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  1. Spending time with siblings is always fun and special

    63993 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  2. Buick created the first car touchscreen all the way back in 1986. The technology was dropped because customers were complaining about taking their eyes off the road, and it wouldn’t been seen again for some time:

    63966 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020

  3. Getting tired of her shit

    63954 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020

  4. TIL the country dial-code of the Czech Republic is 420 and the rate of cannabis use there is one of the highest in the world. In 2016, Snoop Dogg was a contestant on The $100,000 Pyramid, and replied without delay that the country code for the Czech Republic is 420.

    63954 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  5. TIL the very first sci-fi novel, A True Story, was written in ancient Greek in the 2nd century AD. It featured space travel, aliens, robots, artificial atmospheres and more

    63949 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020

  6. Every family member needs to be in a photo

    63899 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020

  7. I'm sorry

    63896 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  8. Jim Carrey once said “Solitude is dangerous. It’s very addictive. It becomes a habit after you realize how calm and peaceful it is. It’s like you don’t want to deal with people anymore because they drain your energy.” How do you feel about this quote?

    63891 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  9. This sculpture by Issac Cordal in Berlin is called ‟Politicians discussing global warming.”

    63795 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020

  10. Katelyn Ohashi Gets Perfect 10.0 On Floor Routine

    63722 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020

  11. TIL that in the 1940s, US funded doctors went to Guatemala to test STD treatments by deliberately infecting 1,308 locals between the ages of 10 and 72 with gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid, all without their informed consent. The US doctors gave only 52% of subjects any treatment. 83 died.

    63721 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  12. I might be garbage, but...

    63716 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  13. Blue vs Black

    63674 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  14. Why did blue collar become unskilled labor?

    63654 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  15. Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity.

    63652 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  16. Barack Obama and Chadwick Boseman

    63638 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020

  17. All posts about pedophiles will result in an ban. Reposting "Pedophilia is a sexuality" will result in immediate permanent ban.

    63635 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020

  18. LPT: Before purchasing anything on Amazon, use fakespot.com to have their engine analyze fake or counterfeit reviews.

    63622 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  19. Trump had public meltdown over missed phone call from Putin, former No 10 aide says

    63553 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020

  20. Spain arrests pandemic-denier who wrote 'covidiots' deserved 'to die'. Police say he also posed as a public official in telephone calls to nursing homes, hospitals, football clubs and the media to spread false data about the pandemic in Spain.

    63540 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  21. If people really felt abortion was murder then we would have funerals for miscarriages and let women openly mourn rather than tell them just, "oh, that's too bad, keep trying and you'll have better luck next time." It's a sick double-standard that hurts women both ways.

    63494 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  22. Spain but the s is silent

    63463 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020

  23. Positive effect of deep brain stimulation to a person with Parkinson's.

    63459 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020

  24. This Luigi's mansion Jack O lantern

    63395 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  25. One person still counts as "somebody"

    63382 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2020

  26. He got the present that represent him

    63345 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020

  27. After seeing these signs for months, I finally found some good news on my walk today!

    63286 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  28. Anti-masker gets black listed by American Airlines

    63268 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  29. BoneAppleTea

    63220 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2020

  30. Oh no, not Gordon... :(

    63219 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020

  31. Prize carrot I've been resisting pulling up for weeks

    63215 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020

  32. Cities cannot fine homeless people for living outside, U.S. judge rules in Grants Pass case

    63213 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  33. Russian Lifestyle (stair rail would have been very useful) 😅

    63204 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  34. Who knew it was just that simple?!

    63187 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020

  35. TIL that 82 percent of avocado oil sold in the United States is either rancid or mixed with other oils. While it is a great source of vitamins and minerals when fresh and pure, the vast majority of avocado oil in the United States is of extremely poor quality.

    63173 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  36. C.R.E.A.M.

    63172 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  37. Sea all those manta rays!

    63139 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020

  38. Twitter's Most Liked Tweet Of All Time Now Belongs To Chadwick Boseman

    63120 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  39. Street car conductor in Seattle not allowing passengers aboard without a mask, during Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918

    63115 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  40. irl crossover

    62969 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020

  41. Entire Lebanese government to resign within hours over deadly explosion, minister says

    62963 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020

  42. ACLU calls for dissolving of Department of Homeland Security

    62960 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020

  43. This Phenomenon is Known as a Rainbow Bridge

    62955 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020

  44. You get $5,000,000 USD, but for every two weeks you are alive for, a tastebud grows in your butthole. Would you take it? Why or why not?

    62936 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  45. To the moon and back

    62903 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  46. Only in New York

    62883 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  47. Phoenix cops kill white guy who legally answered door with a firearm at his side. Put his free hand up and knelt down to put the gun on the ground and got shot three times in the back. Cops were there after responding to noise complaint over video game.

    62873 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020

  48. Guy slaps Burger King worker

    62839 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020

  49. Makes absolute sense

    62793 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020

  50. Do idiots in Jet Ski Count?

    62792 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  51. What is your "I was into X before it was cool" thing?

    62766 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  52. An American Teacher in 2020

    62720 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020

  53. How far storage has come over the years

    62647 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020

  54. Paying your employees near nothing

    62645 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020

  55. LPT: Allow people the freedom to change. If someone decides to modify their beliefs or behaviors in a positive way, refrain from pointing out their inconsistencies, being sarcastic, joking, or otherwise commenting.

    62613 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020

  56. why do you have to do this

    62612 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020

  57. My landlord started handing out masks

    62373 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  58. A bird stops by to visit a skydiver

    62367 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  59. My photo in 2017, my grandfather's photo in 1937. He had a professional camera, I have a phone.

    62350 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020

  60. Avatar Co-Creators Mike & Bryan Depart Netflix's Live-Action ATLA Remake Series (Full Statements)

    62324 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  61. Driver tries to avoid traffic by driving on the sidewalk. Meet a bunch of gents that teach him a lesson

    62320 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  62. Poorer Americans have much lower voting rates in national elections than the nonpoor, a study finds.

    62318 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020

  63. I wasn’t peeking I swear

    62315 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020

  64. TIL of Hawaii's "Forbidden Isle", an island bought by a Scottish woman for $10,000 in 1864. Access to the island or its 170 inhabitants requires special permission from the woman's great-great grandsons, who still own and control the island.

    62287 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  65. These so-called wine windows were used by vintners in Italy to sell wine during plague pandemics in the 17th century. Now they are coming back to use due to coronavirus

    62246 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020

  66. Oops

    62242 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020

  67. The science behind Fallguys || art by Psudonym

    62224 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020

  68. Snoopy would approve

    62131 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  69. Guys, what made you realize, “this girl is definitely not into me”?

    62105 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020

  70. This little baby deer got so scared crossing the road from seeing the car approaching, it dropped down in the middle of the road and wouldn't move. After stopping and turning the car off to help them calm down, the mama deer cautiously came to the rescue.

    62063 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020

  71. Tomorrow is my last day in the Navy. Sharing some cool stuff. Here's a 100,000 ton aircraft carrier going (nearly) full speed.

    62031 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  72. [OC] A comic my 14yo son did on his bedroom door whiteboard

    61988 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020

  73. 'Morally Obscene,' Says Sanders as McConnell Adjourns Senate for Month-Long Recess Without Deal on Coronavirus Relief

    61957 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020

  74. I think I hit the campsite lottery. Here is my current view.

    61935 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  75. Interviewing people in my town when this happened

    61933 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020

  76. Students/Teachers of Reddit, what’s the best ‘forgot to turn off the mic’ story during virtual learning?

    61908 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020

  77. Nearly 9,000 Florida Children Diagnosed With Coronavirus in Two Weeks as Schools Reopen

    61897 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020

  78. Last I checked Republicans control the White House and Senate...

    61883 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020

  79. Palm face

    61854 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020

  80. Millionaire meets billionaire

    61799 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020

  81. Walk on water? How about roll on it

    61706 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  82. How to recognize an animal according to it's footprints

    61701 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020

  83. It may be cheesy; but the message is perfect.

    61683 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020

  84. Crashing a porn convention

    61660 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020

  85. Australian reporter Jonathan Swan corners Donald Trump on pandemic

    61655 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020

  86. A moth got into the bathroom, so a hunting party was formed

    61650 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020

  87. TIL a Florida man heard purring coming from his parked truck; he ended up using sheet metal cutters to peel back a portion of his truck to reveal a kitten. The Humane Society helped him coax the kitten out. When the public heard about it, several people offered to help pay to repair his truck.

    61627 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2020

  88. My anti-vaxxer parents cried and pressured me to not vaccinate my son.

    61622 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020

  89. Lucky I have my dad to help

    61584 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020

  90. Here’s my dog trying to get my sisters attention

    61543 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020

  91. Let's see what's new in the Newspaper today

    61498 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020

  92. TIFU - I accidentally revealed my boyfriend's mom's infidelity

    61496 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020

  93. He just escaped...

    61494 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020

  94. Instead of buying those cheap plastic chair mats, I bought a box of laminate flooring planks and put them together. Took less than 10 minutes and feels sturdy. Chair rolls so smooth ☺️

    61474 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020

  95. Trump Just Admitted He's Sabotaging the USPS to Screw Up the Election

    61472 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020

  96. It's ok Grandma the President said I will be just fine!

    61468 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2020

  97. Kanye West Is Breaking Campaign Finance Law and Keeping His GOP Backers a Secret

    61461 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020

  98. What Have I Done...

    61435 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020

  99. Driver tries to smash bike rider

    61389 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020

  100. TIL that The Apostrophe Protection Society that was founded to enforce the proper use of the apostrophe in written English was brought to a "full stop" in 2019. The founder of the society stated that "the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!"

    61352 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020