It
72837 upvotes • comment • may 27, 2020
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My son enters the Getty Museum Challenge with his take on a popular one
72790 upvotes • comment • may 22, 2020
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Trump Tweets Video Declaring That ‘The Only Good Democrat Is A Dead Democrat’
72767 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
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TIL A Group Of Flat Earthers Spend $20,000 Trying To Prove Earth Is Flat, Accidentally Prove It's Round
72671 upvotes • comment • may 25, 2020
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Hong Kong protesters say they were tortured in prison
72635 upvotes • comment • may 05, 2020
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Flame fox
72626 upvotes • comment • may 12, 2020
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Today is extra special because this old man, who I was once told had a life expectancy of 8 years, turns 16 today! Happy Birthday Baxter Bear!
72552 upvotes • comment • may 15, 2020
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TIL that J.K. Rowling wrote a real person into The Goblet of Fire. The girl was named Natalie McDonald, a Harry Potter fan who was dying of leukaemia while Rowling was still writing the book. You see her character as a first-year who dons the sorting hat and is sorted into Gryffindor.
72468 upvotes • comment • may 08, 2020
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Blame it on quarantine
72417 upvotes • comment • may 07, 2020
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What do you do when you start to miss somebody who is dead?
72399 upvotes • comment • may 22, 2020
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Laura Ingraham. Upvote this image so it's the first photo you see when you google Laura Ingraham.
72356 upvotes • comment • may 06, 2020
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Even the Amish who don't use social media are out giving their support in Minneapolis.
72304 upvotes • comment • may 30, 2020
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A Broadband Engineer Was Spat on by a 5G Conspiracy Theorist. Then He Got Coronavirus: In UK the attacks on network workers are getting more frequent, brazen, and violent.
72252 upvotes • comment • may 07, 2020
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Waiting on that windfall
72213 upvotes • comment • may 20, 2020
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Utah CEO gets 210 days in jail for having 13K files of infant & child rape, bestiality
72213 upvotes • comment • may 15, 2020
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i demand pets
72157 upvotes • comment • may 29, 2020
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My quarantine DIY hair turned out surprisingly awesome
72154 upvotes • comment • may 04, 2020
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Best friend got tested for Covid-19 a few months ago and just got the bill.
72132 upvotes • comment • may 04, 2020
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Aw, you shouldn't have.
71939 upvotes • comment • may 22, 2020
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Who did it better?
71922 upvotes • comment • may 19, 2020
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This is how they treat a democratically elected legislator in HK, who represents 491 thousand voters who voted for him. That's more votes than it takes to elect some senators in the US, from a city of 7.5 million. He is now under arrest and hospitalized. Shame on HK gov't! Shame on HK 'police'!
71882 upvotes • comment • may 11, 2020
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To criticize millennials
71728 upvotes • comment • may 08, 2020
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Ripped off what I thought was protective plastic from a new monitor. It was the polarizing film.
71728 upvotes • comment • may 01, 2020
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An interesting title
71728 upvotes • comment • may 06, 2020
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Large group of officers lined up in front of George Floyd killers house
71688 upvotes • comment • may 28, 2020
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In a discussion over the value of face masks during Covid
71679 upvotes • comment • may 16, 2020