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Reddit (Aug 2020)
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Everyone can help
42016 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020
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That’s a good dad
42014 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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TIL that "eye of newt" is just a term for mustard seeds and that many of the other witches ingredients from Macbeth are also just other normal things labeled as something more sinister.
42003 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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A violin piece known for its incredible speed and extremely high technical difficulty, Paganinis Caprice No. 5, flawlessly executed by 19 year old
41990 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
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Sometimes you need help flipping your ear back...
41904 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020
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Church truck with supplies for protesters seized in Kenosha
41898 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020
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Young people driving coronavirus spread, WHO warns
41889 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
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Update: Georgia student who posted photo of a crowded school hallway no longer suspended
41875 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020
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The fossil of a Kronosaurus
41865 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020
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Largest Elephant in the world ,8000 kg weight ,TANZANIA.
41859 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2020
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World War II vs present
41838 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020
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Don’t leave your kayak out in the sun
41832 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2020
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This is bad, very bad
41801 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020
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The size of this leaf that i found in the park. Me for size comparison
41792 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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We should have a separate Olympics for athletes that want to use performance enhancers. Just for science so we can see the absolute max of human ability.
41786 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020
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TIL that after Hippocrates started going bald, he prescribed himself a topical concoction of opium, horseradish, pigeon droppings, beetroot, and spices. After noticing that eunuchs never went bald, he also prescribed castration to prevent hair loss - and researchers in 1995 proved that to be true
41784 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020
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I'd watch
41783 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Thought you'd only see this in the movies?
41782 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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The scar on my hand stays clean, no matter how dirty my hands are
41774 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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This is the correct way to eat spaghetti.
41765 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Cursed_Nemesis
41751 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020
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A German circus is using holograms instead of live animals for a cruelty-free magical experience.
41742 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020
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Nearly half of mail sorting machines in Seattle area already dismantled
41734 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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Ellen TheGenerous
41733 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Animal Crossing helped me realize that I was trans, so it only seemed fair that it would also help me come out. This is the coming out video I shared with all my friends and loved ones this morning.
41722 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020
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Paul Rudd being himself from the start
41705 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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Thats a great one!
41684 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020
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No mask in a crowded waiting room full of old, sick people. Some coughing! When I confronted her she said, "It's too hot." and waved me off like I was a bothersome gnat.
41683 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2020
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No need to thank me
41673 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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I'll stop this car using my motorbike.
41635 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020
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Transport Canada says if you can't wear a mask for medical reasons, prove it — or don't fly
41613 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020
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What is your all time favourite Episode from any TV show?
41609 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020
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TIL In 2017, it was revealed that the current King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, had been serving as First officer on Dutch airline KLM flights twice a month for 21 years, even after his ascension to the nation's throne in 2013.
41591 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020
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What?
41590 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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If humans could fly, but doing so was more tiring than running. Most people would still just drive
41582 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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New template?
41538 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2020
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How come governments can be so openly corrupt, everybody knows it, a lot ridicule it, yet nothing ever happens?
41531 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Wholesome uncle iroh
41528 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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Infrared
41505 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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How am I supposed to work at home?
41486 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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TIL in 1957 at an MLB game a woman was hit by a foul ball. It broke her nose. The game was paused as medics came to tend to her. As they carried her away on a stretcher, play resumed and a foul ball then struck her as she was being carried off by the medics. The second ball broke a bone in her knee.
41484 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2020
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LPT: If your friend or coworker tells you they got a new job, ask them the start date and put it in your calendar so you can text them a good luck / happy first day message
41457 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020
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to eat a grape
41450 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2020
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Mookie Betts with a cannon for an arm
41445 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
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This car I was behind today.
41423 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Aging rock band that hasn't put out a good record in a decade starter pack
41409 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
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Me_irl
41402 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020
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Study suggests pornography use is common for partnered individuals -- and unrelated to relationship satisfaction
41395 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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Trump is everything the right says it hates about the left
41374 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Not to brag lol
41373 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020
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Nice scratch pole
41372 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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In another edition of state vs LGBT, someone drew a rainbow with chalk on Warsaw's main promenade. Police closed the street because it's a 'traffic hazard'.
41354 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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Max Verstappen wins the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix!
41352 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020
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We all need this reminder in the back half of 2020
41351 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Postal service seen hauling mailboxes away in trucks ahead of election
41349 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Should a Joe Biden DOJ Investigate and Prosecute Donald Trump?
41337 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2020
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That damned smile in the end made my day
41326 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2020
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Pushing a tire down the hill
41307 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020
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I'm in this photo and I don't like it
41296 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020
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Abusing the donation system to force their adverts on streamers without paying for sponsorships
41251 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2020
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European countries by forest cover
41228 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020
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We should pay homeless people to pick up trash.
41191 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020
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over my dead body
41181 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Surrogate Pinky
41179 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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In 1905, the Manaki brothers, a pair of cinema pioneers from the Ottoman empire, filmed their elderly grandma as she weaving wool. If her reported age of 114 was correct, she was born in 1791, making her the earliest born person ever to be caught on film
41160 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid defends the Postal Service and says Trump is undermining every major US institution
41158 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2020
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Rashida Tlaib wins Democratic primary in Michigan
41129 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2020
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Boris Johnson's new Brexit trade adviser is former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, who has been labeled an 'offensive, climate change-denying, Trump-worshipping misogynist'
41125 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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Puppy found in combat- before and after.
41117 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2020
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TIL that goats are completely immune to poison ivy, oak, and sumac. They love the stuff and can eat several pounds a day.
41099 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signs sweeping police reform bill
41087 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2020
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Nebraska school district cancels classes as staff catch coronavirus
41049 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020
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Lil cuz got that Dracula drip
41033 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2020
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Lookalike [OC]
41029 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020
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Ik this one is a old format too but it’s the first thing that came to my mind
41027 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2020
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TIFU I Choked On Candy While in the Shower
41018 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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TIL If wasps decide they don't like you they drop pheromones on you so that other wasps don't like you either.
41006 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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I don't know why I made this
40983 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020
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Lockdown song in an American elementary school to help prepare children in case of an active shooter
40969 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2020
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Without taking any objects with you, how could you impress a caveman?
40943 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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An encounter of two man of the same culture
40916 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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Facebook removes 200,000-strong QAnon group
40914 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2020
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My $240 Anatomy textbook is just a ream of of paper
40883 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020
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Fighter pushes his unsuspecting opponent into a wall during weighins.
40825 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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Lost 27 pounds!!! June 13 - August 18
40814 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2020
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Donald Trump spends a lot of time and energy trying to figure out how to 'block' mail-in ballots, says administration insider
40805 upvotes • comment • aug 16, 2020
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Stay away everyone
40782 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Never
40781 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2020
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🔥 the cosmic sensation.
40777 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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How the Starbucks business model changed porn
40763 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2020
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Surprised he didn’t go even harder.
40762 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2020
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[Charania] Sources: The Lakers and Clippers have voted to boycott the NBA season. Most other teams voted to continue. LeBron James has exited the meeting.
40714 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2020
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I'm almost 50 and I still do this, lol!
40697 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2020
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I finally got married to the love of my life. It wasn’t easy but I’m so happy.
40691 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2020
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🔥 White sharks breaching at Mossel Bay will never get old 🔥
40681 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Four Republican National Convention Attendees Test Positive for Coronavirus, Officials Say
40657 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2020
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There’s a mattress store that gives you a free mattress for your doggo with every regular mattress 🥰
40647 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Mass shooting at DC party draws new attention to problem with large gatherings during pandemic
40618 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2020
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Don’t even get me started on the stick figure families...
40614 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2020
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The barn that my late grandparents built and the ‘67 Camaro my late father had just burned. I figure at the very least I can get some internet points out of it
40600 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2020